Better Together to host Cowboy Boots & Community Roots, a Helping Hands Happy Hour event Oct. 9
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TAMPA, Fla. - Floridant -- Help strengthen families at the Cowboy Boots & Community Roots Helping Hands Happy Hour, hosted by the Centre Club in Tampa and benefiting Better Together on Thursday, Oct. 9.

The western-themed event will consist of cocktails, games, prize drawings and community, all centered around sharing impactful stories and mission moments. Tickets are $24.92 per person and include admission, one drink ticket and hors d'oeuvres.

Better Together works to prevent the need for foster care by building strong families and communities. When a parent needs support – due to homelessness, a medical emergency, or other crisis – Better Together volunteer host families provide a safe, loving home for the children short term, while staff and mentors empower the parents to secure employment, housing and other needs. Because job loss is at the root of most family crises, Better Together's workforce program provides opportunities for all job seekers through relational job fairs and volunteer job coaches.

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"We are so excited to partner with the community and share inspiring, Better Together success stories," said Megan Rose, CEO of Better Together. "Through events like this, we can continue to strengthen our community and families and bring an end to the foster care crisis, together."

To date, Better Together has served more than 15,000 children, and 98% of children served through mentoring and hosting remain out of the foster care system. The nonprofit has also connected more than 45,600 job seekers to employment opportunities through church-based job fairs across 24 states.

The Cowboy Boots & Community Roots Helping Hands Happy Hour will take place from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Centre Club, located at 123 South West Shore Blvd., Eighth Floor, in Tampa.

To make a donation or learn more, visit BetterTogetherUS.org/Helping-Hands-Tampa-Bay-Fundraiser.

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Better Together is a nonprofit organization that helps parents going through a hard time keep their kids out of foster care, find work and address the root causes of their struggle so that they can reunite as a family with the tools and support system to thrive. Better Together is made up of volunteers who believe helping people help themselves is the best way to restore dignity and bring families together. Through the Better Families program, families are offered a preventive alternative to foster care while they get the help they need. To date, the program has kept 98% of children served out of foster care. The Better Jobs program was created to address the 76% of families that come to Better Together because of economic hardship tied to unemployment. In addition to community job fairs, the program offers job seekers coaching, guidance, support and encouragement through local church partners. For more information, visit BetterTogetherUS.org.