Father Ray's Sponsor a Child Foundation (FRSAC) is a not for profit 501(c)(3) registered United States charity which focus on assisting needy children throughout the world.

History

The Fr Ray Sponsor a Child Foundation (FRSAC) was started in memory of Father Ray Brennan who worked for nearly 40 years in and around the town of Pattaya Thailand. Ray initially established an orphanage there because one day he found an abandoned baby on the rectory doorstep. He eventually established a multitude of projects which are fully documented in the article about the Fr. Ray Foundation

Fr. Ray Foundation

The Father Ray Foundation is named after Father Raymond Brennan. The Foundation cares for more than 850 children without a family, street children, blind children and young disabled adults. The vision is "We Never Turn a Needy Child Away".- History :...

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However US Residents who supported the various projects found that they were unable to make tax deductible contributions directly to Fr Ray and his projects. When Ray died, supporters in the United States formed the Fr Ray's Sponsor a Child Foundation to support the projects that he initiated plus many others. The US Foundation has the advantage of allowing US contributors to deduct their contributions.

Operations

FRSAC focuses on disadvantaged and vulnerable children across Thailand. It provides full care, including accommodation, education and medical care to over 850 children. It also supports health and nutrition projects which help over 1500 children.

The charity supports a range of projects across Thailand run by its partner organizations, the Fr. Ray Foundation

Fr. Ray Foundation

The Father Ray Foundation is named after Father Raymond Brennan. The Foundation cares for more than 850 children without a family, street children, blind children and young disabled adults. The vision is "We Never Turn a Needy Child Away".- History :...

 in Pattaya, Thailand and the Thai Children's Trust

Thai Children's Trust

The Thai Children’s Trust, formerly Pattaya Orphanage Trust, is a registered UK charity which supports vulnerable and disadvantaged children in Thailand...

 in London. In addition, the Foundation provides support via the Thai Children's Trust to many other projects including the Camillian Center

Camillian social center in Rayong

The Camillian social center in Rayong is a charitable institution in Thailand, established in 1995 by Saint Camillus Foundation and an Italian priest, Father Giovanni Contarin....

, the Duang Prateep Foundation, the Good Shepherd Sisters and the Diocese of Chanthaburi.

In the United States, FRSAC supports a program called "Dinner with Santa"

Dinner with Santa Program

The "Dinner with Santa" program works in cooperation with participating public elementary schools to provide a happy Christmas to children selected by the school district as deserving aid during the holiday season. It works as follows:

• An elementary school makes the decision to participate in the program, applies to the Foundation and becomes a "Dinner with Santa" participant
• The school determines which families with a child at the school may be in need of special assistance at Christmas. They contact the child's parents and determine if the parents want their child to receive the benefits of the program.
• If so the parents provide a list of both clothing and other necessaries plus toy suggestions for their child.
• About three weeks prior to Christmas, the school provides the Foundaion with the number of children to attend along with the wish list for each child, the child's age and first name.
• The Foundation purchases the items on the wish list, each item is gift wrapped and a gift tag affixed to each package.
• The children and their parents are invited to a pre-Christmas dinner at a local restaurant.
• Everyone enjoys the festive dinner and then as dessert is being served, Santa and Mrs. Claus make an appearance.
• Santa distributes the gifts to each child.
• The Foundation picks up the all the expenses, purchases and wraps the gifts. The participating school supplies Santa, Mrs Claus, handles restaurant arrangements and sends a representative to the dinner.
• View a typical "Dinner with Santa" by clicking this reference.