The Blended Family Foundation

The Blended Family Foundation Equipping Polk County students with emotional capacity & practical skills to navigate life with clarity & hope. Emergency support. Monthly workshops.

Therapy access. Our Story and Mission:

In 2016, our son Kalen passed away after being hit by a car while crossing the street to catch his school bus. Despite our heartache, we remained faithful and drew inspiration from Kalen's own words, which ultimately became the driving force behind the Blended Family Foundation. The Blended Family Foundation is a 501c3 non-profit organization based in centra

l Florida, serving Polk, Osceola, and Hillsborough County. Our mission is to provide socks, shoes, and hygiene items through mobile emergency closets available at community resource locations. Additionally, we offer coaching and mentoring support to help families build strong and loving home environments. In the near future, we plan to expand our services by offering single-day and weekend getaways for family bonding, as well as respite retreats for grieving families.

09/05/2026

Calling all musicians and the people who love them! Summer break is over and the vibes are back! Join us September 20th at Union Hall for Swan City Jazz Jamz. The Blended Family Foundation is bringing the music back, and we're raising funds to strengthen our students for a better future. $10 suggested donation.
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09/01/2026

This is absolutely huge to us at BFF!

TUNE IN & see why we are so thrilled to share the next part of our 10 year celebration!👟🎈🎬📖🤩 🎙🎉

Next up, our call for artists!CALLING ALL ARTISTS: YOUR CANVAS JUST GOT A WHOLE LOT MORE SOLE.The Sole Couture Sneaker B...
08/30/2026

Next up, our call for artists!

CALLING ALL ARTISTS: YOUR CANVAS JUST GOT A WHOLE LOT MORE SOLE.

The Sole Couture Sneaker Ball Art Auction is officially calling for artists and we’re looking for work that makes people stop, feel, think…and BID!

Youth and adult artists are invited to create an original piece inspired by one of five themes:

👟 FOUNDATIONS — What helped build you?
✨ JOY — What does joy look like when you can finally feel it?
💪 CAPACITY — What becomes possible when you discover what you can carry, create or become?
🌱 RECOVERY — What does rising after adversity look like?
🔥 SNEAKERS — Where have your shoes taken you and what did it take to get there?

Selected artwork will be exhibited and auctioned during Sole Couture, celebrating 10 years of The Blended Family Foundation and helping fund experiences and resources for Polk County K–12 students.

This is more than a celebratory fundraiser.

Your art becomes the conversation.
And the auction turns that conversation into impact.

🎨 Artists, this is your invitation.

Bring us the piece only YOU could create.

CREATE IT. EXHIBIT IT. AUCTION IT = IMPACT ON DISPLAY.

08/30/2026

A note of excitement!😘👟🎉🎈

08/19/2026

We could not wait any longer to share this spectacular news, jazz lovers!!!

We have been nominated for the Art For Good award with Polk Arts & Cultural Alliance!

We could not do this without you!

Your support is priceless to us!

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CoHatch...Blended Family Foundation's new home! First gathering of the season is happening now!Here's to you, our commun...
07/31/2026

CoHatch...Blended Family Foundation's new home!
First gathering of the season is happening now!

Here's to you, our community partners, donors and volunteers! Thank you so much for all you give to support our mission.

The Blended Family Foundation exists to help individuals, teams, families, youth, and organizations build the internal capacity needed to navigate life’s pressures without losing clarity, stability, or hope.

We could not do this without you.

November 2026 will celebrate 10 years of dedicated outreach to students in Polk County.
We're excited to share a few changes that will make a big difference in the years to come.

Stay tuned...or better yet, jump in!
🎙Event volunteers
🎙Emergency closet support
🎙Social media managers

05/12/2026

Live Music Events for May 2026 at Union Hall in Lakeland, Florida!

Friday May 1st 2026 - ECHO 3: Live at Union Hall (Free Entry Concert!)

Saturday May 2nd 2026 - A Tribute to the Beatles (performed by Any Time At All)

Friday May 8th 2026 - A Tribute To Grateful Dead (performed by Dead All Over)

Friday May 15th 2026 - Shoegaze Nite (with performances by Cult Fashion, Twiggy Branches, Sneezeweed, and Grandeur & The Delusions

Saturday May 16th 2026 - Tequila Mockingbird & Addison Panic (from Moxie Le Femme)

Sunday May 17th 2026 - Swan City Jazz Jamz (presented by The Blended Family Foundation)

Saturday May 23rd 2026 - PunkNite.com Pop Punk Emo Night with Reckless Giants

Friday May 29th 2026 - Subliminal Doubt: A Tribute to No Doubt

Saturday May 30th 2026 - LKLD Lindy Hop's Lindy Ball

For tickets to any events, you may visit unionhallevents.eventbrite.com or unionhallevents.com

For questions or additional info on any events, please contact Chris Torres, Venue Operations Director for Union Hall. You may reach him through text message or phone call at 863-333-1554. You may also email him directly at [email protected]

We're celebrating Kalen’s Golden Birthday all year long! Today he would be 27! In these 10 years, The Blended Family Fou...
04/27/2026

We're celebrating Kalen’s Golden Birthday all year long! Today he would be 27! In these 10 years, The Blended Family Foundation can't express our gratitude for how much you've done to honor Kalen's life via donations of shoes, socks and hygiene items for kids in crisis, attending and supporting our Sneakers Balls, Swan City Jazz Festival and Swan City Jazz Jamz! This year we are taking it a step further with our Resilience From Here ™️ Day Retreats. We would be honored to have you support our latest venture! We truly believe that these day Retreats will serve as the reset this next generation deserves! Want to partner? Email us at [email protected]
Want to donate? Please visit www.theblendedfamilyfoundation.com/donate

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502 E. Main Street
Lakeland, FL
33801

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