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Foster Care Month - Have A Party

Posted Fri, 04/24/2009 - 22:11 by MatthewS
05/16/2009 - 07:02
US/Mountain

Buy tickets to the local zoo, aquarium, botanic garden, or other fun activity. Donate the tickets to your local social services for foster families to attend. Attend with them. Set up a picnic at the local park.

Foster Care Month - Mother's Day

Posted Thu, 04/23/2009 - 19:01 by MatthewS
05/10/2009 - 03:57
US/Mountain

May 10th is Mother's Day! Don't forget to do something nice for the foster mother's you know. Foster children might like to make a little card. Pamper the foster mother in your life whether she is YOUR foster mom, your spouse, or perhaps a relation or friend.

Foster Care - Change a Lifetime

Posted Wed, 04/22/2009 - 21:23 by MatthewS
URL: 

http://www.fostercaremonth.org/Pages/default.aspx

From the Foster Care - Change a Lifetime site:

All children deserve a safe, happy life — including the 496,000 American children and youth in foster care. Young people in foster care especially need nurturing adults on their side because their own families are in crisis and unable to care for them.

This site provides information on how to get involved in the foster care system ranging from things you can do in minutes to things that can last a lifetime.

May is National Foster Care Month

Posted Wed, 04/22/2009 - 20:33 by MatthewS
05/01/2009 - 05:31
US/Mountain

The whole month of May is National Foster Care month. Take some time to celebrate the kids, parents, social workers, mentors, and volunteers!

National Foster Care Coalition

Posted Sat, 03/28/2009 - 11:27 by MatthewS
URL: 

http://www.nationalfostercare.org/

from the Foster Care Coalition site:

Maybe Days: A Book for Children in Foster Care

Posted Wed, 12/10/2008 - 00:41 by MatthewS
Author: 
Jennifer Wilgocki
Marcia Kahn Wright
Alissa Imre Geis
ISBN: 
1557988021

This book explains to children what being in foster care means. It will help both foster parents and children make sense of what often seems to not make sense.

Foster Care and Trust

Posted Fri, 11/07/2008 - 00:44 by MatthewS

Imagine for a second that you're a little kid. Your life is filled with chaos. Perhaps your parents are drug users.

At best, you aren't really sure where your next meal will come from--sometimes your parents are gone for days at a time. So you hide things that will keep in your closet, under your bed, in places that are safe.

At worst, you hide from your caretakers because you get hit if you get in the way. Perhaps there is an adult in the house who does things worse than hitting. Dark corners where there is no yelling are good places to be.

 

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