foster care
Submitted by msteph13 on Mon, 06/09/2008 - 12:55.
There is a large number of young people who have been abandoned by their biological parents, and, sometimes adoptive parents. This abandonment leaves young people feeling less than worthy during a critical point in their development. It is my belief that everyone needs encouragement. This is true especially for those abandoned early in life. The goal of this initiative is to ensure that young people who have experienced abandonment remain in school, get an education, and live out their dreams.
Submitted by Blankies For Babies on Sat, 04/26/2008 - 16:05.
Blankies For Babies is a non-profit charity organization started in 2006 to gather new and lightly used blankies as well as make new blankies for infants, toddlers, and small children who need them. Blankies For Babies has reached infants and small children throughout Oahu, Hawaii and Albuquerque, New Mexico and is spreading throughout Oklahoma, Maryland, Idaho, and several other states.
Our Red, White, and Blue Blankie Party will be held in June 2008 in Ewa Beach, Hawaii.
Submitted by CASA on Fri, 04/25/2008 - 10:12.
Are you interested in helping children in the foster care system? If so, Hudson County CASA is currently recruiting volunteers to advocate for the best interests of abused and neglected children. CASA works through trained community volunteers to insure that needed services and assistance are made available to children while helping to move them toward safe and permanent homes. CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) and its volunteers speak for children in court, serve as fact finders for the judges and safeguard the interests of the children while they are in the foster care system.
Submitted by Natw151 on Fri, 04/11/2008 - 14:18.
In the United Sates alone, an estimated 2.7 million animals in shelters are euthanized each year. Many of these animals are killed due to minor problems that include age, weight, and treatable ailments. For my Senior Project, I was a foster parent to these animals, where I not only helped save their lives, but also made them eligible for adoption.
To start my project, I met with the Foster Coordinator, Katie Black, and had an interview with her and my mother to become a foster parent. I started bringing home animals in need the same day.
Submitted by AmyJo047 on Wed, 03/26/2008 - 18:53.
Yellow Brick Road, Inc. is a new nonprofit agency in the startup phase. It will serve to enhance the lives of children and adolescents, particularly those in out-of-home care. Youth involved in the child welfare system experience many adverse events, including frequent home and school transfers, being separated from many or all family members, and the lack of adequate support and preparation needed for success in adulthood. Yellow Brick Road, Inc. seeks to enhance the lives of youth involved in the child welfare system.
Submitted by gumby on Wed, 03/12/2008 - 10:19.
elevate is a group of young people ages 13 and up who seek to inspire others to new levels of understanding and compassion to the life connection needs of foster care and adoptive teens by sharing their personal stories of hope.
elevate has created “elevate our youth to adulthood day” that will be held on April 26,2008. elevate will do outreach and take applications from youth who have transitioned from foster care to their own apartment and will select 10 individuals in 8 communities in Iowa to receive apartment makeovers.
Submitted by godjluv2391 on Sat, 06/30/2007 - 01:22.
The Bear Hug Project is a project that I came up with I came up with to donate teddy bears, as well as a load of other things, to children in childrens hospitals and in foster care in the state of Florida. I came up with the idea for this project because I want these children not to feel as if they are neglected. I want to make them feel as if they are special because they ARE in fact special in every way. I would like to expand to hospitals and centers in the other 49 states as well. Besides donating teddy bears I plan on doing different projects and fundraisers with the help of others.
Submitted by rhodescourter on Wed, 03/07/2007 - 05:18.
Ashley Rhodes-Courter was born in North Carolina in 1985 and entered foster care in 1989. Over the next nine years, she lived in 14 placements before being adopted at age 12 by Phil and Gay Courter of Crystal River, Florida. By law, she had all the rights and privileges of any other American child, but her circumstances put her in a position where she had no parents, no home, and no voice for almost ten years. Many of her 14 foster homes were illegally overcrowded, one was extremely abusive, and two were modern orphanages serving troubled and dangerous children.
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