Heart Gallery of Lane County

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“A Princess For A Day”

Mission: A special occasion where girls (both in foster care & general admission) and an adult can come and get “pampered” and enjoy a tea party.
Ticket cost: $50.00 / Princess and her fairy godparent (1 child 1 adult)
There are a limited number of tickets for sale and all proceeds go towards helping children in foster care.
All Girls will be taking items home to keep

MARCH 8th ~~~ Time: T.B.A.

For more information please call Christy 1-541-954-9626

Meet ~ N ~ Greet

AUGUST 25th

Market of Choice 29th and Willamette St.
6:30 p.m.

FOSTER OR ADOPTION?

Are you trying to decide which is best for your family?

Would you like to know the difference in each process?

We hope to see you there!

Christy Obie~Barrett ~ cbobie@aol.com
Melissa Gay ~ robmiss323@msn.com

AFFEC "Princess" Meeting

September 15 - 5:30pm 5th St. Community Room

We are in need of new or second-hand etc...

Princess dresses of all sizes & accessories such as boas etc....
Fancy China cups, saucers, small plates, teapots, platters (they do not have to match!)
Business sponsors to donate time, money, or services such as Hair stylist, make-up etc....
Artists willing to paint/create back drops for "Princess" event

You're involvement and help is INCREDIBLY appreciated!!

Buy a Duck ~~ Help a Child DUCK

LOOK FOR US SELLING DUCK RACE TICKETS AT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

VALLEY RIVER CENTER AUGUST 24th 9:30-4 pm

Ticket cost: $5.00 each

You may use the Donate Now button below and we will mail the tickets to the address you provide.
Please be sure to dedicate your donation to The Duck Race.
(Minimum $10 donation required to use JustGive.org)n)

Contact Karen at karkimmac@msn.com, or call
1-541-359-9783.

LANE COUNTY FAMILY FINDING
A FAMILY FOR EVERY CHILD/DHS PARTNERSHIP

Please join our first training and DHS volunteer process

W. 11th DHS office
2101 W. 11th Ave., Eugene, Oregon

DHS CLEARANCE TRAINING
Aug. 28th
Location TBA

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FILE MINING TRAINING 5:30-7 pm
INTERNET / CALLING 7-8 PM
Aug. 21st

Pre-registration is encouraged please click on the DHS link below.
DHS REGISTRATION PAGE

WE NEED YOU!

What is Lane County Family Finding?
Family Finding is an intensive relative search model with the ultimate goals of achieving permanency and supporting enduring family connections for children in the foster care system. Lane County, DHS and A Family For Every Child have joined together and have created a program we believe will make a difference in the lives of local foster children. History:
The Family Finding model was originally designed to target children who have been in foster care for many years and who have lost contact with family members and other significant adults in their lives. The Lane County Family Finding evaluation will randomly assign children who are just entering foster care and in the beginning stages of the court dependency process to receive family-finding services How can I help?
We have three different volunteer positions available:

File Mining: Research the files for information Spend 1-3 hours a week at a DHS office Internet Research: Be a detective! Search for lost connections for foster children Spend 1-6 hours a week or per case
Contact Volunteer: Call identified potential family or other individuals associated with the foster child. Spend 3-10 hours a week or per case

To learn more please call or e-mail Christy.

Please e-mail questions to Christy at cbobie@aol.com
Or call Christy 683-5769 www.afamilyforeverychild.org

Family Mentors Needed!

A Family for Every Child is seeking Family Mentors to guide new adoptive families who struggle with challenging behaviors from their child/ren. The Family Mentor would provide support to the family and offer advice on how to handle these behaviors. We are looking for parents who have experienced severe challenges with their own children, to help another family.

Our program is also seeking volunteers for our family finding program. Volunteer positions include mining files (researching files to find lost friends and family), initial family contact (making calls to relatives and past contacts), and internet research (searching the internet to locate family). For these and more volunteer job descriptions, please contact Christy Obie-Barrett at (541)954-9626.

COMMITTED LANE COUNTY FOSTER HOMES NEEDED

Heart Gallery and A Family for Every Child have partnered with DHS to help recruit long term committed Foster families for specific children. We are doing this by featuring them on our web site with, pictures that represent them and their stories. www.afamilyforeverychild.org on the kid’s page.

We are in need of homes in the Bethel and Springfield school district. Homes for sibling groups and homes for teens.
WE are a permanency focused organization and realize that many children need a long term committed foster home before they can or will be adopted. We have developed a relationship with DHS that allows our families to be given priority and helped through the process, depending on the urgency of the child’s need for a new home. Our organization is also offering our families additional support through the process and after.

If you are interested in parenting one more child or sibling group, interested in getting extra help through the process and additional support, please call
Christy at 954-9626 or email at cbobie@aol.com.

We are also looking for experienced families to support these new families.