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Kashari
Kashari
is an intelligent, talkative and fun child. She
enjoys speaking with adults as well as other
children. She is also a good listener who pays
attention! Her CASA adds that she often has a
funny comment or perceptive insight to add to the
discussion. She is comfortable and poised in
casual settings and responsive to a range of
people including children, family relatives, her
therapist, her CASA, and foster family members.
Kashari is an affectionate child who
develops strong attachments to people who show
maturity, stability, and that they care for her.
She has a strong sense of loyalty and absolutely
loves babies. She has a lovely singing voice and
has wanted to play the saxophone. Kashari is
resilient and loves learning new things, going to
new places, and meeting new people. She welcomes
new experiences, and has an innate curiosity about
life. Kashari would love to go on an airplane,
travel out of state, and visit the
beach.
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Ryland
Ryland
is a sweet child who loves to be
silly. He loves to go camping, biking and
swimming. He truly enjoys being outdoors as often
as the weather permits. Ryland loves Spiderman and
other action figures.
Ryland is an
excellent eater. Some of Ryland's favorite
foods are cheeseburgers and pizza. He is not
a picky eater but could live without meatloaf!
Ryland enjoys playing with the dogs that
live with the foster parents. He is good with them
and likes different animals. Ryland will do best
with a family that has parenting experience and
the ability to work with their local school
system.
Ryland would do well with a family
who has some older children that could be role
models for him. He plays well with children that
are a bit younger than he is. Ryland is a little
immature for his age. Ryland is excited to find
stability in his life and have a home and family
to call his own.
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Washington
Heart Gallery
We
are in the process of beginning and growing our
Washington Heart Gallery. If you are a
Washington Business, Church, photographer or
volunteer and would like to be involved, please
let us know!
Angela@afamilyforeverychild.org
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Donate
to AFFEC
Would
you like to contribute to AFFEC's cause for
helping children? Any amount can have a
lasting impact on a child. Click Below!
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Win
a Laptop!
Do
you have a older teen in foster care that needs a
computer? We are accepting essays for a chance to
win a new laptop computer. We will be giving away
4 new laptops to youth currently in foster care in
Lane County, Oregon, ages 14 to 21. Essays will be
judged on:
A) How a laptop will benefit
the youth
B) Why they feel they need a laptop
C) What their life goals are
See
complete terms and conditions of essay contest
here.
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We
Need Computers!
We
now are looking for monitors and mice. Please
keep AFFEC in mind if you have extra
equipment!
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AFFEC
Media
AFFEC is on Facebook, Myspace, and more.
Click on the
links!
AFFEC Blog: Please contribute your
thoughts!
Our Mentor Program now has a discussion
group:
Perhaps you are addicted to Social Media.
Perhaps you would like to get involved. We could
use you!
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Google
Adwords Volunteer
We
were lucky enough to be granted a Google Adword
grant, now we are looking for a volunteer to help
us build our account and take one or two days a
month to over see it.
If
you have experience with Google Adwords, please
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Our
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Ages
13, 6
Jordan
and Tate are a wonderful and adoring sibling
group. They both have unique personalities and
individual differences. Jordan wants to be
adopted and is excited to think about the
possibility of starting over. Tate is very
loving and open to new relationships. These
siblings are ready and wanting to join a new
family.
Jordan is a lovely young lady
with long brown hair and almond shaped brown
eyes. Jordan loves to sing and dance. Similar to
many teen girls, Jordan enjoys Hanna Montana,
High School Musical and the Twilight Series, she
is on team Edward! Jordan says the thing that
makes her most happy is shopping. Her interests
include having friends come over and hanging out
with her same age cousin.
Jordan has an
interest in reading fantasy inspired books. If
she had three wishes granted, Jordan would
choose to have a cell phone, have her own room,
and to meet one of her favorite television
stars. Jordan has become more outgoing and
vibrant since her placement in stable relative
care.
Tate is a handsome boy with brown
hair and sparkling blue/green eyes. He is an
active boy with a lot of energy. Some of Tate's
favorite things are Hot Wheels, Transformers,
and Bakons. His favorite transformers are
Optimus Prime and Bumble Bee. He also likes
anything with wheels. Tate is a sweet boy who is
focused on playing and his caretakers. He enjoys
playing outdoors and with
playmates.
Jordan and Tate have a very
close relationship. They have experienced a
difficult family life and their relationship has
been an important part of surviving emotionally.
Although they bicker like normal siblings,
Jordan is very protective of Tate. They can't
imagine living separately. Jordan is an
adolescent and is beginning to exert her
individuality and independence which may impact
the sibling connection.
Jordan and Tate
need stable, loving, and consistent caregivers
that have the ability to meet their physical,
behavioral, and emotional needs on a full-time
long term basis. They need vigilant caretakers
who will check in with the children to ensure
their needs are being met.
The children
need a safe and nurturing environment where they
feel safe and secure. The children need
caretakers who have an understanding of trauma
behaviors and interventions for non-compliant
behaviors. The caregivers should have good
stress management/coping skills and a strong
support system.
Jordan and Tate need a
family who will work to maintain the connection
with the children's relatives. Jordan and Tate
are a sibling group who will be rewarding
members for the right family. The children need
a committed family who is prepared for the
challenges and happiness that these children
will bring.
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Ages
8, 3
Kayla
and Olyvia are an adorable and fun set of
sisters. Kayla is a sweet, friendly and
kind-hearted girl. She likes to help others and
seek out adult attention. She has an easy laugh
and is often smiling. Kayla likes to be outside
and play basketball or run with the foster
family dog. She enjoys going to school and
church. She is well-liked by others and loves
animals.
Olyvia is described as ''a
character'' with lots of charisma. She is very
social and talkative. Olyvia loves pink and
''dressing up''. She likes to play with Barbies,
Hot Wheel cars, and going to church. Olivia
enjoys playing outside with the dog. She can be
mischievous and spunky which is part of her
charm.
The children enjoy visiting their
older brothers and talking to them on the phone.
The boys come to the parent visits at times and
the children have a sibling bond. Kayla and
Olyvia are very bonded and have always lived
together.
Olyvia and Kayla's foster
mother feels they are likable girls who are at a
good place in their life to be adopted as they
still trust adults. She feels they would make a
nice addition to a family. Their adoptive family
will need to be able to provide structure,
supervision, nurturing, and consistency. They
will need to be patient and understanding
regarding the girls' impulsive behaviors and
their history of multiple caregivers.
It
may take the girls some time to understand what
permanency means for them. The family would need
to be able to seek out services and advocate for
the girls as needs arise. Safe contact with
their brothers would be ideal (particularly for
Kayla who has experienced many losses deeply)
and be open to some possible safe contact with
parents.
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Winter
Wonderland Gala Auction
Save
the Date: November 10th
Place:
Valley River Inn
Time:
5:30pm Social and Silent Boutique
Auction
Time: 7:00pm Program and Live
Auction
$50
per person
Sid
Voorhees
Master
of Ceremonies:
Bill
Barrett
Sponsorship
Opportunities
Available
Along
with dozens of dedicated event volunteers, we
are asking you to support us by becoming a
sponsor, donating an auction item, purchasing a
table or individual tickets.
For
more information or to RSVP,
contact:
541-343-2856
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Professional
Bulletin Photos
By knowing how important a good photo is
to recruitment, AFFEC is now offering to take
professional photos for child bulletins. We are
committed to a two week turn around (although
caseworker or foster parent schedules may make
this more difficult).
We have developed our statewide list of
photographers that can (within a week of our
call) photograph a child or sibling group.
Within a week of images being taken, we will
email the .jpg images to caseworkers. We then
store all images for further recruitment tools
if requested by the caseworker. All that is
needed is the referral form linked
below:
Referral
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Family
Support Meetings
This
support group is an open forum, a place for
pre-adoptive families, post-adoptive families,
foster families, and mentors. We have different
speakers each month that share experiences along
with valuable information. Come share and
encourage each other through this
journey.
When:
2nd and 4th Thursdays of each
month
Time:
5:30-7:30pm
Where:Boys and Girls Club of
Emerald Valley
1545 W 22nd Ave
Eugene, OR
97405
Activities
for Children available
Please
RSVP to:lisa@afamilyforeverychild.org
Click
below for a great webinar on adoption!
Check
out our resource
page:
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Volunteer
Opportunities
Admin
Support -
Submission
team member. 3-20 hours a week. At AFFEC office
location. We get upwards of 300 adoption
inquiries from our website each month and need
regular, dependable, committed volunteers to
assist us in supporting families through the
adoption inquiry and Home Study submission
process.
Matching
Assistant Program -
We
have a newly created Matching Assistance
Program. We have a director, but there are many
elements to it such as marketing to parents,
marketing to case workers and agencies. There
are also roles in reaching out to other photo
listings and building relationships to photo
list their kids. We would love to have you join
our team.
Web Listing
Volunteer -
(Best
if done an hour a day, may be less, needs
regular attention). Adding children into our web
database, editing as a child's status changes,
updating picture, adding media links
etc.
Web
Process Volunteer -
Any
available time. Signing on to our new logon site
and acting as a family, writing script and
suggestions that will help our site be more user
friendly for families. Help to create web forms
and other ways to assist families. Help to
develop RSS feed tools, Twitter feeds and other
ways families can get immediate information on
children.
Newsletter
Volunteer -
3
newsletters a week, 1-2 hours a newsletter.
Using our outreach tool (Constant Contact) build
templates for newsletters and outreach tools. As
well as odds and ends announcements and
email outreach for recruitment. (Possible
newsletters themes-kids in need -resources
-sites to visit - articles and updates on
adoption)
Volunteer
Adoption Specialist -
Would
like each volunteer specialist to take on a # of
families to represent and work with. 5-10 hours
a week. Because of the training involved we ask
you to be able to commit to 6 months. Have you
wanted to be an adoption worker? Did you and
your family struggle through the process and
wish you had a liaison to assist you? Now is
your chance to do that for another family. We
will train you, provide materials and guidance
to assist other families, help them create bio
page, search for children, submit their studies,
follow up with workers for them, and help build
families.
Child
Specialist -
Same
as volunteer specialist above, several
hours week over several days. Add kids to our
database, make sure all need fields are checked,
photo is added, remove children as
needed.
Child Outreach
Role -
Any
number of hours you have. Contacting and
building relationships with other photo listings
to try and link each other, photo list their
kids, build partnerships to help each other
recruit for more kids.
Heart
Gallery Needs
Faith-Based
Heart Gallery Coordinator
-
Scheduling
exhibits for our 2010 faith-based Heart Gallery
calendar
Sending
letters to prospective faith-based
sites
Coordinating
site setup prior to exhibits
Maintaining
brochure inventory
Attending
one Sunday a month as an Exhibit Host Following
up with sites after an exhibit (thank you
letter, rescheduling for next year, etc.)
Soliciting
donations for needed supplies (frames, easels,
picture stands, brochure holders, etc.)
Data
entry of all of the above
Creation
of a Process Binder for all of the above (so we
can duplicate this program in other parts of the
state)
Princess
Event -
Time
to start planing! Need a coordinator and
committee to make this special day
happen.
Appreciation
Coordinator -
Send
thank-you's to our sponsors, donors, supporters,
recognize volunteer's birthdays, work effort and
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Heart
Gallery Locations
October
2010
Arbor
South Architecture -
Eugene
Ben
White, DDS
Chris
Dental - Thurston/Pleasant
Hill
Clackamas
Branch DHS
Cottage
Grove Community
Center
Creswell
Library
Denny's
- Glenwood
Dr.
Barta - DDS
Dr.
Dave Matthews DMD -
Eugene
Elite
Fitness & Education -
Bend
Eugene
Airport
Fifth
Street Market - Eugene
Friendly
Street Market -
Eugene
Gateway
Mall - Springfield
Heritage
Mall -
Albany
Home
Builders Association,
Eugene
I
- 5 Glass -
Springfield
Iron
Works Gym -
Creswell
Kendall
Auto Group - Eugene
Lakeside
Clinic - Eugene
Market
of Choice 29th Street -
Eugene
Mercedes
Benz of Eugene
Metro
Perc - Beaverton
Mike
Bratland, DDS -
Roseburg
Next
Door, Inc. - Hood
River
Oakmont
Family Dental -
Eugene
Pacific
Auto Repair -
Eugene
Pacific
Source Health Plans -
Tigard
Peace
Health Cottage Grove
Hospital
Precision
Classics & Collision -
Eugene
Prime
Med Medical Clinic - Cottage
Grove
Ray's
Food Center -
Creswell
Reflections
Hair Salon - Coburg
Siuslaw
Valley Bank -
Creswell
Siuslaw
Valley Bank
- Oakridge
Siuslaw
Valley Bank - Pleasant
Hill
Summit
Bank
Sweet
Life - Eugene
The Bookmine - Cottage
Grove
The
Dalles and Hermiston Movie
Theatres
The
Inn - Portland
US
Bank - Chambers & 7th -
Eugene
Wells
Fargo Bank - W. Broadway -
Eugene
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How
can you contact A Family For Every
Child?
Call,
email, or visit us online or in
person!
 880
Beltline Rd.
Springfield Oregon
97477
office
- 541-343-2856
toll
free - 877-343-2856
fax
- 541-343-2866
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