Friday August 26th, 2011 

 

6:00pm to 8:00pm

 

Garden Way Church is hosting a night of fun for foster kids. There will be games, pizza, and movies for birth through 8th grade.

Sign up now!

You don't want to miss a free opportunity of fun.
 

Available to the first 50 Children

 

to sign up, email:

or_baumshelter@msn.com or

lisa@afamilyforeverychild.org

Please include your name, the child(ren)'s name and ages.

A fun time for foster kids to connect with other foster kids before school starts, and a time for foster parents to have some free time.

See Directions and Map

We encourage parents to share this information with their child before adolescence to promote a stronger sense of identity and to avoid issues later on. Information that would be matter-of-fact to children at a young age becomes a crisis if they're older and don't know.

1.            What are my birth parents' first and middle names?

2.            Where was a born (hospital and city)?

3.            What time was I born?

4.            Were there any complications at the time of my birth?

5.            Did my birth mother see me or hold me?

6.            Who else was present at my birth?

7.            What were the circumstances surrounding my placement?

8.            Did my birth mother pick my adoptive family?

9.            Did my birth mother know anything about my

adoptive family? (Did she meet my adoptive parents?)

10.          What did my birth mother name me?

11.          Does anyone else in my birth mother's family know about me?

12.          Who knows what?

13.          How old were my birth parents when I was born?

14.          Were my birth parents married when I was born?

15.          Where did my birth parents go to high school? College?

16.          What kind of students were they?

17.          What religious backgrounds do my birth parents have?

18.          What is my ethnic/racial background?

19.          Did my birth parents marry each other or anyone else after I was born? Do I have any biological siblings? Do they know about me?

20.          Did I go to a foster home after leaving the hospital?

21.          What was my foster family's name? How long was I there?

22.          What do my birth mother and birth father look like? May I have a picture of them? Are my birth parents still alive?

23.          Do my birth parents love me?

24.          Do my birth parents think about me? Did they ever regret their decisions?

25.          Do my birth parents have any special talents, hobbies, or interests?

26.          What traits did I inherit from my birth parents? Personality? Looks? Talents?

27.          Did my birth parents write to me over the years (journal/letters in a file)?

28.          Are there any medical concerns I should know about?

29.          If I called my birth parents or wanted to meet them someday, what would they do?

30.          What should I call my birth parents?

Since we are fast approaching the fall and school will begin, AFFEC has a new list of intern positions available. If you are interested in interning with us, please contact:christy@afamilyforeverychild.org

 

Here are just some of our roles for fall 2011:

Twitter & Twitpic

QR Codes

Video for our Youtube Channel

Google for Non Profits

Facebook (Programming Skills)

Online Events

Google Adwords

Google Plus

Webinar- Online Matching Events- Online Training- Online org. orientations

Flickr- Help with SEO

Blog

Text Messaging/SMS

Podcasting

Traditional Media Plan- PSA, Develop Media Contact list, Outreach to Media

 

Events:

12 weeks of Restaurant Fundraising Events

Princess Day

Online Events

Plan an Event

Winter Wonderland and Pre-Online Event

 

Web Support:

SEO Optimizing

Web Programming- Widgets, RSS Feeds, Database Specialist

 

Adoption Agency:

Adoption Agency Support Coordinator

Adoption Agency Support Manual

Scholarship Program Coordinator

Adoption Policy

Outreach Specialist to Build Families

Research Concept of Sibling "Specialty" Agency

 

Mentor:

Life Skills Coordinator

Data Support

Kids Projects- Art, Video

Mentor/Youth Activity Coordinator- seek discounted and free activities

 

Office Support:

Volunteer Coordinator

Admin Support/Phones

Database Support/Projects

Child Follow Up Support- Enter Email Responses Web Child Listing

Submit Supervisors

Submit & Child Listing Team

Training Support

Webinar- Trainings

 

Recruitment:

WWK/Agency/Caseworker Outreach

Web Child Lister

Outreach for Kids on Public Site

Produce Video for the Site/Kids

 

Heart Gallery:

Venue Coordinator

Photography Outreach

Data Entry

Monthly Update Volunteer

Display Specialist- Research and Create New Displays

 

Funding:

Grant Writing/ Family Foundations/ Organization/ Business Foundation RFP

Grant Research

 

Matching:

Family Adoption Specialist

Data Entry/Search Specialist

Family Specialist

Special Webinars-Recorded

Recruiter-Family and Agencies - Sales Role

 

Family Finding:

FF Volunteer

Data Entry

Research Specialist- Sites, Programs, Articles, Resources

Gen Pro/ Family Tree

Internet Searcher

Social Media Interaction for Volunteers and Searching

Family Finding Blog/Facebook Tool

We want and need your help to spread the word! Here are ways you can help us recruit for kids:

 

- Like us on Facebook

- Join us on Twitter- and retweet when we twitpic a new child

- Hook up with us on Linkedln

- Sign up for Text Messaging

- Link us on your website. Contact:Dennis@afamilyforeverychild.org

- Email us any supports, trainings, activities, blogs, anything that could help. Christy@afamilyforeverychild.org

- Become a volunteer

- Donate, attend, or become a sponsor at our event

- Host a Heart Gallery. Heather@afamilyforeverychild.org

- Become a mentor. Heather@afamilyforeverychild.org

 

Questions? Ideas? Christy@afamilyforeverychild.org