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Winter Wonderland

Volunteer Kickoff Meeting
Wednesday May 23, 12:00 - 1:00pm
Oregon Electric Station


Eugene - Springfield and surrounding areas! You too can help with A Family For Every Child's Winter Wonderland Auction. We need volunteers for:
Oral AuctionSilent Auction
Invitations/RegistrationTake down/Set up
DecorationsLogistics
SponsorshipsWine Wall
Dessert DashProcurement
and more!! We will be holding our first event meeting on May 23
Oregon Electric Station, 140 East 5th Avenue, Eugene
Please RSVP by the 20th of May to
christy@afamilyforeverychild.org
Please also bring along any friends or coworkers you would like to get involved
Thank-you

Support Group Meeting

Second & Fourth Thursday of every month

Next Meeting   Thursday, May 24th, 2012 5:30 to 7:30 pm

A Family for Every Child Support group – 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.
Get all the latest AFFEC Support Group news as it happens
Friends Church When: 2nd and 4th Thursdays of each month;
Time: 5:30 - 7:30pm;
Where:
Friends Church
3495 W. 18th
Eugene, OR 97402

 (Please subscribe (left) or check back here for the final meeting details).
Activities for children available.
Current and prospective members are invited to attend.
Please RSVP to heather@afamilyforeverychild.org

See our Family Support Group Main Page



FREE ADOPTION FOUNDATIONS TRAINING FOR OREGON RESIDENTS

Christian Family Adoptions has scheduled weekend adoption "Foundations Training" (including foster parent training and special needs) for June 1, 2012 (9am-5pm), June 2, 2012 (8am-5pm), and June 3, 2012 (8am-5pm). (Note: This Class meets the minimum Requirements for Oregon "Foundations Training"). This class is free of charge and open to anyone who resides in Oregon. Our Vancouver office has a 50 person capacity training room. Space is limited, reservations required. To sign up please call 503-232-1211 or email becky@christianfamilyadoptions.org . (See Our Flyer) (free). This class will be repeated the weekend of September 7, 8 & 9, 2012 . This training is open to folks of any religious persuasion.

Family Finding Volunteer Training

Saturday, May 19, 2012

9 AM - 12 PM

Saturday, May 19th we will be conducting a training session for all new Family Finding volunteers. If you have had an interest in becoming a Family Finding volunteer, this is the training for you.

  • Learn more about the process of building positive family contacts for children in foster care.
  • Find out how to search for lost family members by internet and phone.
  • Complete mandatory training to ready you to take your first case.

Please contact Caitlin for further information if you are planning to attend, or would like to make arrangements for next month's training session at famfind@afamilyforeverychild.org .

If you haven't yet filled out an application to volunteer as a Family Finder, please go to the link below, click on 'local/regional' or 'national' and scroll down to 'Family Finding'.

Volunteer Jobs Page


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ADOPTION / FOSTER LIFEBOOKS

"An Adoption Life Book records a foster/adoptee's life that uses words, photos, graphics, the child's artwork, and memorabilia. An Adoption Life Book includes information about the child's birth parents and reason for separation. It always starts at the child's birth and often includes the fun part of when the adopted child joined a family."

How do you fit in? We need you, your creativity (we can lend you some if you think you don't have any), and your time in order to create these gifts for local foster children. Adoption Life Books resemble scrapbooks and, like scrapbooks, there are a lot of ways to be involved. Curious? Interested? If so, please See Our Web Page for more information and Contacts.


OTHER NEWS

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Prom Dresses for Foster Girls

Josephine's Closet is an Oregon non-profit created to collect and distribute gently-used and new prom and other formal dresses to girls in need in Lane County, Oregon. For further information, contact Lisa Christon, lisa.christon@co.lane.or.us , or call 541/682-4702.

Foster Parent Resource Closet: West Eugene Family Center

We have clothes, shoes and various articles for foster kids.   You can call the Social Service Assistants at the West Eugene Family Center and arrange a time to come by, or just stop by and ask for us at reception.
686-7722, Libby Forsberg x272, Dan Plaster x242 or Twyla Pew x301

Project Linus: Providing Security Through Blankets

Project Linus is a non-profit organization with a two-fold mission.   First mission, to provide love, a sense of security, warmth and comfort to children who are seriously ill, traumatized, or otherwise in need through the gifts of new, handmade blankets and afghans, lovingly created by volunteer "blanketeers."   Second, to provide a rewarding and fun service opportunity for interested individuals and groups in local communities, for the benefit of children.

Project Linus
Click logo above to learn more!