Camp To Belong
is a national organization whose motto is to give siblings the right to reunite. This organization is spreading throughout the US and beyond where sibling connections are enhanced at camp. This camp is specifically for children in foster care who have siblings they cannot currently live with. The Eddie Nash Foundation has partnered with Foster Care Auxiliary and we will be bringing Camp To Belong to Orange County this July! Visit www.camptobelongoc.org to find out more! If you would like a camper application or information about Orangewood Children’s Trust Fund Grant’s which can provide costs for this camp, please contact us.
Time is running out – spaces are limited!
PICNIC!!
Save the date for the picnic…
September 20
SUPPORT GROUP AND TRAINING
JULY 6th: Eating Disorders Helps identify & explain eating disorders & offers some creative yet very practical solutions.
1st Thursday Every Month at Noon: C.R.I.S.-Caregiver Recording Information Systems: Make Record Keeping Easy! This is one of the most innovative programs made specifically for caregivers and foster families. Two hours of training credit plus the software program will be given for attending this training. Register Early Limited Space each month!
*One software program per Orange County Social Services Foster, Adoptive or Kinship Family household.
Sponsored by Saddleback College Foster & Kinship Care Education Program
To Register call 714 778-3383 or email FosterCareAux@yahoo.com
REMINDERS AND IMPORTANT NOTICES!!
July Membership Distribution Days... 1st Saturday is a holiday…make apts for July 11th
Please remember the Focus Member Sat is by appointment only
Email fostercareaux@yahoo.com or call 714 778-3383 up to 1 week prior to the first Saturday for your appointment. Focus Group (those with foster or former foster children in home) July 11 (Saturday) 9am – 2pm by appointment only July 6 & 7 (Mon & Tues) 11am – 1pm
Supporting Group July 10 & 11 (Fri & Sat) 11am – 1pm
Help Wanted... Would you like to offer a few hours on a weekly or monthly basis to help us out?
Someone with a van who can do a large donation pick up in Torrance in the am every other Tuesday is needed. Volunteer would pick up donations and bring them to the center with the paperwork to unload on every other Tuesday in the late am. Please contact me if you are available for this on a regular basis.
A licensed driver who is comfortable driving our truck is needed…no special license needed, as the size of the truck does not require this. Driver would pick the truck up at Orangewood Children’s Home and bring it to the store for us to unload and then take it back to Orangewood. We need someone on the 2nd and 5th Saturday, as well as every Tuesday. If you can do one or more of these days on a regular basis, please contact me.
Someone to set up our weekly silent auction is needed on Saturdays from 11:30-12:30. This volunteer would help finish out the auction at noon each Saturday, then set up the glass case in the front of the store for the next week. Please contact me if you are available to do this on a regular basis.
GOT LAUNDRY?
Get it done! A church group is offering to do the laundry of newborns placed in families in need. (newborn – 2months old) a baby friendly detergent like Dreft will be used. If you are interested in having your newborns laundry done by this group, please contact AJ and Jo Sexton at wewillserve@hotmail.com
SERVICES WE OFFER
See our web site, call or email for more info on any of them.
