In regards to the holiday tomorrow, I am thankful for being so lucky as to have such an amazing family, friends, partner, co-workers, and to be connecting foster children with their lost loved ones for the holidays. So many foster children spend the holidays alone, and I am thankful for the opportunity to change that. I am even more hopeful that every foster child will have a family, not just for Thanksgiving, but forever.
What are you thankful for?
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
So, what is Family Finding?
A Family for Every Child (AFFEC) is a non-profit organization based in Springfield, Oregon that offers a number of different services to support foster children. Such services include our adoption agency, matching assistance program, family building program, mentoring, family finding, and our heart gallery.
Family Finding is a program that began with innovator Kevin Campbell, who recognized the need of foster children to know their biological family. Family Finding utilizes current files, internet searches, calling, and personal connections to find loving individuals from a foster child's past. Once such people are found, we are able to reconnect foster children with their lost family members and friends. This builds a strong, lasting support network for children in foster care.
AFFEC's Family Finding program is different in the sense that we are almost entirely volunteer based. Our file miners, internet searchers, and callers are all volunteers. We recruit individuals who have big hearts and an appetite for work. They have done amazing work helping us reconnect children with their biological family members, past friends, teachers, and former foster parents. Our volunteers are remarkable people who dedicate their time and energy to helping make others' lives better - and isn't that what life is all about?
Family Finding is a program that began with innovator Kevin Campbell, who recognized the need of foster children to know their biological family. Family Finding utilizes current files, internet searches, calling, and personal connections to find loving individuals from a foster child's past. Once such people are found, we are able to reconnect foster children with their lost family members and friends. This builds a strong, lasting support network for children in foster care.
AFFEC's Family Finding program is different in the sense that we are almost entirely volunteer based. Our file miners, internet searchers, and callers are all volunteers. We recruit individuals who have big hearts and an appetite for work. They have done amazing work helping us reconnect children with their biological family members, past friends, teachers, and former foster parents. Our volunteers are remarkable people who dedicate their time and energy to helping make others' lives better - and isn't that what life is all about?
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