Heart Gallery of Lane County - A Family for Every Child

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Essay Contest to 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 years of age. Essays will be judged on A) How a laptop will benefit the youth, B)Why they feel they need a laptop and C)What their life goals are. See complete terms and conditions of essay contest here.

Featured Child
Could you be the family Tera is looking for?

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Tera is constantly smiling and loves to laugh. Full of energy, she likes to play outdoors and with a lot of encouragement, likes to try new sports. She loves volleyball and basketball and would like to try some new sports too. She would thrive in a highly structured two parent household. A family with older children would be beneficial for her as they would provide Tera with good role models.

Tera has a lot of energy and is always up for trying new things. She is in good health and has a good sense of humor. She does well with...READ MORE

Please vote for us! A Family For Every Child has just joined a national grant Competition to help us help more children find forever families. We have submitted a grant through the Pepsi Refresh Project, and your votes determine the winners. You can vote at: refresheverything.com/foreverfamilies and by texting 101552 to 73774(pepsi) And you can vote twice (once online and once by text) each day all month long. Anyone 13 and older can vote, so please help us spread the word.

Family Support Group Meets 2nd & 4th Thursdays

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.

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
Agenda for upcoming meetings:
September 9th 2010 – Speaker from DHS sharing about CANS Assessment and Adoption Subsidy
September 23rd 2010 – Youth Panel sharing their stories – youth from foster care, adopted youth, youth who have aged out
Please RSVP to lisa@afamilyforeverychild.org

MENTORS NEEDED

We need mentors for youth in foster care, to make a difference in a child's life!! Here is a request from a 16 year old boy: a male mentor, who can be a support and give good advice, someone good at sports, a good listener, and someone to talk to. Can you be his mentor? Do you have a little extra time to give? He needs you to encourage him to make good decisions!! This is what this 16 year old boy likes: reading, drawing, skateboarding, working on bikes, and clothes shopping. He is open minded, flexible, caring, considerate, kind, good with animals, generous with elderly people. He likes golf, baseball, riding bikes, hanging out and movies. His favorite treat is a homemade blizzard. You can make a huge difference in a young man's life, let's work together to help these children. Click the Mentor Program tab for more information on how to become a mentor.

Washington Children Are Looking for their "Forever" Families too

Have you ever thought of adopting a child but wondered if you were the “right” person? YOU ARE! Maybe you are worried that you don’t make a lot of money? IT DOESN’T TAKE A LOT... Or that you need to own your own home? YOU DON’T! Or perhaps you are a single parent wondering if adoption can work for you? IT CAN! Maybe you live in another state and have been touched by a waiting child?

The Washington State Adoption Council’s 2009
Adoption Information Exchange - The Adoption Information Exchange has been available to share
information about adoption resources with people of Western Washington since 1977.

WE NEED YOUR HELP!!!

We are looking to expand throughout Oregon and Washington and we need your help! We need businesses to host displays, volunteers to help with operations and family finding, mentors for foster youth, committed individuals to open additional heart galleries, donations of products and funds and much more. There are many ways to get involved, so please contact us if you'd like to help!

Recommend a location for a heart gallery display by emailing Angela

Would you like to host a Heart Gallery at your Church? Please click here.

Would you like to host a Heart Gallery display at your business? Please click here.

We are recruiting experienced LONG TERM, committed Parents for our toughest kids.

These families will get a higher level of training and support for this difficult but very important job.

Please call Christy at
1-541-954-9626

It's better to have a loving family than to have no family at all.
These children are looking for their "Forever" families.
Could it be your family?

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