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Please visit our events calendar on our website for a complete and up-to-date listing of ALL events that we will be appearing at. The events listed in this area are those we are hosting or play a significant role in.
We Can Do This!Therapeutic Parent Training
11th Annual Family Fun Day
Quassy Amusement Park Middlebury, CT
August 5
Ring of Hope
Prospect Public Library
August 17
End of Summer Bash
Dynobites Smiles
Middlebury, CT
August 27
Bells Of Hope
Statewide faith communities
November 4-6th
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Wednesday's Child 
WTNH Channel 8 airs a weekly segment featuring CT children available for adoption and families formed through adoption. Click on the logo above to see recent video segments hosted by Ted Koppy. |
Open House schedule available on our website
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Prospective foster and adoptive parents are welcome at any Open House listed on our website. Please call one of the regional coordinators listed at the bottom of this newsletter or email
us for more information or to schedule an individual appointment.
Click here for the most current listing of open houses across the state. |
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Thanking heaven even for our difficulties and misfortunes is the best way to transform them. You will see your difficulties in a different light, as if you had wrapped them in a film of pure gold.
~Omraam Mikhael Aivanhov |
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Volume 3, Edition 7 July 2011 |
Greetings!
Remember how you felt about summer as a kid? If you were anything like me then you cherished those endless, lazy days playing with friends and capturing lightning bugs. As parents of children whose memories may not be as pleasant, our summers can seem more stressful. Many of our kids do better when there is the structure of school (as much as they don't want to hear that!) so we may not have the appreciation that our parents had for these long, warm days. Although FAM can't make school come any faster, hopefully, you RSVPed to our Quassy event this coming Friday. You and the kids are sure to have a wonderful time. This year promises to be a huge success - and I mean huge. We have over 500 attending! I, for one, can't wait to see you all. And, if you really need additional support with the endless days of summer, check out our books. There are many great resources for parents listed. Some of them are available to borrow from the Adoption Assistance Program. Many can be ordered through your local library. And for those of you who have adopted, join us at our adoption support group, Ring of Hope. It's a great group and we'd love to have you.
Are you or someone you know looking for a part time position with lots of flexibility? Our coordinator for Fairfield County, is leaving FAM and a replacement is being sought by her local Executive Committee. Details about the position appear in the brief article below.
Last but not least, if you belong to a service group that loves to be creative, please let us know. We would love to bring some unpainted birdhouses to a meeting. Let your inner artist have free reign! It really is fun and you will be helping a good cause.
Enjoy the final weeks of summer. See you at Quassy!  |
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Looking for an Opportunity to Make a Difference? | |  Great Service Opportunity Available
"It takes a village to raise a child "(African proverb).
This statewide project was begun to support and raise awareness about the continued need for foster "nests." Do you or a member of your family belong to a service organization or youth group? Would your group like to help support foster care and adoption and help spread the word about the need for additional homes? How can you help?
- Host a painting party as a service project (materials can be provided).
- Display finished Bird Houses & Literature about Foster Care.
- Invite the "Everyone Needs a Nest" Project to your fair, festival, tag sale, meeting or coffee hour.
- Make a donation to "Everyone Needs a Nest."
- Donate arts and crafts supplies such as paints, brushes or wooden bird houses.
- Build and donate bird houses.
By participating in this project, you become part of the village. Please contact us for more information. |
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This postcard slide show from our partners at Foster Care Alumni of America was so popular we decided to run it again.
Please take a moment to view it. FCAA created this slide show from postcards sent in to them from former foster youth.
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Position Available
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Part time Coordinator for foster/adoptive homes
Foster Adoptive Mission, a community collaborative serving the Bridgeport, Danbury and Norwalk areas and surrounding suburbs, is seeking an enthusiastic, self-motivated, resourceful individual to work as the Coordinator recruiting foster and adoptive homes for DCF-involved children and youth. The successful candidate will possess familiarity with the child welfare system in CT and will enjoy working with the public. State and local police checks required as well as DCF child protective services check. Local travel is required. Hours are non-traditional. This is a contract position, no benefits, 30 hours weekly. Please visit our website: www.fosteradoptivemission.org for more information.
Resume and cover letter should be sent to:
Jacqueline.Ford@ct.gov
Deadline Friday, August 12, 2011
Jacqueline Ford
c/o Court Monitor
300 Church Street
Wallingford, Connecticut 06492 |
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