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May is Foster Care Awareness Month
There are almost half a million children in the foster care system in the United States. Each year, on January second, there is a count taken in Oklahoma. We have a growing crisis in our state with 8308 children in foster care in Oklahoma this year (2012), as compared to 8046 last year (2011). Ever wonder how many kids in foster care live in your county?
See more stats HERE
There are many ways to care for kids in foster care including becoming a foster family. If you would like more information on becoming a foster family please attend an upcoming 111Project orientation in Tulsa and/or Oklahoma City.
Click HERE & scroll down to find info on the next orientation in your area.
If fostering is not for you right now, please click HERE to learn about many other ways you can volunteer and support kids in foster care!
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Show You Care About Kids in Foster Care!
With a $5 donation to OK Foster Wishes we would like to give you a OKFW Foster Care Awareness Wristband to wear during the month of May to bring awareness to the foster care crisis we currently face in our state. You can make your donations and receive a wristband anytime at Lewis RV, located at 1600 E. Reno, OKC (just down the street from Bass Pro Shop).
You can also help by collecting donations and distributing wristbands (quantities of 50 or more please). Email us with quantity and contact info at okfosterwishes@gmail.com .
Donations collected this month will benefit youth in foster care who will be attending FLUX , a foster grad party!
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