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Stay Connected to Angels
Please follow us on social media and visit our blog.
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Staff Contacts
Angels Foster Care
3905 State St., #7-115
Santa Barbara, CA
93105
(805) 884-0012
(805) 884-0177 - fax
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Out & About in the Community
visit us at
ParentClick's
Kid & Teen Expo
La Cumbre Plaza
Santa Barbara
Saturday, March 15,
9:30-1:30pm
Kite Festival
Rotary Centennial Park
Santa Maria
Sunday, April 13 (11-3)
Earth Day
Alameda Park
Santa Barbara
Saturday, April 26 (11-7)
Sunday, April 27 (11-6)
We're available to speak throughout Santa Barbara County about Angels Foster Care and the urgent need for foster homes. If you know of a local club, group, church or synagogue that would like an Angels presentation, please contact Ellen.
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Greetings...
This month began with an Angels family receiving a little one into their welcoming arms, the 150th child our agency has placed in local homes since our inception. It is a milestone that fills us with a mixture of emotions. While we are pleased Angels and our wonderful families can provide refuge for a child, at the same time, our hearts ache.
For a child to need an Angels home, we know it means sad, awful, and often terrible things have happened in the lives of these very young children. They have been separated from the only family they have known. They arrive often unable to communicate their needs, their fears, and their worries. We know their lives have been turned upside down and inside out and our hearts break.
We take solace in knowing that each child, upon arrival, is embraced by their Angels family and will continue to feel their sheltering arms, keeping them safe for as long as they are needed. We know our families are helping to create an oasis for each Angel child, or as Elizabeth Lawrence writes, "...a garden in every childhood, an enchanted place where colors are brighter, the air softer and the morning more fragrant than ever again." We know that as long as there is a need, Angels' families have open hearts and arms.
If you haven't already, please consider opening your heart and your arms to a child in need of a family.
Respectfully,
Jennifer L. Mills, MSW, LCSW
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Events
Happy St. Patrick's Day!
Visit Angels this weekend at the Kid's Expo at La Cumbre Plaza - from 9:30-2pm!
Angels Foster Parent Pre-Certification Training
Next series:
Tuesday, May 6, 5:30-9pm
Tuesday, May 13, 5:30-9pm
Tuesday, May 20, 5:30-9pm
Thursday, May 22, 5:30-9pm
Tuesday, May 27, 5:30-9pm
If you are interested in joining our next series of classes, please contact Intake Social Worker Stacy Peterson at stacy@angelssb.com.
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Announcements
Newly Certified Families - Sean & Emily and Scott & Chelsie, both from South Santa Barbara County.
New Placements: we had four this past month! In South Santa Barbara County: Sean & Emily accepted an infant boy, Chelsie & Scott accepted an infant girl, and Netie & Charu accepted an infant girl. In North Santa Barbara County: Traci & Alex accepted a toddler boy.
Thank you to our amazing foster families for opening their homes to these little ones!
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Foster Parents of the Month
Deb & Steve of
North Santa Barbara County
Angels is very appreciative of the many months you have worked as foster parents, and the love and support you have given your Angels child!
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Volunteer Spotlight:
Sheri Mardiat
Sheri Mardiat joins Angels Foster Care as our Volunteer Coordinator. Sheri will work as a liaison with our community volunteers and help place them with volunteer positions at special events and foster parent outreach opportunities. Welcome Sheri!
From Sheri Mardiat:
I am honored and delighted to finally be a part of the Angels Foster Care team. I have admired AFC from afar for years as I have always been drawn to organizations supporting young children and enhancing their well-being. I strongly believe in the mission of AFC as I have seen first hand how a child can thrive in a stable and loving environment.
As a mother of a child adopted through international adoption, I can attest to how a child can flourish when in such an environment. It is truly astonishing, heart warming and life changing to witness this! It is my hope that all the foster children of Santa Barbara County get to experience a stable, safe and loving environment.
Reach Sheri at sheri93110@yahoo.com.
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