April is Child Abuse Prevention Month and the start of our annual Pack A Backpack™ Drive. We all have different levels of comfort and health related to the coronavirus pandemic, so I am making the decision not to accept or deliver used backpack or duffel bag donations for our Annual Pack A Backpack™ Drive. […]
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May was National Foster Care Month. Coronavirus was still an active health threat at that time. Although the plan was to host my Annual Pack A Backpack™ Drive from April 30, 2021 – May 30, 2021, the Pack A Backpack™ Drive concluded its final delivery in September. Our Pack A Backpack™ Drive 2021 goal
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TODAY is the last day to support Pack A Backpack™ Drive 2021 Most young people are unprepared to live on their own as soon as they turn 18, yet here in the United States, more than 23,000 youth age out of foster care annually and are left to fend for themselves. Youth in foster care
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An ambivert is a person whose personality has a balance of extrovert and introvert features. It is now believed that more people fall in this middle category. Nope, not me. Here are a few ambivert characteristics that I don’t identify with: (1) You feel comfortable in social settings and value alone time, too [this one
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May is National Foster Care Month. Coronavirus is still an active health threat. For the second year in a row, I will not be coordinating large groups of volunteers and collecting donations in the same way as years past, but there are still ways that we can support teen males in foster care. There
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March is National Social Work Month. April is Child Abuse Prevention Month and National Volunteer Month. May is National Foster Care Awareness Month. According to Boys & Girls Aid, children in foster care face the constant risk of being moved. A child entering foster care will likely live in more than four homes during the
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