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About Us 
Our Mission
How You Can Help
Wishlist
Adoption License Plate
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For Jamie's Sake
Our Mission Statement:
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To raise awareness about children in foster care and of those waiting to be adopted. To normalize adoption as a way to create a forever family. We want to ensure that the children know that God created them on purpose for a purpose and with a plan. |
About Us
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We are a non-profit, faith based, 501(C) 3 organization, and an agency of United Way of Northeast Kentucky. We work hand in hand with state social services, private childcare agencies, school resource centers, Pathways, and many others. Our services are available to the entire community. |
Our Services Include
- Informative brochures and pamphlets about foster care and adoption agencies for those seeking to foster or adopt
- Books- available for checkout- (pertaining to foster care and adoption issues)
- Clothing Closet- we provide clothing, shoes, pajamas, and much more for the children or families in need
- Pillow Pals- we provide new standard size pillows for children in foster care
- Luggage of Love- the items that we provide from the clothing closet are placed into a piece of luggage. This piece of luggage is for the child to keep. Nothing is sent out in garbage bags.
- Birthday Parties for children in foster care- we provide the birthday cake, a present, and decorations for the party
- *SNAP (Special Needs Adoption Program) Christmas Party
- Adoption License Plate- the first ever!
- “Wish Upon A Star”- we will make a wish come true for children in foster care (for example: sport camps, music classes, class trips, etc.)
- Journey Home- one day awareness event in May to make the community aware about foster care *coming again 2011*
- Easter baskets for children in foster care- we provide an Easter basket filled with candy and toys for the children
- “You Sure Are Sweet”- social workers, foster parents, or teachers can nominate a child in foster care that deserves to be recognized for an accomplishment (good grades, good behavior, making a school team, etc.)
- Adoption Celebrations- celebrating at the courthouse with parents and children on their newly created “forever families”
- All God’s Children- seeking churches to sponsor a child in *SNAP (Special Needs Adoption Program) for a year long commitment. We want the church to pray for a “forever family” for the child their sponsoring. Other ways of sponsoring the child is sending birthday cards, Easter baskets, school supplies, etc. The purpose for this campaign is simple; forever families for the children or lifelong commitments are made for the children with the church family.
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Inspire U
located in the Kyova Mall at the old Footlocker store
hours: Tuesday and Friday 10-8 P and Saturday 1-5
phone: 606-929-9864
The Inspire U store is a trendy clothing store exclusively for children in foster care grades 6-12
The clothing is of no charge to them; they can receive 8 clothing items and 3 nonclothing (shoes, jewelry, etc.) per month
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"A Forever Family For Every Child"
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*The children in the Special Needs Adoption Program have had their parental rights terminated due to no fault of their own and are waiting for their “forever family”. |
James 1:27:
“A religion that is pure and stainless according to God the Father is: to take care of orphans and widows who are suffering, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.”
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