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A
Family for Every Child October
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The photos listed are just a sample
of all the children that found forever homes the
last 4 years!
For
a complete list of all the children that found
families, click below. There were too many
children to place all their
pictures!
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November
is National Adoption
Month
Together
we celebrate what can be
done!
Can
you believe it's already been 4 years? In
November of 2006, we opened our first Heart
Gallery with 44 images and 300 community
supporters. Four years later, we have 14 staff
members, 200 active volunteers, and 500 placed
children! We would like to take a moment to
acknowledge all that we've accomplished
together!
From
all of us at A Family For Every Child, we thank
you so much for all the support over the years.
Because of you, we've been able to give 500
children what they all deserve, a forever
family.
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Elizabeth and
Rachelle
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Thomas and
Davelle
Ages 16,
14
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Winter
Wonderland Social
On
behalf of A Family for Every Child and the
inaugural Winter Wonderland Social, we would
like to take this opportunity to invite you to
partner with us to support this worthwhile event
benefiting foster children in search of their
forever families.
Save
the date: November 10th
Place:
Valley River Inn
Time:
5:30pm Social and Silent Boutique
Auction
7:00pm
Program and Live Auction
$50
per person
Honorary
Chairs:
Lynn
and Dave Frohnmayer
Auctioneer:
Sid
Voorhees
Master
of Ceremonies:
Bill
Barrett
Sponsorship
Opportunities Available
Along
with dozens of dedicated event volunteers, we
are asking you to support us by becoming a
sponsor, donating an auction item, purchasing a
table or individual tickets.
For
more information or to RSVP,
contact:
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Volunteer Roles
Available
Many
of our most important volunteers are not even in
our backyard. With the use of conference
calls and Internet training we are able to use
volunteers from all over. If you are
compelled to get involved, or are in the process
of adoption and need something to do while you
wait, please consider one of our many distant
volunteer roles.
Roles:
Matching
Assistant Program:
We
have a newly created Matching Assistance
Program. We have a director, but there are many
elements to it such as marketing to parents,
marketing to case workers and agencies. There
are also roles in reaching out to other photo
listings and building relationships to photo
list their kids. We would love to have you join
our team.
Several
hours week over several days. Add kids to our
database, make sure all need fields are checked,
photo is added, remove children as
needed.
Newsletter
Volunteer:
3
newsletters a week, 1-2 hours a newsletter.
Using our outreach tool (Constant Contact) build
templates for newsletters and outreach tools. As
well as odds and ends announcements and
email outreach for recruitment. (Possible
newsletters themes-kids in need -resources
-sites to visit - articles and updates on
adoption)
Submission
team member. 3-20 hours a week. At AFFEC office
location. We get upwards of 300 adoption
inquiries from our website each month and need
regular, dependable, committed volunteers to
assist us in supporting families through the
adoption inquiry and Home Study submission
process.
(Best
if done an hour a day, possibly less, needs
regular attention). Adding children into our web
database, editing as a child's status changes,
updating picture, adding media links
etc.
Volunteer
Adoption
Specialist:
Would
like each volunteer specialist to take on a # of
families to represent and work with. 5-10 hours
a week. Because of the training involved we ask
you to be able to commit to 6 months. Have you
wanted to be an adoption worker? Did you and
your family struggle through the process and
wish you had a liaison to assist you? Now is
your chance to do that for another family. We
will train you, provide materials and guidance
to assist other families, help them create bio
page, search for children, submit their studies,
follow up with workers for them, and help build
families.
Faith-Based
Heart Gallery
Coordinator:
Scheduling
exhibits for our 2010 faith-based Heart Gallery
calendar
Sending
letters to prospective faith-based
sites
Coordinating
site setup prior to
exhibits
Maintaining
brochure inventory
Attending
one Sunday a month as an Exhibit Host Following
up with sites after an exhibit (thank you
letter, rescheduling for next year, etc.)
Soliciting
donations for needed supplies (frames, easels,
picture stands, brochure holders, etc.)
Data
entry of all of the above
Creation
of a Process Binder for all of the above (so we
can duplicate this program in other parts of the
state)
Princess
Event:
Time
to start planing! Need a coordinator and
committee to make this special day
happen.
Appreciation
Coordinator:
Send
thank you's to our sponsors, donors, supporters,
recognize volunteer
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Any
questions? contact info@afamilyforeverychild.org
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Last
Chance to Win a Laptop!
Do
you have a older teen in foster care that needs
a computer? We are accepting essays for a chance
to win a new laptop computer. We will be giving
away 4 new laptops to youth currently in foster
care in Lane County Oregon, ages 14 to 21.
Essays will be judged on:
A) How a
laptop will benefit the youth
B) Why they
feel they need a laptop
C) What their life
goals are
See complete terms and
conditions of essay contest here.
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How can you
contact A Family For Every
Child?
Call,
email, or visit us online or in
person!
 880
Beltline Rd.
Springfield Oregon
97477
office
- 541-343-2856
toll
free - 877-343-2856
fax
- 541-343-2866
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AFFEC
Media
AFFEC is on Facebook, Myspace, and more. Click
on the links!
AFFEC Blog: Please contribute your
thoughts!
Our Mentor Program now has a discussion
group:
Perhaps you are addicted to Social Media.
Perhaps you would like to get involved. We could use
you!
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Our
Partners:
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Donate
to AFFEC
Would
you like to contribute to AFFEC's cause for helping
children? Any amount can have a lasting impact on a
child. Click below:
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