Thanks to all who participated. Our tournament was a huge success!! For more information visit our Charity Golf Tournament Page
Join Connected Throu Kids For a Bowling Event Sunday, June 1st, 2 - 4 p.m., AMF Eagle Lanes, San Marcos Kids and adults, our treat!! RSVP to Diane Jackson at (760) 743-7563 or (760) 533-1353
This no cost event is co-sponsored by County of San Diego Health & Human Services Agency and Community Services to Families
WHALE WATCHING TRIP MONDAY, FEBRUARY 18TH 10 a.m. - Noon
Foster families met at 9:30 a.m. and at 10:00 a.m. the boat left Oceanside with 101 people on board. Thanks to Diane Jackson of CTK for organizing this event. This event was funded in part by County of San Diego Health & Human Services Agency and Community Services to Families.
Upcoming Foster Family Dinner Nights at Green Oak Ranch, Tuesdays 5 - 7 p.m. Dates: June 10th, July 18th & August 15th RSVP to Myrna at (760) 598-2803
Upcoming Respite Nights/Children's Party Night Respite nights are provided by New Alternatives and are held Friday nights at a North County Licensed Pre-School. RSVP is required to ensure enough staff to care for the kids. Dates: June 13th and 27th July 11th and 25th August 8th and 22nd RSVP to Myrna at (760) 598-2803
20 Foster Kids Celebrated birthdays at our "Quarterly Birthday Party" for Foster Children March 22nd, 2008 20 foster kids with birthdays between October and December of 2007 or January - March of 2008 celebrated their birthdays with us on Saturday, March 22nd, from 1 - 4 p.m. at Rod McLeod park in Escondido. 75 foster family members attended to help sing, eat cake and ice cream, get their faces painted and get plenty of exercise with 2 jumpers and a variety of sports activities provided by our volunteers. Each birthday child received a birthday gift. If you weren't able to join us this time, be sure to put your name on our list for the next Quarterly Birthday Party, which will be held on June 28th. Email us with your foster child's name and birthdate, as well as the number attending from your family. Another fun time is planned. Don't miss out!! A very special thanks to our volunteers, Damian and Veronica, who treated us to Ice Cream and Sherbet, something we do not normally get to have with our cake, because it melts too fast, Deanna Lyons for providing the face painting, Lisa Futrell-Williams who provided the face painting supplies, Rod Bates for his photography skills, and the San Pasqual Kids who helped entertain and supervise the kids. We appreciate your help!!
June 21, 2008 - 9th Annual Foster Family Picnic Save The Date Visit our Events Page for More Information
Connected Through Kids Christmas Toy Drive THANK YOU TO ALL WHO SUPPORTED US!!
THANK YOU to everyone who donated and/or volunteered at our toy drive for foster children which was held December 19 - 22nd at MISSION HILLS CHURCH in San Marcos. A BIG THANK YOU goes out to all of the 150+ church and staff members who helped setup the toy store and restock it each night, helped foster parents shop, wrapped gifts, greeted families, provided childcare, and loaded gifts into cars for the parents. We are so very grateful for your endless smiles, energy, hospitality and uplifting words of thanks to our foster and kinship parents. Our toy drive was a huge success thanks to each of you.
And a special "thank you" to the following people and oganizations who also helped to make our toy drive successful. Colleen Claypool for helping organize this event Toys For Tots for donating gifts William & Debbie Pollakov for donating 40 bikes for foster kids The fireman who assembled the bikes The "anonymous donors" of the 5 sets of drums for 5 lucky foster teens who received them Emmanuel Faith Community Church staff who donated Albertsons gift cards for foster family Christmas meals And to those in the community that adopted a foster family for Christmas, thank you for making a memorable Christmas.
CTK Girl Scout Group Troop #4947 Would you like to have your girls in Brownies or Girl Scouts but aren't sure what troop they could join? Your foster child can now join a troop and stay in that troop even if she moves to another home or reunites. Connected Through Kids has formed a "Group Troop" for girls of mixed ages, 5 through 16 years old. The girls can be foster, biological, or relative children. The group is led by foster parents and meets the 2nd and 4th Monday of each month from 4:00 - 5:30 p.m. If you have questions, wouldlike to help our troop, or would like your child to join Troop #4947, call Diane Jackson at (760) 743-7781 or (760) 743-7563
Channel 10 Leadership Award presented to Barbie Caldwell of Connected Through Kids.
If you are a foster parent or kinship caregiver, we have Notary Public service available to you at "no charge". Call us at (760) 716-4824 to make arrangements to have a signature notarized.
Our hope is that we can empower you to seek the help you may need, or to simply educate yourself, regarding issues that concern caring for a child in foster care. Through this web site we have "connected you" to what we believe to be helpful resources. By "linking you" to organizations or other web sites we hope to make your job as a caregiver easier and more effective. Please feel free to contact us if you know of a web site that would be beneficial to have "linked" on ours, or if you have any feedback relating to these links. Information@connectedthroughkids.com
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Networking, Online Resources,Training Information, Support Groups, and more, is what you will find as you navigate through our web site. Contact us if you don't find what you are looking for here and we will make every effort possible to "connect" you to the right people or place.
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