We CAN Restore Dignity to Children Facing Crisis
Fri, Mar 11
|A FREE Zoom event
With March being the national month for social work appreciation, talking about a program that supports their service by providing for the child(ren) and family at the point of crisis involved is a great focus point! Join us in exploring how helping youth helps everyone!
Time & Location
Mar 11, 2022, 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM PST
A FREE Zoom event
Guests
About the Event
The image of a child entering foster care with a trash bag and ragged clothing is far too often the perspective carried about foster care.
It does not have to be that way!
In March 2006, foster alumni, foster and adoptive parent, Leigh Esau and spouse recognized the need for quality clothing in the foster care system. Though several placements at their home, they came to the realization that almost all of the children came to their doorstep with only the clothes they were wearing - and nothing else.
These experiences and conversations with other foster parents helped them conceptualize the Foster CARE Closet, leading them to start it out of their own basement! Beginning with simple donations from neighbors, churches, and community members, the Foster CARE Closet began offering quality clothing to foster children entering the system at no cost to them or their foster parents. The Foster…