Collection event helps foster children
Staff report
SIDNEY – Specialized Alternatives for Family and Youth (SAFY) will have its first Rally Duffle Bag Drop Off event during Foster Care Awareness Month on May 13.
“Not everyone can become a foster parent, but everyone can help in some way, shape or form,” said Sylvia Roop, foster parent recruiter for the Sidney Division, which serves Champaign County in its designated region. “Stop by to either drop off supplies or help us fill duffle bags for local foster youth.”
SAFY is a non-profit Foster Care Agency which licenses and supports foster parents and youth through this journey. SAFY has been serving Champaign County for more than 35 years.
North Port Police Department hosting clothing drive to support foster children NPPD hosting clothing drive (Source: North Port Police Department) By Sierra McLean | April 30, 2021 at 3:33 PM EDT - Updated May 2 at 8:12 AM
NORTH PORT, Fla. (WWSB) - The North Port Police Department has announced that they will be holding a clothing drive to support foster children.
May marks Foster Care Awareness Month, so the department will be holding the drive all month long.
“Fostering Kindness” will help support The Twig, a clothing store for children who are currently in the foster care system.
The police department will be accepting any brand new clothing items.
ENMU Student Association of Social Workers Named Volunteer of the Month by Roosevelt County Chamber of Commerce
Written by Desiree Cooper
February 19, 2021 The Eastern New Mexico University Student Association of Social Workers receiving Volunteer of the Month for February form the Roosevelt County Chamber of Commerce.
The Eastern New Mexico University Student Association of Social Workers (SASW) has received two awards this semester recognizing the positive impact the organization s members have made in their local communities: Volunteer of the Month for February from the Roosevelt County Chamber of Commerce and the Six Principles of Non-Violence Award during the Martin Luther King Jr. Day Celebration, sponsored by the City of Portales Cultural Affairs Committee, ENMU, Portales Municipal Schools, KENW-TV and the New Mexico State Martin Luther King Jr. Commission.