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Warm meal for warm hearts |
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Thursday, 22 May 2008 |
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HEATHER AVEY/GDH 
United and McDonald's donate sausage biscuits and orange juice for the area foster care families in honor of National Foster Care Month. Pictured from left are: Brent Powell with United, Diane Glennie with Oklahoma Department of Human Services, Maggie Marquez assistant manager for McDonald's and Art Solis assistant manager for McDonald's. By HEATHER AVEY
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May is National Foster Care Month and the partnership marks 20 years of caring.
Last Saturday, in celebration of Foster Care Month and to say thank you to all the area foster parents, The Department of Human Services (DHS) conducted a 'breakfast drop.'
"We appreciate all our foster parents so for our children," Diane Glennie, recruitment specialist, said.
Sausage biscuits were donated by McDonalds and orange juice was donated by United.
National Foster Care Month serves as a platform for connecting more of these vulnerable children with concerned, nurturing adults. Join America’s leading child welfare agencies, advocates, experts, and more than 12 million foster care alumni as they come together to address the needs of young people in foster care. Their message is simple: No matter how much time you have to give, you have the power to do something positive that will “change a lifetime” for a young person in foster care.
Many of these formerly abused or neglected children and teens will either safely reunite with their parents, be cared for by relatives, or be adopted by loving families. But others are less fortunate.
Every year, more than 20,000 older youth “age out” of foster care and are left alone to face life’s challenges. Without families or stable relationships, too many of these formerly abused and neglected children and teens will end up facing life’s challenges all alone.
Most communities, including Texas County, are urgently seeking many more everyday people to come forward and use their power to help change a young person's life.
For more information on Foster Care contact Tom Marcum, Area I Resource Specialist at 580-256-1096 or 1-800-734-7520.
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Last Updated ( Friday, 23 May 2008 )
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