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A family-friendly event is taking place in Winston-Salem to benefit the Children s Home Society of North Carolina. People can head to The Drive at Winston-Salem Fairgrounds Saturday, May 22, to enjoy the screening of the original 1993 Jurassic Park film. Caitlin Stay, the Regional Director of Philanthropy at Children’s Home Society of North Carolina said the organization is looking forward to hosting the first of its kind event like this. We were excited for this opportunity to have this drive-in event, because we could bring families together which is what CHS is all about and they can come together and be around other people from the safety and comfort of their own cars.”Fundraisers are vital, Stay explained as the need is great with more than 12,000 children in foster care in North Carolina, especially the number of young adults who age out of the system at age 18. “We are private and publicly funded, but the private funds really do make a big impact to keep these pr
Every May, LSI Foster Care and Adoption celebrates National Foster Care Month. Itâs a time to lift up and thank the dedicated foster families who are wrapping care around Iowa kids.
Each year, we see hundreds of parents attend trainings and classes and take the exciting step of becoming licensed foster families for children in need of a temporary home. They always go above and beyond to support the kids in their care but over the last year, they have shown themselves to be heroes in a time of crisis.
Western Iowa children were referred into foster care 538 times last year. In 273 of those instances, children needed a home that also could care for their siblings, and 136 referrals involved a child over the age of 13.