“You look great today, just like always!” “You are amazing!”
These and similar phrases of encouragement are just a sample of what a Bucks County teen is adding to the colorful care packages she’s designed to brighten the lives of local foster children.
Chakrika Aluri, a Central Bucks South High School sophomore, has plenty more goodies in store, including games, snacks, toiletries, school supplies and books.
She’s asking the community’s help in donating supplies for her Project Welcome Box drive next Wednesday afternoon at her school’s campus at 1100 Folly Road in Warrington from 3 to 4 p.m.
Calls to Child Abuse Hotline Expected to Rise in 2021
(Photo | Courtesy of Every Child Central Oregon)
The return to school is no doubt exciting for many after months of distance learning amid our pandemic times. However, Every Child Central Oregon (ECCO), a regional nonprofit that mobilizes community to help address Central Oregon’s foster care needs, knows a stark reality that some youth have been experiencing abuse and neglect to such extremes that an uptick in reports is expected along with the return to the classroom.
In fact, incredible strain has already been placed on the foster care system over the past year. While the uncertainty and grief of COVID-19 has impacted all, the compounding trauma it brought to the state’s 10,800+ youth in foster care has been unparalleled:
With youth returning to class, calls to child abuse hotlines expected to rise
Every Child Central Oregon calls for community support
REDMOND, Ore. (KTVZ) The return to school is no doubt exciting for many, after months of distance learning amid our pandemic times. However, Every Child Central Oregon (ECCO), a regional nonprofit that mobilizes community to help address Central Oregon’s foster care needs, knows a stark reality that some youth have been experiencing abuse and neglect to such extremes that an uptick in reports is expected along with the return to the classroom.
In fact, incredible strain has already been placed on the foster care system over the past year. While the uncertainty and grief of COVID-19 has impacted all, the compounding trauma it brought to the state’s 10,800+ youth in foster care has been unparalleled: