Walk Me Home 2010 Sponsor/Donor Levels

Sun, 02/07/2010 - 22:42 — mikecanfield

Sponsorship says, "We care".  If you are considering sponsoring a Walk Me Home...to the place I belong event, please consider the various levels for involvement. Your donations make a big difference in how we can support foster, adoptive and kinship parent’s care for the children placed in their homes.

Night of 1000 Dreams 2011

Wed, 09/23/2009 - 21:56 — fpaws

Thank all of you who helped make our 2010 event a huge success! We are already starting to plan for 2011. Mark your calendars for January 17th, 2011. Next year looks to be even bigger, so register early to assure a place at the table. Oh, the food was great too! I hear Mary Meinig is leading the votes for the Baxter Award! Nominate your favorite social worker, community supporter and politician so we can all honor them!

NFPA Region 10 Newsletter - Issue 1

Mon, 05/17/2010 - 22:48 — fpaws

Inside this issue:

  • Book Review: Developing a Learning Culture in Non-Profit Organization
  • Motivating the Village to Protect the Children
  • Member Services Sub-committee
  • Study Considers the Relationship Between Advocacy & Information
  • Senate Establishes Foster Care Caucus
  • Upcoming events

View it here!

Camp to Belong

Thu, 03/25/2010 - 00:04 — fpaws

For the fifth year, separated siblings in Washington state will have the opportunity to attend Camp To Belong. The camp reunites siblings separated because of foster care or other out-of-home care arrangements.
You can go to www.camptobelongwa.org for an application. If you are interested in working as a counselor, you can also get information at that site

  • Number of camper spots in 2010: 100

Easy Shopping Now! 50% goes to FPAWS!

Tue, 10/27/2009 - 01:57 — MotherDuckMJ

FPAWS Shopping Fundraiser! 50% of your purchase goes to FPAWS!
FPAWS supports, educates and advocates for foster, adoptive & kinship families all year round. Now you can help us gain much needed funds while doing your holiday shopping!  Current Fundraiser has great Christmas cards and wrapping paper, as well as many other fun gift and kitchen items at great prices. Get your holiday shopping done while supporting a very good cause!

Walk Me Home 2010 www.walkmehome.org

Fri, 10/16/2009 - 22:56 — mikecanfield

Walk Me Home... to the place I belong is a healthy way to raise much needed funds to support the work of our volunteers that care for the kids in out of home care.  Connect with your community! The Walk in Lewis County was the first event again this year.

From FPAWS Presidents July 28,2010 Consultation Team Has Setback

Thu, 10/15/2009 - 22:50 — mikecanfield

7-28-10 Last week was supposed to be the statewide quarterly meeting of the Foster Parent/Children’s Administration Consultation Team. An Administrative decision was made that this group no longer qualifies for foster parent travel reimbursement. The night prior to the meeting Beth was contacted and given this information.

Camping?

Wed, 07/01/2009 - 04:12 — mikecanfield

Foster Home Camping Pass - No Charge

HB 2106 -Privatizing Foster Care and performanced based contracts

Thu, 03/05/2009 - 20:45 — mikecanfield

Click Legislation above for the Bill.  Click here to stay up to date on the committee's work. www.accountabilityinchildwelfare.org

 

Why support FPAWS?

The volunteer board of directors of The Foster Parents Association of Washington (FPAWS) has been working toward becoming a state of the art support and advocacy organization representing your voice at the Regional, State and National levels.
 

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