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Steve and Daniele Baxter     Co-Presidents

 

 

 

 

                                                   

 

Beth and Mike Canfield     Co-Vice Presidents

 

Mike and Beth started as house parents in a group home for up to 10 severely emotionally and mentally disturbed adolescent boys on March 3^rd 1983. While at the group home, in cooperation with DCFS, they developed their foster home to work with those youth stuck in the group care system. Their home has developed to where DCFS can place the child who would typically bounce between 25-50 homes before coming to them. In 1989 Mike started working as a Child and Family therapist and is now a Master Trainer and Consultant for the State’s Aggression Replacement Training Program. In 1989 Beth became a Fosterparentscope Trainer and continues to train Pride pre-service and in-service trainings. Beth is one of our States preeminent foster parent and parent educators.

Together Mike and Beth have begun training foster parents around the country.

Mike’s parents and Mike and Beth’s oldest son have also fostered, making 3 generations committed to helping improve children’s lives. Their two other sons have also chosen social work as their careers.

 

 

 

 

Laurie Mayer      Secretary

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Christin Kundert     Treasurer

Tess Thomas     Western Area Rep.

Ginger Schutt

                                                                 

Melissa Hertel

Mary McGauhey

 

 

Janet Preston

 

Daryl Daugs

Bio: Daryl Daugs

Daryl Daugs, and his wife Leslie, live in Bremerton, WA. They have been foster and/or adoptive parents to over fifty children since 1991. Daryl’s educational background is in Business Management and he holds a degree in Organizational Management. After fifteen years in the business world, he made a career shift to share his expertise in Organizational Dynamics with social service agencies.

Daryl works for Lutheran Community Services NW as the director of Families for Kids (FFK). FFK is a network of current and former members of foster and adoptive families. Their goal is to help find and support other families who may be interested in helping abused and neglected children.