Come Join Us for an Adoption Day Celebration in Visalia

REACH and Tulare County Celebration
Location: Imagine U Children's Museum, Visalia, CA (Map)
Start Time: 11/14/2009 11:30 AM
End Time: 11/14/2009 2:30 PM
Description: REACH and Tulare County Adoptions invite Tulare County
Foster and Adoptive parents and their children to join us for a day of fun!
Flyer: View the event flyer

Aspiranet celebrates National Adoption Awareness Month

Adoption Day is on November 21

November is National Adoption Month. On November 21, National Adoption Awareness Day, local communities will celebrate as thousands of foster children are adopted into families.

“There is no greater aspiration in life than to help children in need and together we can raise hope and empower communities,” said Art Chaparro, Director of Development for Aspiranet. “Every day children face family crisis. Hard as it is to imagine, children are often neglected, abused, abandoned, have special needs or disabilities. Children over the age of nine, teenagers, youths with special needs, and siblings especially need loving homes.”

For 30 years, Aspiranet, one of the largest foster adoption agencies in California, has been working to ensure that children are placed in permanent loving homes.

Older children, teenagers, youth with special needs, and siblings are especially in need of loving families to care for them. Will you help them?

To learn more about Adoption Awareness Month, find an event in your area, and read inspirational stories about Aspiranet adoptive parents, please visit www.aspiranet.org/awareness.

Get Your Tickets to the Black Vest Affair Motorcycle Run to Support Foster Children

Sunday, November 8, 2009
11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Robert Hall Winery, Paso Robles
$40 ride, lunch, shirt, and raffle ticket
$30 passenger ride and lunch

Registration - 1800 Grand Avenue, Grover Beach, CA
or Robert Hall Winery, 3443 MIll Road, Paso Robles, CA

All proceeds from this event will directly benefit the Central Coast Chapter of Aspiranet and help support foster children.

The charity ride starts up at 1800 Grand Avenue in Grover Beach, ending at Robert Hall Winery in Paso Robles, just in time to feast on a lunch prepared by Catering by Chef Charlie with live music.

Ticket holders will have an opportunity to enter drawings to win a trip for two to Las Vegas, cooking classes from Catering by Chef Charlie, and other donated raffle prizes.



For more information, please call 805.473.8760.

Sponsors include Robert Hall Winery, Catering by Chef Charlie, Rontal, Doughboys Pizza, It’s Your Party, and Toby Bellocchi of Tobyco Builders.

Toughing it Out

Siblings of Challenged Children (Emotional, Medical, Behavioral and/or Educational Challenges)

Siblings of children who have either acute or chronic challenges often "rise up" to meet a crisis and assist parents so the family can continue to function. But most have trouble sustaining that level of effort over time and need caretaking themselves. These kids are trying to cope with unusual circumstances that can exhaust their parents. Also, their peers often can't relate to their stress, which can leave them feeling isolated. This workshop will highlight key concepts necessary in attending to these "good kids" so they can continue to be supported to develop in a healthy way.

When: Thursday, Dec. 3, 2009 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

Where: Children's Health Council
650 Clark Way
Palo Alto, CA 94304

Free (pre-registration is required)

For more info:
Sue Garber
(650) 617-3845
sgarber@chconline.org
http://www.chconline.org