Foster and Adopt: A Community of Support
*The event has already taken place on this date: Tue, 09/24/2019
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Join Jennifer Smith, President of South Texas Alliance for Orphans, as she provides an informative and insightful presentation on the foster care system in San Antonio and how YOU can get involved. Jennifer will also share how she is working to solve this problem by addressing the problem at its roots.
Through church and local organization partnerships The Alliance seeks to engage and equip individuals, families, and communities of San Antonio to join the effort to help break the foster care crisis cycle.
Every community member has a unique role in serving abused and neglected children.
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Become trauma informed to help kids heal
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Become a certified babysitter to foster families
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Mentor children in the foster system
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Become a foster parent
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Donate needed supplies to support foster families
When community members of all ages, single or married, discover their role, we will be a community with a network of More than Enough for every child and family impacted by the foster care system.
Join us and learn how you can help shape a city-culture that understands trauma, the foster system, and the many ways to meet the diverse needs.
Everyone can help, discover your role!
The YMCA provides childcare for MEMBERS AND NON-MEMBERS for this event.
However, the following requirements apply:
- Childcare provision for ages 6 weeks to 6 years only
- Parents needing childcare MUST CALL the YMCA 24 hours in advance to RSVP their child. Calling beyond the deadline may result in childcare unavailable.
YMCA at O.P. Schnabel Park: 210-520-9700
Jennifer Smith is the Founder and Executive Director of South Texas Alliance for Orphans. She and her husband have been married for 19 years and have four children, two biological and two adopted from foster care.
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