Reds Foster Care Event May 19
May is National Foster Care Awareness Month and the Cincy Foster Care Collaborative will be celebrating along with children and families across the city on Thursday, May 19 at Great American Ballpark, thanks to a generous donation of 1,000 Cincinnati Reds tickets in partnership with Most Valuable Kids.
This Cincinnati Reds event provides a positive youth and family experience in honor of children, foster and adoptive families and raises awareness of the critical need for foster and adoptive parents in Hamilton County. “Foster care and adoption very positively and powerfully change children’s lives and put them on a path for success, there is absolutely a tremendous need for more families and more resources for children in foster care and those waiting for adoption in Hamilton County,” says Collaborative Co-Chair, Pamela Lindeman.
Not everyone can be a foster or adoptive parent but everyone can support children in care through mentoring, volunteering and donating generously to this important cause. In addition to an information tent at Great American Ball Park Fan Zone, Hamilton County Job & Family Services will have their Heart Gallery display of children in Hamilton County who are presently waiting for adoption. Individuals interested in finding out more about children waiting for adoption or becoming a Cincy Foster Care family are encouraged to visit the Red’s Ballpark Fan Zone on May 19.
The goal of the Cincy Foster Care Collaborative is to unite a city-wide foster care effort that promotes high visibility awareness and builds public will to increase the capacity of the foster care system. Cincy Foster Care Collaborative partners include:
The Bair Foundation The Buckeye Ranch Beech Acres Child Focus, Inc. CHOICES, Inc. Focus on Youth Hamilton County Job & Family Services Lighthouse Youth Services National Youth Advocate Program NECCO Ohio Mentor Network Pressley Ridge SAFY St. Joseph Orphanage
For more information about Cincy Foster Care and how you can help or to make a donation click here. For questions, contact Cincy Foster Care Collaborative Co-Chairs:
Pamela Lindeman, Child Focus, Inc.
plindeman@child-focus.org
752-1555
Jami Clarke, Lighthouse Youth Services
jclarke@lys.org
221-3350