Announcements

Giving Thanks

FAFS would like to take this opportunity to give thanks to all the foster, adoptive, and kinship families who provide safe, stable and nurturing homes for children in foster care. We would also like to acknowledge all the others who are part of the community of workers who have devoted their careers to helping children and families. Happy Thanksgiving!

FAFS Partners with GoodSearch.com

FAFS is excited to announce that we have partnered with GoodSearch.com. GoodSearch offers you the opportunity to earn money for FAFS simply by searching online. There is no cost to you; GoodSearch donates money each time you use their search engine, which is powered by Yahoo, so it’s secure to use and provides accurate search results. Please click on the blue GoodSearch badge to your right (under the yellow Please Donate button) and start earning donations for FAFS today.

Fostering Wishes for Children Fills 1,000th Wish

FAFS is pleased and excited to announce that we recently filled our 1,000th wish, which was a therapy toy to help strengthen a developmentally delayed infant. This program has been in existence since 2000 and was started with a challenge grant by the Long Valley Presbyterian Church. To learn more about the program, click on Services, Fostering Wishes. We have posted an overview of the program and the application. You can donate to FAFS by clicking on the Please Donate button at the top of the page.

FAFS / PBA Holiday Toy Drive

FAFS and the New Jersey State Policemen’s Benevolent Association (PBA) are hosting their eighth annual statewide PBA toy drive on December 8 at Royal Albert’s Palace in Fords, NJ from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Toys collected that day will be distributed to children at each county’s annual holiday party, which is organized through FAFS’ Local Volunteer Committees and Affiliate. If you’d like to help make the holidays brighter for children in care and their families by donating to the toy drive, please contact Lynn Patmalnee, Special Projects Coordinator, at 1.800.222.0047. For more information on the toy drive, please click here:www.fafsonline.org/NEW%20PRESS.html

FAFS Fall Raffle Underway

FAFS fall raffle fundraiser is under way. This raffle fundraiser benefits the programs that directly serve our foster, adoptive and kinship families and the children in their care. Our hope is that it will be even more successful than the spring raffle of 2009, which grossed $2,959. The winner of the fall raffle will receive half of all proceeds collected. The winning raffle ticket will be pulled on December 30, 2009 at the FAFS’ office. To purchase your raffle tickets today, please contact me, Nicky Goodwine-Samuels, Director of Development and Communications at 1.800.222.0047. Remember if you want to win, you have to purchase a ticket.

The New Jersey Foster Care Scholars Program Celebrates Six Years of Success

The New Jersey Foster Care (NJFC) Scholars Program closes its sixth successful year this month. For more information about the NJFC Scholars Program, please click here:www.scholarships@fafsonline.org"