FW: Great event for foster youth, please register

 

 

From: Hubbard, Jennifer (DCF)
Sent: Monday, June 29, 2015 11:08 AM
To: DSS-DL - CapeAnn Users; DSS-DL - Lynn Users
Subject: Great event for foster youth, please register

 

Hi all,

The DCF Youth Summit is a free and great event for foster youth.

Please share with your foster youth!

Let me know if you have any questions.

Take care,

Jen

 

Jennifer Hubbard

Adolescent Outreach Worker

Cape Ann/Lynn DCF

978-825-3918

 

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Adoptive Families Together Summer Schedule

 

 

 

Adoptive Parent Groups: Please join us for our Adoptive Families Together (AFT) parent-run, confidential groups to share personal concerns and needs around adoptive parenting. AFT provides education, advocacy, support, and more. We also welcome adopted individuals, birth parents, foster parents,

pre-adoptive parents and all those with a connection to adoption. Please visit our website: www.mspcc.org/aft for more information. These are ongoing, FREE groups that meet once a month. Feel free to drop in!

 

 

 

 

 

 

AFT Groups Summer 2015 Schedule

 

Acton:

Group Leaders: Kristy Bouley & Marilyn Kuhn

Faith Evangelical Free Church

54 Hosmer St.

Acton, MA 01720

Meets the 2^nd Wednesday of the month, 7:30pm-9pm

• June 10^th
• No meeting in July
• No meeting in August

 

 

 

Billerica:

Group Leaders: Cheryl Farrell & Mary Wallace

First Congregational Church

18 Andover Rd.

Billerica, MA 01821

Room 4 (Please use the door in the rear of the building)

Meets the last Sunday of the month, 7pm -9pm

·         June 28^th

·        July 26^th

·        August 30^th

 

 

 

 

 

Boston: 

Group Leaders: Pasqua Scibelli & Lori Baeumler

John W. McCormack Post Office and Courthouse

5 Post Office Square

Boston, MA 02109

First floor library

Please use entrance facing Congress St.

Meets the 1^st  Wednesday of the month, 12:30pm - 1:30pm

·        June 3^rd

·        July 1^st

·        August 5^th

 

 

 

 

 

Jamaica Plain:    

Group Leaders: Randi Schalet & Lori Baeumler

Jamaica Plain MSPCC Office

3815 Washington St.  2^nd floor

Jamaica Plain, MA 02130

Meets the 1^st Friday of the month, 6:30pm -8:30pm

Free Childcare provided at every meeting

·         June 5^th

·        July 10^th (one week late due to Holiday)

·        No meeting in August

 

 

 

 

 

Roslindale:

Group Leaders: Michelle Novelle & Clare O’Donoghue

Roslindale Congregational Church

25 Cummins Highway

Roslindale, MA 02131

Meets the 3^rd  Wednesday of the month, 7pm – 8:30pm

Free Childcare provided at every meeting.

• June 17^th
• July 15^th
• No meeting in August

 

 

 

Stoughton (New location & now has childcare!)

Group Leaders: Sue Casey, Susan McCarthy

Old Colony YMCA Stoughton Branch

445 Central St.

Stoughton, MA 02072

Meets the 2^nd Thursday of the month, 6:30pm - 8:30pm

Free Childcare provided at every meeting

• June 11^th
• July 9^th
• No meeting in August

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Swampscott:

Group Leaders: Kimberly Ryan & Sandi Santanello

First Church

40 Monument Ave.

Swampscott, MA 01907

Meets the 1^st Thursday of the month, 7pm-8:30pm

• June 4^th
• No meeting in July
• No meeting in August

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Worcester

Group Leaders: Deb Tambeau & Donna Warren

Worcester MSPCC Office

335 Chandler St.

Worcester, MA 01602

Meets the 3^rd  Tuesday of the month, 7pm-9pm

• June 16^th
• July 21^st
• August 18^th

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Warmest Regards,

Lori

 

Lori Baeumler

Program coordinator for Adoptive Families Together, Kid’s Net and KINnections

MSPCC

3815 Washington St. 2^nd Floor

Jamaica Plain, MA 02130

Phone: 857-728-2157

Fax: 617-983-5854

lbaeumler@mspcc.org

www.mspcc.org

 

 

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Phone app for foster families

 

 

 

https://nfrc.ucla.edu/focus-on-foster-families

 

 

fact sheets :-)

 

Magical Chocolate Fantasy

 

 

 

Hi Carla, we would love it if your foster kids and their families would join us for the free magic show (11:30 a.m.) and the reading of the whimsical children's book, "The Day the Ocean Turned to Chocolate," immediately after. Bet we can muster up a few samples for the kids, too! :>)

Grandparents talking to grandchildren about susbtance abuse

Thought this was helpful to so many of you (even if you are not a grandparent)

FW: Training on June 15h at Lynn Office

 

 

From: Lyons, Nancy (DCF)
Sent: Monday, June 08, 2015 8:53 AM
To: King, Carla (DCF)
Cc: June Littlefield
Subject: Training on June 15h at Lynn Office

 

Hi:  We have a training, Understanding Attachment Disorders, to be held in the Lynn Office on June 15^th, 6:30 -8-30.  June Littlefield  (Lynn Office Liaison)  and I are trying to get the number of people who might be interested in this training.  We have had to cancel trainings in the past and the trainers would like a little more notice if the trainings will be going forward or not.  If anyone is interested (we would need at least 6 people from each office) please let me, Nancy Lyons know.  I can be reached at 978-825-3807 on Monday or Tuesday of this week, or you can call me at home 978-532-3278.  We will be contacting the trainer no later than Thursday, June 11^th.  Thank you, Nancy Lyons

Outside At The Museum-revised

 

 

 

Early Childhood Partners/Coordinated Family & Community Engagement (CFCE) of Hamilton-Wenham & Manchester  Join us for Outside At The Museum! Register online at www.EarlyChildhoodPartners.weebly.com and the registration link is under Happenings. I hope you can join us! Please share this email with family and friends who may be interested in attending. This program is on June 12, July 10, and August 14, at 10:30am, at the Wenham Museum. It is FREE if you register online with the CFCE program, the Early Childhood Partners link above, or with Lisa at 978-468-5489. Lisa Cheney     Facebook Twitter Website     Share Tweet Forward   A great way to support your child's development! Call Lisa at 978-468-5489 to schedule a 10 minute parent-completed developmental and/or social-emotional screening. This is a great way to get a snap shot of your child's development and discover ways that you can best support your child's learning and growing.   Coordinated Family & Community Engagement(CFCE)/Early Childhood Partners Serving Hamilton-Wenham & Manchester 130 Essex Street, Hamilton, MA 01982 978-468-5489 www.EarlyChildhoodPartners.weebly.com CFCE Coordinator: Lisa Cheney. M.Ed. e.cheney@hwschools.net Funded by a grant from the Massachusetts Department of Early Education and Care awarded to the Hamilton-Wenham RSD. The district does not discriminate in its programs, activities or employment practices based on race, color, national origin, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age or disability.     unsubscribe from this list    update subscription preferences

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June Foster Parent Support Group

 

Foster Parent Support Group

 

 

Please join us for the Cape Ann Area D.C.F. Foster Parent Support Group. The group is open to all unrestricted and kinship Foster Parents. Issues and accomplishments related to fostering children and the impact on the families caring for them is discussed in an informal format. A representative from the Department is available to address questions and experienced foster parents a well as new families share their experiences. Meetings are held on the second Wednesday of every month. Please feel free to forward to me any email addresses you think may like to be included in the invitation.

 

The next meeting will be held on Wednesday June 10th from  7:00 to 9:00 PM. This months meeting will be at Jill Tache’ home on 49  Webster  Ave Beverly. MA. Please call if you need directions

For directions and to R.S.V.P. please contact Gerrie Cahill @ 978-921-0959  or Deb Obremski @ 978-825-3809

 

FW: Sibling Connections - attachements included!

 

If you have a child placed with you and their sibling is placed separate. This is a great camp!

 

Hi Tracy, 

 

Here is information about our programs: 

 

Camp to Belong Massachusetts started over 11 years ago, but is part of a larger brand of camps that serves siblings separated by foster care and other living situations.  Some of the activities include a camp-wide birthday party that gives the siblings an opportunity to celebrate birthdays with one another.  We also have horseback riding, a talent show, and other great events.  We host 120 children, and have approximately 70 volunteers, which is an amazing ratio, and really helps to support the kids.  The counselors will be undergoing a training hosted by Life is Good, which helps them to understand working with kids with trauma. 

 

· Serve siblings separated by foster care between the ages of 7-20 

· As long as one sibling is separated the entire family is eligible 

· We are an approve vendor with DCF, however if camp money is not available, we can help. We have never turned campers away due to funding

· Camp runs from August 16th - 21st 

· Provide bus locations ( reading, Lowell, Springfield, Middleboro) that transport kids to camp 

 

Other than Camp to Belong, Sibling Connections hosts monthly get togethers for the campers and other sibling groups around the state.  "Sibling Sunday" meets for 3 hours, one Sunday a month from October to May.  We have some amazing activities, for instance last month we worked with engineering students from UMASS Lowell to build model airplanes and marshmallow structures, but also for some of the older kids, we gave them a tour of the college.  

 

 

I have included the following: 

 

1. Sibling Connections Flyn

2. Application ( Camp to Belong MA) 

3. Sibling Sunday Referral Form 

 

Please contact Kelley at 617-335-1292 if you have any questions. We currently do not have a waiting list, but please send contact Kelley ASAP before filling out the application. 

 

Best,

Kelley

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http://siblingconnectionsma.blogspot.com

Kelley Lane

Executive Director

Sibling Connections 

61 Roseland Street - Unit 2 

Somerville, MA 02143 

(c) 617.335.1292

 

www.siblingconnections.org 

 

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