How Do You Measure the Success of a Season of Giving?
If we measure success in moments, then we have certainly triumphed beyond belief!
If we measure success in moments, then we have certainly triumphed beyond belief!
With YOUR help...WE CAN DO THIS!
January 21, 2016 is Thank Your Mentor Day. Here, a mentor turns the tables and thanks her mentee for the magic she creates in her life.
Make a shoe purchase Ridgefield Running Company off their $49.99 shoe rack and Ridgefield Running Company will donate the ENTIRE $49.99 to Family & Children’s Aid! This offer is good through January 31, 2016 or until the shoes are gone.
When U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy wanted to push legislation he is sponsoring to overhaul the nation's mental health care system, he took his message to the people who work in the trenches.
Santa will lead a caravan of ten Danbury fire trucks loaded with toys to be delivered to Family & Children’s Aid this Saturday, December 19th at 10:00 a.m. The toys will be passed into Family & Children’s Aid’s Life is Good Playmaker Village by a chain of staff, children and community members, including a troop of Girl Scouts from Ridgefield.
John and Linda share what it's like being foster parents: As for the differences between parenting a biological child and a foster child, John believes that there are some common underlying threads. “They want a mommy and daddy. They want a family. They want to be safe. They want to be loved.”
In the Ski Chalet is winter wear. Brand NEW coats, hats, gloves, scarves, socks and boots which the children select for themselves. That is where the coats the employees of Ampacet donated are hung, waiting for a child to choose them.
Respite foster parents give caregivers a break by providing short-term care for foster children during an emergency or crisis. Respite care can also offer caregivers planned breaks. “There is a huge need for respite caregivers,” explains Mindy Solomon, Program Supervisor of Family & Children’s Aid Foster Care Services.
Most of the 670 girl scouts in Rdigefield participate