SLEEP COUNTRY (SC) AND FOSTER CARE AND RELATIVE SUPPORT NETWORK (FCRN) – LITTLE WISHES

REQUEST FOR FUNDS
PIERCE AND KITSAP FOSTER CHILDREN ONLY
SC/FCRN Little Wishes provides up to $100 per foster child per year for educational enrichment, special needs, cultural activities and school activities.

Eligibility: Child must be currently in foster care or relative care. Adopted children or birth children are not eligible. Children outside the foster care system are not eligible.

SC/FCRN Little Wishes can be used in combination with other funds such as High 5 for Kids (Pierce County) or the Dream Project (Kitsap County), given according to their specific program guidelines.

Requests will be processed in the order they are received (with all required information) up to the limit of $2200. Processing time may be 2-3 weeks.

The money needs to be spent by December 15th.

The intent is to brighten the lives of children currently in care.
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Kitsap Foster Care Association needs you help!!

We need people to do child care at our monthly dinner meeting from 6:30-8:00pm on the third Wednesday of the month, unless there is a special event.
You need to be able to pass a background check. Adults will get $30, teens will get service hours.
For more information contact childcare@kitsapfostercare.org

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We continue to look for help with our biggest fundraiser of the year; Ghost Train. It will take place on Saturday, October 26, 2013 at South Kitsap Regional Park, Port Orchard .
We need help with vignettes, setting up the event, taking down at the end of the night.
We would appreciate any help, any amount of time you can give.
Do you have any groups (sports teams, youth groups, church groups, friends, family, ANYONE) who would be interested in helping foster kids right here in Kitsap County????
We are starting set up at noon on Oct. 26th. The event is 5-9pm.
We would also like to borrow any large halloween decorations you have for the night.
For more information contact president@kitsapfostercare.org

Thank you for your continued support!!

Ghost Train 2013

Hi all,
Get your calendars ready! Kitsap Foster Care Association’s biggest fundraiser of the year is coming up soon! Ghost Train 2013 will be held on Saturday, Oct 26th from 5-9pm (Trains will run from 6-9pm) at South Kitsap Regional Park (Jackson Park) in Port Orchard. As usual, we are grateful for the continued support from the Kitsap Live Steamers who help us make this event a big success! Monies raised will help us support and train foster parents in Kitsap County, send kids and families to a Mariners game, receive holiday gifts and back to school supplies! I am attaching the participant forms and guidelines. Please let me know if you are interested in participating, or have any questions. SPREAD THE WORD!! We’d love to have more groups participate!!

Thank you all!
Naomi Nichols,
President, Kitsap Foster Care Association

Mark your calendars

Fri-Sunday;
Just Between Friends is having their Fall/Winter Sale Event – September 13-15, 2013 at Kitsap County Fairgrounds

Are you interested in some free kid clothes?? We need a couple volunteers to help us break down the Just Between Friends sale this weekend at the fairgrounds. If you are available to help on Sunday 5-9, let me know and you can take home some free stuff!

Just Between Friends Consignment Sale

Fall/Winter Sale Event – September 13-15, 2013
Kitsap County Fairgrounds – Presidents Hall, 1250 NW Fairgrounds Rd, Bremerton, WA 98311

Childrens, Teens, Maternity Consignment Sales Event for everything from toys to books to clothes. Check out their website for more information or to pre-register;
http://www.bremerton.jbfsale.com/homeView.jsp

We have FREE PASSES FOR YOU FOSTER PARENTS!!!! Email president so we can get them to you

Our monthly meetings

Sept. 18, 2013 6-8 pm
New meeting location : 1410 Ohio Ave. Bremerton

For those that need landmarks… corner of Ohio and 14th Former ILS facility between OC and Bremerton High used to be called 1st baptist now called New Beginnings we should park on 15th street side or back of building.
Can’t wait to see everyone, the speaker for sept will be talking about the new rate assessment 🙂

PUYALLUP FAIR TICKETS

FREE ENTRANCE TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE TO THE PUYALLUP FAIR FOR ANY DAY
SEPTEMBER 6 – 20.

*****FOSTER KIDS ONLY*****

AND

WHITE WRISTBANDS ARE AVAILABLE FOR FOSTER KIDS AND FAMILIES FOR A VIP TENT WITH A TOTAL CAPACITY OF 200 FROM 1130 – 2:00 p..m. one day onl 14 September,, – fair food, face painting , circus games and other fun activities.

Email president@kitsapfostercare.org if interested, Thank you