What are Matching Mondays?Just about every Monday, I feature children who are waiting to be adopted through the foster care program. Each child has been approved by the heart galleries that host them to appear on my blog. Not every heart gallery from every state has given us permission to post their waiting children (some we can only link to, some we can use photos and some change their minds constantly about whether or not we are allowed to help in their outreach efforts) …we are working on that. Brenda of Another Small Adventure really does all the work on this. She knows foster care waaay better than I do and I am grateful for all her help.
I hope you have already seen and read this article that was floating around Facebook a couple weeks ago called “Teens in Foster Care need ‘a break’ to turn around their lives.”
Very powerful. Please take a couple minutes and read it especially as we highlight the following teens on this week’s Match Monday.
Jamie, age 16 from Utah.
Zachary, age 17 from Utah.
If you are in Utah and you want to learn more about what YOU can do to change the life of a child please attend one of the following Utah Foster Care Foundation Public Forums:
Wednesday, Feb. 22, 6:30 p.m. – 8 p.m. Utah Foster Care Foundation offices 5296 S. Commerce Drive, Suite 40 RSVP at (877) 505-KIDS
Saturday, Feb. 25, 10 a.m. – noon Holy Family Catholic Church 1100 East 5550 South RSVP at (877) 505-KIDS
If you don’t live in Utah you can find out more about the children in your state by contacting your local department of child and family services.
You can view the heart galleries from all the states by going HERE and clicking on the states you are interested in.
Share the Matching Monday link on your blog to help these children find forever families! See all the buttons available HERE. Or press “like” at the top or bottom of the post to share these waiting children with your Facebook friends!
Thank you for sharing this, it’s a great reminder of the many children waiting for loving homes right now.