Arizonans for Children

It started off with us in the elevator..... And in an office!  Love Wacky Wednesday and reconnecting with beautiful people!    Midday break on the giant bear! Andrea had a great idea to use some of the paper donation from Impact Printing as a conversation starter.  We learned about what favorite foods the families have, what their favorite game is and what smells they like best. With Mother's Day coming up we had a donation of tea cups beautifully wrapped and ready for the kids to choose one for their mom, foster mom, PA, case manager, therapist or who ever they want to gift the tea cups to. We were even on Sonoran Living!  Click the link below to watch: Arizonans for Children on Sonoran Living Live Tom and Kristina were the first to donate for the annual Arizonans for Children Back 2 School Bash/Resource Fair for teens in foster care!  And they brought in this amazing rainbow sloth!! We...

com·mit·ment Dictionary result for commitment /kəˈmitmənt/ noun 1. the state or quality of being dedicated to a cause, activity, etc. As you sit at work, or school, or home, or in traffic stop and think about what life feels like to a child that is taken in to the foster care system. Everything they know if their life changes.  It was for the safety and well being but that doesn't change the fact that everything they knew is gone from their lives. They start at a new school, they "live" with a new family with new rules.  Everything that was familiar and made them them is now gone.    The Arizonans for Children Mentor program matches volunteers from our community with school age children in the foster care system.  Our Mentors pick the child up from their foster placement and take them out into the community.  The Mentor commits to the child, just 8 hours a month.   8 hours a month is en...

Thanks for being a special friend to your mentee Kelsey! We appreciate you! #NationalMentoringMonth   #MentorsNeeded #ArizonansForChildren   #8HoursAMonth #2HoursAWeek   #FosterLivesMatter   #FosterCare #FosterKids   #FromStatistic2Success #MentorsMakeADifference   #ThankYou ArizonansForChildren.org/page/mentor