http://bitchesonabudget.com/bs-give-mothers-borders/ Bitches on a Budget Sage Advice for Surviving Tough Times with Style the new book from NAL/Penguin by Rosalyn Hoffman Fri, 20 Jan 2012 10:52:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://bitchesonabudget.com/bs-give-mothers-borders/comment-page-1/#comment-684 veronica Tue, 02 Mar 2010 18:51:28 +0000 http://bitchesonabudget.com/?p=2465#comment-684 i volunteer at a children's shelter teaching art on the weekends. I bring my two girls (ages 6 and 10) and now my husband comes too. we go every other Saturday. the kids range in age from 12-18. some are working to go back to their biological home while others are up for adoption. however we all know how hard it is for a teenager to be adopted. the shelter is also a SAFE PLACE for runaways and sometimes the kids that come in are runaways from other states. this shelter works REALLY hard at reuniting the children with their families as long as it is safe for the children. the staff at this shelter are really the parents of these children, as well as the mentors that volunteer their time every week. we love going and some of the children have been there since I started teaching. some of the things we have done include - soap, candles, frames, lots of painting, paper mache, shaving cream art, origami, Xmas crafts, paper making....i usually ask the kids what they want and try to accommodate them. as a family we have also cooked meals with the children, played board games and just hung out. my children love going to the shelter as much as my DH and I do. we would strongly encourage families to volunteer together if possible...the benefits are priceless. i volunteer at a children’s shelter teaching art on the weekends. I bring my two girls (ages 6 and 10) and now my husband comes too. we go every other Saturday. the kids range in age from 12-18. some are working to go back to their biological home while others are up for adoption. however we all know how hard it is for a teenager to be adopted. the shelter is also a SAFE PLACE for runaways and sometimes the kids that come in are runaways from other states. this shelter works REALLY hard at reuniting the children with their families as long as it is safe for the children. the staff at this shelter are really the parents of these children, as well as the mentors that volunteer their time every week. we love going and some of the children have been there since I started teaching. some of the things we have done include – soap, candles, frames, lots of painting, paper mache, shaving cream art, origami, Xmas crafts, paper making….i usually ask the kids what they want and try to accommodate them. as a family we have also cooked meals with the children, played board games and just hung out. my children love going to the shelter as much as my DH and I do. we would strongly encourage families to volunteer together if possible…the benefits are priceless.

]]> http://bitchesonabudget.com/bs-give-mothers-borders/comment-page-1/#comment-683 Tiffany Denton Tue, 02 Mar 2010 18:50:14 +0000 http://bitchesonabudget.com/?p=2465#comment-683 I have always been good with kids, worked my way through day care, my dream is to some day run/own one. I have a very small budget being a single mother of three kids. My mom started doing foster care about 14 years ago. Seeing the differance in these kids inspired me. I am now a licensed foster parent in the state of Alaska. With and emergency placement tag. so when a kid is pulled out of a dangerous situation they can place the child here (with no more than an hours notice to prepare for them) I happen to be in the process of adopting one of them right now. But as far as giving back, I do not see a greater joy in the world than knowing if even for a short time you made a difference in a childs life. Knowing that you helped show them that things can be better and that they can feel safe and loved and deserve to feel that. You helped give them that second chance. There are soo many kids out there that need the chance to make it in this world.It is some of the hardest work I have dver done, but the most rewading too. I have always been good with kids, worked my way through day care, my dream is to some day run/own one. I have a very small budget being a single mother of three kids. My mom started doing foster care about 14 years ago. Seeing the differance in these kids inspired me. I am now a licensed foster parent in the state of Alaska. With and emergency placement tag. so when a kid is pulled out of a dangerous situation they can place the child here (with no more than an hours notice to prepare for them) I happen to be in the process of adopting one of them right now. But as far as giving back, I do not see a greater joy in the world than knowing if even for a short time you made a difference in a childs life. Knowing that you helped show them that things can be better and that they can feel safe and loved and deserve to feel that. You helped give them that second chance. There are soo many kids out there that need the chance to make it in this world.It is some of the hardest work I have dver done, but the most rewading too.

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