A Second Chance at Life. - Kinship Center

Thumbnails OCBJ User Guide Front Page Table of ContentMARCH 28, 2011 THE 2011 GIVING GUIDE Advertising Supplement ORANGE COUNTY BUSINESS JOURNAL A-33A SecondChanceat Life.Thriving Families Make Thriving Communities.A Kinship Center Family: Mark, Barbara, Matthew, Jenna and "Bogie"Orange County, CAMore than 50,000 children in California are growing up in the limbo of public foster care becauseof past abuse, neglect or abandonment. 50% will not finish high school. More than half will beunemployed. 25% will be homeless. One out of four will be in jail.Kinship Center breaks the cycleby building strong, stable adoptive families.KinshipCenter.orgPhotography Courtesy of Belle Amie Studios.

Thumbnails OCBJ User Guide Front Page Table of ContentA-32 ORANGE COUNTY BUSINESS JOURNAL THE 2011 GIVING GUIDE Advertising Supplement MARCH 28, 2011THE 2011 GIVING GUIDEKinship Center ®Every Child Deserves a Family TMFUNDRAISING EVENTS18302 Irvine Blvd., Suite 300Tustin, CA 92780Phone: 714.957.1004Fax: 714.957.1065www.kinshipcenter.orgamaxon@kinshipcenter.orgCarol Biddle, President and CEOFounded in 1984MISSION STATEMENTCommitted to the core belief that every childdeserves a family, Kinship Center creates andsupports permanent, healthy families forchildren through adoption, relative caregiving orother guardianship.GOALS FOR 2011To continue the growth of programs that providepermanent adoptive homes for abused,neglected and abandoned children in OrangeCounty, with specialized training and support foradoptive parents who require a unique set ofskills to help traumatized children heal andthrive.Areas of Funding: Private donations to support critical services provided to children andfamilies, such as:◆ Pre and post-adoption education, counseling and support for parents adopting severelytraumatized foster children. Without professional help, families can flounder and atroubled child will quickly end up back in the public child welfare system.◆ Therapeutic peer support groups for special needs adopted children who are havingdifficulty with attachment to new families, and◆ Kinship Centerʼs pet-assisted therapy program for our childrenʼs mental health clinicsVOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIESThe Orange County Kinship Center Volunteer Auxiliary provides hands-on and fundraisingsupport for programs.Relationships with universities throughout Southern California enable Kinship Center toprovide specialized educational opportunities for postgraduate interns volunteering theirtime to receive required clinical training.Kinship Center offers some program and administrative volunteer opportunities.GIVING OPPORTUNITIESYour gift will change a childʼs life. Your participation helps Kinship Center train and supportpermanent adoptive families for abused and abandoned children.◆ Donations and recurring gifts from individuals and businesses◆ Secure online giving at www.kinshipcenter.org◆ Memorial and honor gifts◆ Forever Families Society – for annual gifts of $5,000 or more◆ Matching gifts◆ Planned gifts (Kinship Center Generations Circle)◆ Naming opportunitiesSERVICE AREAA leader in Orange County and throughoutCaliforniaSPONSORED BY:With the support of Brandon & Afton Caso andthe Kinship Center Auxiliary of Orange CountyBOARD OF DIRECTORSOrange County DirectorsGeoffrey LePlastrier, Immediate Past ChairJim BieberSharyn BuffaClaudia RoxburghMarice WhiteStatewideJohn Wilkinson, ChairSandy Haney, Chair-electCarsbia Anderson, Vice ChairLinda Dorris, SecretaryRichard Murnighan, TreasurerHon. Marla Osborne AndersonPatricia Miniaci CheckJohn DʼArrigoJeff DaviMichael FletcherLyn OwensJ.P. PuetteJustin ReyesRichard ValliereRobin Voet