"Serving foster children and the families who care for them"
254 E. Grand Avenue, Suite 104 Escondido, CA 92025 (760) 743-7781or (760) 716-4824
THANK YOU TO ALL WHO PARTICIPATED IN HELPING US BE SUCCESSFUL WITH OUR 2nd Annual Connected Through Kids Charity Golf Tournament Monday, May 4, 2009 StoneRidge Country Club in Poway We appreciate your support!
A Gold Sponsor of Our Tournament
Thanks to Joey Lira and The Cox Kids Foundation for a grant to support Connected Through Kids. We appreciate your support of the work we do!
Our January Newlsetter Is Now Available View It Here
Birthday Party Saturday, March 21, 2009 - Lunch, Picnic & Birthday Cake Felicita Park in Escondido, 11:30 a.m. = 3:00 p.m. We celebrated birthdays for children on Saturday, March 21st from 11:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. We had a barbeque lunch followed by cake, ice cream and presents. Thanks to Escondido Check Center for your support for this event.
Are You Looking For a Great Charity For Your Year End Giving?
You found one right here at Connected Through Kids. We are a 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization. Our tax identification number is 57-1237802. Your donation will help us serve San Diego foster children and the families who care for them. We have various ways of accepting donations. Visit our "Donate To Our Cause" page for more information. We're also listed on Guidestar.org and the IRS List of Registered Charitable Organizations.
To all the community members, families and businesses that adopted a foster family for Christmas, donated gifts or gift cards, or made a monetary contribution for a foster child, THANK YOU, for helping ensure that foster children and the families who care for them will have a blessed holiday season. Supporter Recognition
CTK Girl Scout Group Troop #4947 Would you like to have your girls in Brownies or Girl Scouts but aren't sure what troop they could join? Your foster child can now join a troop and stay in that troop even if she moves to another home or reunites. Connected Through Kids has formed a "Group Troop" for girls of mixed ages, 5 through 16 years old. The girls can be foster, biological, or relative children. The group is led by foster parents and meets the 2nd and 4th Monday of each month from 4:00 - 5:30 p.m. If you have questions, wouldlike to help our troop, or would like your child to join Troop #4947, call Diane Jackson at (760) 743-7781 or (760) 743-7563
Channel 10 Leadership Award presented to Barbie Caldwell of Connected Through Kids.
If you are a foster parent or kinship caregiver, we have Notary Public service available to you at "no charge". Call us at (760) 716-4824 to make arrangements to have a signature notarized.
Our hope is that we can empower you to seek the help you may need, or to simply educate yourself, regarding issues that concern caring for a child in foster care. Through this web site we have "connected you" to what we believe to be helpful resources. By "linking you" to organizations or other web sites we hope to make your job as a caregiver easier and more effective. Please feel free to contact us if you know of a web site that would be beneficial to have "linked" on ours, or if you have any feedback relating to these links. Information@connectedthroughkids.com
Our Mission: To link those caring for other families' children, ages birth to 18 years, to a community wide network of services and resources.
Networking, Online Resources,Training Information, Support Groups, and more, is what you will find as you navigate through our web site. Contact us if you don't find what you are looking for here and we will make every effort possible to "connect" you to the right people or place.
Connected Through Kids is a member of North County Cares
Working As One To Build A Caring Community For Children and Families
"There is no greater love, than the love you can give to a child"
