Tag: former foster youth

Covenant Family Fun Day at Murray Farms

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Covenant Community Services, Inc. is partnering with Murray Family Farms and Middlebrook and Brehmer to host the inaugural “Covenant Family Fun Day” benefitting foster children and former foster youth. Murray Family Farms is a family owned and operated farm on the outskirts of Bakersfield. The day will include hay rides, a petting zoo, picking fruit, mazes…



Child Abuse Prevention Month Resources

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April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month in the United States. The designation is a reminder that child abuse and neglect is a serious issue that plagues our nation. There are 500,000 children in the out-of-home foster care system in The United States but many more children that suffer abuse daily. In 2009, more than…



“Hope” Revealed in the Life of Former Foster Youth; “Kayla”

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As you read this story of hope from Lindsay Long, watch the video clips before continuing on. Judging a book by its cover is never a good thing to do. The day I met Kayla she seemed like she had it together, she was cool, calm and had a good sense of humor. She greeted…