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Thursday, March 28, 2013

Extended Family on the Radio



If you want to hear Extended Family on the radio, tune into one of the following channels on April 13 and April 14! Laure Clemons, executive director of Extended Family, is interviewed by WRGA’s Nelle Ragan. You can also listen to the April 13 interview on-line at WRGARome.com.






All times listed are CST (Alabama time)

Saturday, April 13

1470 AM WRGA, 7 a.m.



Sunday, April 14

FM Stations
104.9 WRBF FM, 4 a.m.
107.1 FM South 107, 4:30 a.m.
102.3 FM Q102, 4:30 a.m.
93.5 WSRM FM, 4:30 a.m.


AM Stations
WZOT 1220 AM, 5 a.m. 
1360 WGJK AM, 11:30 a.m.


Thursday, March 7, 2013

Extended Family for Kids Program Leader Workshop



FREE EXTENDED FAMILY FOR KIDS WORKSHOP

WHAT             Extended Family for Kids program leader training workshop

WHEN             Saturday, April 6, 2013, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

WHERE          Oak Mountain Presbyterian Church

                        5080 Cahaba Valley Trace

                        Birmingham, Alabama 35242

                        www.oakmountainchurch.org

WHY               To train Extended Family for Kids program leaders for children’s groups at the 2013 Alabama Families of Prisoners Conference (AFPC) in Birmingham, AL. Extended Family for Kids is a curriculum based program specifically for children with an incarcerated family member. Program leaders will learn how to take children through nine solution-based sessions to build self-esteem, ease feelings of shame and isolation, decrease stress, address anger issues, and strengthen communication skills.

 REGISTER   Registration for this free workshop is required by March 25, 2013. To register, e-mail your name, address, phone, and number attending to: Johanna Jones jjohanna42@gmail.com or call 205-223-3610.  
 Want to know more? The attached jpg document has lots of details about Extended Family for Kids and the April 6 workshop, or you can call Johanna Jones at 205-223-3610 for more information. 




Saturday, March 2, 2013

Going Home Workshop, March 4, 2013



Going Home is a FREE workshop for returning inmates and their families
  • Learn six key areas of adjustment and tools for dealing with each one.
  • Take home an easy-to-learn communication secret that just might keep your family together! 
  • Have fun while learning what life is like after an inmate comes home from prison, and how you can make the transition easier for everyone. 
Going Home is taught by Laure and Jerry Clemons, who have lived through the prison experience and developed real-life solutions based on their own adjustment period.
GOING HOME WORKSHOP
Monday, March 4, 6:30 – 8 p.m.
Cherokee Baptist Association Building (next to Days Inn)
1575 West Main Street
Centre, AL 35960
Questions? Call Laure Clemons at 256-927-7997, or e-mail extendedfamily@tds.net.



Friday, November 16, 2012

2012 Operation Christmas Card

It’s time for Operation Christmas Card!

Do you know an inmate in a local, state, or federal facility who would like to receive a Christmas Card?

E-mail the inmate’s name, institution inmate number, and complete address by Friday, Nov. 23 to extendedfamily@tds.net, and he or she will be added to Extended Family’s 2012 Operation Christmas Card list.

After Nov. 23 the list will be e-mailed to Extended Family members and those who contributed a name for the list. Along with the list will be suggested guidelines for sending a card to an inmate.

Deadline for sending addresses: Friday, Nov. 23.

You can also assist Operation Christmas Card by sending a donation of any amount to: Extended Family, P.O. Box 26, Centre, AL 35960. Your gifts will go toward the purchase of stamps and cards to make 2012 Operation Christmas Card a success. So often the inmates who receive a card write back to tell us these were the only cards they received this holiday season, or the only mail they received this year. We have learned that this simple act has a large impact behind prison walls. We welcome your assistance in making it happen!

Happy Thanksgiving and Merry Christmas!

Laure

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Laure Clemons
executive director
Extended Family


Monday, July 9, 2012

Alabama Families of Prisoners Conference

Miss America 2012 Laura Kaeppeler will be at the Alabama Families of Prisoners Conference!


You are invited to the

Alabama Families of Prisoners Conference (AFPC), July 27-28
McElwain Baptist Church, 4445 Montevallo Road S., Birmingham, AL 35213

With a presentation by Miss America 2012 Laura Kaeppeler!
Visit www.alabamafpc.org to see a list of presenters and learn more about this exciting event.
  • General sessions with keynote speakers such as Alabama Department of Corrections Commissioner Kim Thomas, Ann Edenfield Sweet, author of Family Arrested; How to Survive the Incarceration of A Loved One, , Prison Fellowship President Garland Hunt, and Mary Kay Beard, founder of Prison Fellowship’s Angel Tree program
  • 15 informative workshops led by experts in their field
  • A Kids Konference, with supervised, camp-like activities for children ages 6-15
  • 17 Exhibitors covering a wide variety of services helpful to families of prisoners
  • Door prizes, four meals, and a chance to meet others who really understand!
There is a special registration rate offered for families of prisoners, with on-line registration at www.alabamafpc.org. E-mail alabamafpc@gmail.com, or call 256-557-0485, for more information.


Monday, March 19, 2012

Extended Family for Kids workshop - March 31

EXTENDED FAMILY FOR KIDS WORKSHOP

WHAT Extended Family for Kids program leader training workshop

WHEN Saturday, March 31, 2012

9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

WHERE Gardendale First Baptist Church, South Campus

940 Main Street, Gardendale, AL 35071

WHY To train Extended Family for Kids program leaders for age-appropriate small groups at the 2012 Alabama Families of Prisoners Conference

REGISTER Registration for this free workshop is required – by March 26! To register, e-mail your name, address, phone, and number attending to: Extended Family, extendedfamily@tds.net, or call 256-927-7997.

Extended Family for Kids program leader training workshop

Laure Clemons, founder of Extended Family for Kids, will present an all-day workshop designed to train program leaders how to lead an Extended Family for Kids program group at the Alabama Families of Prisoners Conference, July 27-28, 2012 (www.alabamafpc.org). This free workshop is limited to the first 50 people who pre-register by March 26.

What is the Extended Family for Kids program and workshop?

Extended Family for Kids is a program designed specifically for children with an incarcerated family member. The program offers nine unique, solution-based sessions, designed to build self-esteem, ease feelings of shame and isolation, decrease stress, address anger issues, and strengthen communication skills. To date, the Extended Family for Kids program manual has been distributed in 12 states, and Laure Clemons has taught program workshops at local, state, and national conferences. To the best of our knowledge, this is the only curriculum of its kind in the country today.

In an Extended Family for Kids workshop, detailed instruction is given in all nine sessions of the program. Participants take part in the session activities, providing a hands-on training experience. Ways to implement the program in various types of organizations are discussed. Instruction is given in communicating to others in the community the need for such a program. Laure Clemons draws on her years of leading Extended Family for Kids programs to share real-life experiences in each of the nine sessions, addresses potential challenges that program leaders may face, and provides solutions drawn from the many groups she has already led.

Workshop will be taught by Extended Family for Kids founder and author, Laure Clemons. In 2007, Laure created and then led the Extended Family for Kids model program at Summerville Middle School, Summerville, Ga. She has since led multiple Extended Family for Kids programs, taking children as young as eight years old through the nine sessions, and witnessed first-hand the effects of this life-changing curriculum. She has been a guest on radio and television programs, gone into prisons to speak to inmates, and been a featured speaker at professional conferences. Laure is currently writing a book to guide other families through the prison experience, and continues to teach Extended Family for Kids workshops at state and national levels.

Who should attend an Extended Family for Kids workshop?

Anyone interested in leading an Extended Family for Kids group at the AFPC, who can commit to attending and leading these groups on July 27-28 at Gardendale First Baptist Church, should attend this workshop. The program leaders must have this training before they will be allowed to be in charge of an Extended Family for Kids group.

Anyone who is interested in being an assistant to the program leader can attend as well, and would get a lot out of the training. While assistants will not be required to have the training, they will be a lot more effective in their supportive role if they have gone through the workshop.

To what age group is an Extended Family for Kids program geared?

At the 2012 Alabama Families of Prisoners Conference, the Extended Family for Kids program will be offered to children ages 6 – 15. They children will be divided into age appropriate groups, and taught the material on their learning level. Every effort will be made to pair trained program leaders with the child’s age group they are most comfortable working with.

Is Extended Family for Kids community-based or faith-based?

Extended Family for Kids is community-based. The model program was developed in a Chattooga County, Georgia middle school in 2007, where it is still being taught today. Both community-based and faith-based organizations have since incorporated Extended Family for Kids into their programs for children of the incarcerated. The Extended Family for Kids program is flexible, allowing program leaders to tailor the program to best serve their organization’s scheduling and clientele.

For more information

To learn more about Extended Family, a support system for families of prisoners and Extended Family for Kids:

Extended Family

P.O. Box 26

Centre, AL 35960

Laure Clemons, executive director

256-927-7997

extendedfamily@tds.net

www.extendefamilysupport.org

To learn more about the Alabama Families of Prisoners Conference:

Alabama Families of Prisoners Conference

P.O. Box 912

Gardendale, AL 35071

alabamafpc@gmail.com

www.alabamafpc.org

Sharon Denham, AFPC Planning Committee Chair

205-902-8437

Thursday, June 30, 2011

Conference Interest Meeting - July 23

There is something exciting happening in Alabama – and we are hoping you will be a part of it.

My friend, Mary Kay Beard, and I invite you to a meeting on Saturday, July 23, 9 to 11 a.m., to discuss an idea we have brewing. The meeting will be at Altadena Valley Presbyterian Church, 4660 Caldwell Mill Road, Birmingham, AL 35243.

What Mary Kay and I have been discussing is an Alabama conference for families of the incarcerated. We would love to have your input on this vision.

For the last two years I have attended and presented at the National Prisoners Family Conference. The other presenters have come from all over the country. They have covered a wide range of topics aimed at families of the incarcerated, and I have connected with people, organizations, and resources from one end of the United States to the other.

This conference has been extremely helpful to me as I direct Extended Family, a support system for families of prisoners. I have wanted to give that same conference experience to family members in Alabama, and Mary Kay feels the same way. (For those of you who don’t know Mary Kay, she is an ex-offender and founder of Prison Fellowship’s Angel Tree. You can learn more about her story at www.marykaybeard.com.)

At the July 23 meeting we will discuss the idea of a state conference, get your input, and brainstorm on the purpose for such a conference. We had a similar meeting on June 11, and those in attendance were overwhelming for putting together an Alabama state conference for families of prisoners and others associated with the prison experience. We have even started to form a Conference Planning Committee.

Attendance at the July 23 meeting does not mean you have to be on the Planning Committee! It is simply a meeting to determine interest and get the ball rolling.

We hope to see you at:

Conference Interest Meeting
Saturday, July 23, 2011
9 – 11 a.m.
Altadena Valley Presbyterian Church
4660 Caldwell Mill Road
Birmingham, AL 35243

If you have any questions between now and then, please contact Sharon Denham, Conference Planning Committee Chairperson, at 205-902-8437, Laure Clemons at 256-927-7997, or Mary Kay Beard at 205-815-9991. And please pass this information on to anyone you know who might be interested in attending.


Laure Clemons
executive director
Extended Family