On Jan. 31, 2011, I spoke to the Rotary Club of Centre, AL, and gave them an update on our Extended Family for Kids program – and there was a lot to tell!
Four years ago when I created Extended Family for Kids, a 9-session program for children of the incarcerated, I had no idea how far it would go. Today the program is in nine states, from New Mexico to New York, from Florida to Indiana.
We are now in talks with Big Brothers Big Sisters and The Alabama Children’s Trust fund about the possibility of doing Extended Family for Kids with their “Bigs” and “Littles” through a Mentoring Children of Prisoners grant. (By the way – Big Brothers Big Sisters is a great way to mentor a child who has a loved one incarcerated – so check out your local chapter if you want to be involved in that great program.)
Today’s Rotary Club audience was made up of the leaders of Cherokee County, AL – large and small business owners, hospital and college administrators, retired politicians – and they were extremely supportive of Extended Family for Kids.
If your community group would like to hear the Extended Family for Kids story, or an update from the last time I talked to you, please give us a call at 256-927-7996, or e-mail us a date and time so we can get you on the schedule.
Stay tuned…..
Laure Clemons
executive director
Extended Family
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