August 2008, BMW PRO-AM SHOE NIGHT
August 30 - Thank you SWITCH-A-ROOS! Consignment sale
Earlier this month the highly anticpated Switch-A-Roos consignment sale agreed
to donate all their non-sold to be donated items to GCFPA after speaking with
our President. We've taken this opportunity to have a fundraiser and are hosting
a consignment sale of our own for foster care families and friends. All proceeds
from our sale will benefit our Spirit Fund! Thank you Switch-A-Roos for the Grand
Opportunity!
August 26, BMW PRO-AM SHOE NIGHT for FOSTER CARE CHILDREN
July 2008
July 31, Heart Gallery Photo Shoot
What a grand day for a photo shoot. Foster Care children free for adoption in
Greenville County and Region 1 met at the Greenville Zoo for a day of fun and
photos. Professional photographers volunteer their time and talents to provide
the Heart Gallery with great pictures of our children needing a loving forever
home. Beth Humphries of GCFPA collected $100 in donations to help support lunch
cost for the day and volunteered as well for this grand day. Thank you Heart
Gallery for all you do, Thank you to the social workers and adoptions workers
that brought children to be photographed and thank you to all the volunteers and
photographers that made the possible. A child's life can be changed forever with
one photo.
July 19, Infant and Toddler Food Event
It was a great day for foster care families across SC needing infant and toddler
foods. GCFPA working alongside IHGM provided over 1000 cases of infant/toddler
foods for counties as far away as Calhoun and York!. Thanks for coming everyone and
we look forward to seeing everyone in September for the next event!
May 2008, Foster Care Awareness Month
May 30, 2008 GCFPA host an Appreciation BBQ
What a fun event this was! Foster families and children came and enjoyed the
park and a great meal provided by "???" of Simp. We are very thankful for their
support. This event was just one small way to let our foster families know how
much we appreciate them and all they do for Greenville's foster care children.
Greenville averages 400 children in foster care at any given time. Foster Care
Awareness Month is a time we all stop and remember each other, as foster parents,
and the children we care for on a daily basis.
May 16, 2008 Mayor Proclaims Foster Care Awareness In Greenville County
May 15-18, 2008 BMW Pro-Am Golf Tournament!!!!
May 10, 2008
It was a grand day for our Infant/Toddler food program for foster care families. GCFPA
working alongside In His Grip Ministries, INC. of Greenville provided over 650
cases of infant and toddler foods to foster care families serving young children.
May 2, 2008
Beth Humphries, President of GCFPA and a foster parent, was asked to speak to
Ms. Sarah Evanson's 7th grade classes at Sevier Middle School concerning foster
care. Her students have recently read a book in which the main character is a
foster care child and they were interested to learn more. GCFPA was happy to
provide a speaker for this event during awareness month and look forward to future
opportunities as well.
March 2008, BI-LO Golf Charities "Shoe Night"
March 15, 2008
It was a grand day for our Infant/Toddler food program for foster care families. GCFPA
working alongside In His Grip Ministries, INC. of Greenville provided over 1000
cases of infant and toddler foods to foster care families serving young children.
March 13, 2008
What a fabulous night we had at Shoe Carnival this time around! GCFPA bought
over 130 pairs of shoes for Greenville County foster care children. We spent over
$4500.00 putting new shoes on the feet of our children and we are so happy to
have been able to provide this event for our foster families. This event was made
possible through a generous Grant given to us by Bi-Lo Golf Charities in November
2007. THANK YOU BI-LO GOLF CHARITIES!!
February 2008, Greenville County Foster Parent Association chosen to receive
funds by BMW PRO-AM Golf Charity
GCFPA is very excited to be one of the few chosen charities this year provided
the opportuniry to sell patron credentials for the BMW Pro-Am. Patron Credentials
for the tournament are $25 this year and the proceeds from our tickets sells go
directly to us - 100%. This celebrity filled tournament takes place in MAY which
is FOSTER CARE AWARENESS MONTH. We look forward to volunteering at the tournament
and selling the patron tickets. This is a grand opportunity for us and for the
children in Greenville's foster care system. Thank you BMW Pro-AM. To purchase
tickets please email beth@gcfpa.org. To volunteer for us at the tournament go to their website www.bmwcharitygolf.com and click on the VOLUNTEERS button. Be sure to let them know you want to volunteer
for GCFPA. December 2007, Fall For Greenville Grant Recepient
December Donation: Bentley Commercial of Greenville
Bentley Commercial of Greenville provides a monetary donation for the second
year in a row to aid the Spirit Fund for foster care children. We appreciate
your generousity and Greenville's foster care children will benefit tremendously
from your gift.
December 28: Infant/Toddler Food Event for South Carolina foster families
It was a great day for foster care families across SC needing infant and toddler
foods. GCFPA working alongside IHGM provided over 500 cases of infant/toddler
foods for counties foster care children!. Thanks for coming everyone and we look
forward to seeing everyone next month!
December 18: GCFPA invited to the Fall for Greenville Press Conference
This donation is the evidence of all our volunteers that helped to make the Fall
for Greenville event a success. These monies will be added to our Spirit Fund
to provide resources to foster care children in Greenville County in the coming
year. Thank you to all our volunteers!!! we could not have done it without you.
November 2007, BI-LO Golf Classic Charities Grant Recepient
November 30: Infant/Toddler Food State Event
It was a great day for foster care families across SC needing infant and toddler
foods. GCFPA working alongside IHGM provided over 950 cases of infant/toddler
foods for counties as far away as Horry County!. Thanks for coming everyone and
we look forward to seeing everyone next month!
November 16: Infant/Toddler Food Event
It was another great day for foster families needing infant and toddler food.
GCFPA working alongside IHGM provided over 400 cases of infant/toddler foods for
Greenville County foster families. Thanks for coming and we look forward to seeing
everyone next month!
November 15: GCFPA host Fall Fellowship for foster care families at Monkey Joe's!
The owner's of Monkey Joe's donated the use of their establishment for our fellowship.
We provided pizza and drinks to all the families and children for this fun filled
night. It was a huge success. Over 70 parents and 90 children participated in
the fellowship. Thank you Monkey Joe's for this experience! The children had
a FABULOUS time and parents had a great chance to fellowship with other foster
parents.
November 14: GCFPA meets with Whole Foods, Inc. and Bair Foundation to plan Christmas
Sponsorship for 37 foster care children.
Whole Foods will host the Heart Gallery Photos this month as November is Adoption
Awareness Month. We are delighted that they also wish to sponsor 37 Greenville
foster care children served by Bair Foundation foster families this year as a
store project. Thank you Whole Foods for your generosity!
November 5: GCFPA invited to attend Press Conference for the BI-LO Golf Classic
Charities Grant
Beth Humphries, our V.P. and Treasurer attended the press conference for GCFPA.
BI-LO Golf Classic Charities generous donation of $5,000 will aid GCFPA and it's
programs in the coming year. This money will be applied to our Spirit Fund and
will be provided directly to activities for foster care children to help build
their self-esteem. Thank You BI-LO Golf Classic Charities for your donation!
October 2007, GCFPA sponsors Heart Gallery Frames for Region I children
October 16: Beth Humphries speaks at JLG Provisional Meeting
Beth Humphries, our V.P. and Treasurer spoke at the Provisional Meeting for new
JLG members. She shared the mission of GCFPA and the projects we are currently
providing for foster care children and their families. The JLG volunteers were
receptive to our mission and many contacts were made for future collaboration
with our ongoing and new projects.
October 12: Infant/Toddler Food Giveaway
It was another great day for foster families needing infant and toddler food.
GCFPA working alongside IHGM provided nearly 300 cases of infant/toddler foods
for Greenville County foster families as well as Abbeville County Foster Parent
Association. Thanks for coming Abbeville and we look forward to seeing everyone
next month!
October 4: 36 Region I children sponsored by GCFPA
GCFPA is proud to be able to sponsor the framing of pictures for the Heart Gallery
for all foster care children FREE for adoption in Region I. Please visit www.scheartgallery.org to learn more about this great organization and their tremendous efforts to
see permanency obtained for foster care children that are FREE and clear and ready
to be adopted. Their website offers much information and a photo gallery of these
children as well. September 2007, Infant/Toddler Food for SC FPA's
September 29: More Infant/Toddler food for foster care children across South
Carolina.
Beth Humphries of GCFPA and Doug Humphries of IHGM attended a meeting of the
SCFPA's on Saturday and took over 700 cases of infant/toddler food to the meeting
for other FPA's to pick-up and distribute to their foster care families. It was
a huge success and families were so thankful for this resource. Thank you to
In His Grip Ministries, Inc. for providing this resource to foster care children
in South Carolina.
September 14
G  reenville County FPA  is blessed with resources and this month we are sharing our resource of the
Infant/Toddler Food Program with all the FPA's in South Carolina. Several SC
counties came to the warehouse this month including Anderson, Spartanburg, Orangeburg,
Calhoun, Darlington, Horry, Chesterfield, Tri-County, Seneca, Dillon and Marion
counties to take advantage of the opportunity for Gerber food for their foster
care children for a handling fee of only $1.00 per case. GCFPA is so pleased
to be able to offer this to our fellow foster parent associations in South Carolina
this month. The food was provided through a collaborative effort with In His
Grip Ministries, INC. www.inhisgripministries.com of Greenville. This is the first time we have offered this program to other
FPA's in our state and hope to be able to do so again. GCFPA was able to provide
over 3,000 cases of infant/toddler foods to Foster Families and area organizations
that serve at risk children and the event was a huge success. Trucks and cars
filled the parking lot all day long. Thank you IHGM for your efforts and generosity.
We look forward to this joint effort again in the future.
August 2007, School Spot "Shoe Night"
August 23
FREE Infant and Toddler foods to upstate Foster Families. The food was donated
to foster families through In His Grip Ministries, INC. www.inhisgripministries.com of Greenville. This is the second time we have offered such an event and it
was a huge success. GCFPA was able to give away over 300 cases of infant/toddler
foods to Foster Families and area organizations that serve at risk children.
Thank you IHGM for your efforts and generosity. We look forward to this joint
effort again in the future. August 2 and 23, 2007
 What a fabulous night we had at Shoe Carnival this time around! GCFPA bought
189 pairs of shoes for Greenville County foster care children. We spent over $6000.00
putting new shoes on the feet of foster care children in foster homes and group
homes. We are so happy to have been able to provide this event for our foster
families. This event was made possible through a generous donation from School
Spot on Woodruff Road and from individual donors as well. THANK YOU School Spot and all our local Shoe Drive Donors of this event, without
you this event would not have been possible!! GCFPA also provided more Lifebooks to foster care children at this event and
gave away more Gerber food to our families as well. July 2007, Infant/Toddler Food Giveaway and Furman Teammates Partnership
July 23
GCFPA is chosen by Furman University as a Paladin Teammate Organization. Furman
is partnering with us to give foster care children the opportunity to enjoy Furman
Paladin Sports Games. We are so excited about this great opportunity. GO PALADINS!!!
GCFPA provides our second Lifebook Workshop to the foster teens at Pendleton
Place Group Home in Greenville, SC. We enjoyed lunch together after our workshop
and all the girls look forward to our next Lifebook Workshop. Many of the girls
had continued to work on their Lifebooks throughout the month. They were excited
to show us their progress. Thank you Junior League of Greenville for supporting
this project for our foster care children!
July 16,18,20
GCFPA provides FREE Infant and Toddler foods to upstate Foster Families. The
food was donated to foster families through In His Grip Ministries, INC. www.inhisgripministries.com of Greenville. This is the first time we have offered such an event and it
was a huge success. GCFPA was able to give away 100's of cases of FREE infant/toddler
foods to Foster Families and area organizations that serve at risk children.
Thank you IHGM for your efforts and generosity. We look forward to this joint
effort again in the future.
July 14
GCFPA provides our second Lifebook Workshop to the foster teens at Smith House
Group Home in Greenville, SC. We enjoyed lunch together after our workshop and
all the girls look forward to our next Lifebook Workshop. Many of the girls had
continued to work on their Lifebooks throughout the month. They were excited
to show us their progress. Thanks to Mountainview UMC, GCFPA was able to leave
a box of Scrapbook Supplies for the girls at Smith House to use as they work on
their Lifebooks. Thank you Junior League of Greenville for supporting this project
for our foster care children!
July 9
The VBS at Mountainview United Methodist Church collected and donated Scrapbook
supplies for our Lifebook Project. They collected paper, scissors, stickers,
disposable cameras and all sorts of supplies. What a tremendous effort from the
VBS children and their families. Thank you Mountainview United Methodist Church
for caring about our foster care children and our tremendous Lifebook Project.
June 2007, JLG Lifebook Project Kick-Off
June 21
GCFPA provides tickets to Stuart Little, a Little Children's Theatre production
to several foster families and their foster care children. The tickets were donated
to us by a local church Bible Study Class and we are so thankful for the opportunity
to give our children this grand experience. The families had a tremendous time.
Thank you so much to our sponsors.
June 9
GCFPA provides our first Lifebook Workshop to the foster teens at Pendleton Place Group
Home in Greenville, SC. We enjoyed lunch together after our workshop and all
the girls look forward to our next Lifebook Workshop. Thank you Junior League of Greenville for supporting this project for our foster care children!
June 2
GCFPA provides our first Lifebook Workshop to the foster teens at Smith House
Group Home in Greenville, SC. We enjoyed lunch together after our workshop and
all the girls look forward to our next Lifebook Workshop. Thank you Junior League of Greenville for supporting this project for our foster care children!
May 2007, Foster Care Awareness Month
May 26, 2007
Our First Annual "Crop for the Kids" Fundraiser Event. Registration form provided here. Event will take place at Simpsonville First Baptist Church, 106 Church Street
in Simpsonville, SC 29680. Time is 10:00 am - 8:00 pm. $20 Donation registers
one person. We will have door prizes, a silent auction, and a drawing for a Creative
Memories prize package worth over $300. To be eligible for the drawing just bring
a new disposable camera and donate it to the Greenville County Foster Parent Association
to be given to local foster care children so they too can create happy memories
of their own. UPDATE: The fundraiser was a success. GCFPA raised $3408 through
this event for our Spirit Fund.
May 11, 2007
GCFPA provides volunteers for Downtown Jazz Night. Please come out and support
foster care children by placing tips in our tips jars. All monies go directly
to the foster care children for extracurricular activities such as sports, arts,
summer camp and much more. To volunteer with us please email Beth Humphries at
beth@gcfpa.org
April 2007, Child Abuse Awareness Month
April 20, 2007
Beth Humphries, our Vice President/Treasurer, attended the Annual Conference
for the Foster Care Review Board. Beth was a speaker at the conference and shared
with the attendees the powerful combination of FCRB members and their local FPA's.
She encouraged each of them to work along side their FPA's as Greenville's FCRB's
do in helping to raise funds for our children. "We all have our own circle of
influence," she said and asked each of them to share their passion for foster
care children with their influences to help us all make a bigger difference for
our children. The confernce was a success! GCFPA has received donations from
attendees that heard Beth speak. Thank you to all of Greenville's FCRB boards
for your continued partnership with GCFPA.
March 2007, BI-LO Golf Charities "Shoe Night"
March 22, 2007
What a fabulous night we had at Shoe Carnival this time around! GCFPA bought
over 250 pairs of shoes for Greenville County foster care children. We spent over
$8100.00 putting new shoes on the feet of our children and we are so happy to
have been able to provide this event for our foster families. This event was made
possible through a generous Grant given to us by Bi-Lo Golf Charities in November
2006. THANK YOU BI-LO GOLF CHARITIES!!
January 2007, Greenville County Foster Parent Association awarded Grant by Junior
League Of Greenville
We here at GCFPA are so pleased to announce a new project underway through the
provision of a $15,870 grant from Junior League Of Greenville. We will be implementing
our new Lifebook Project in the coming months. This grant will allow us to purchase
400 Lifebooks for foster care children and all the materials the children will
need to work on their Lifebooks as well. We are so excited about this new project
and look forward to providing Lifebook workshops to foster families in our county. |
