Meeting Sponsor for November 17, 2015
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on Nov 18, 2015
Thank you Dee Hartzog for being our meeting sponsor!
Dee donated her time to Sierra Forever Families.
Every day 10 children enter the foster care system in the Sacramento Region. At any given time there are approximately 4,000 children living in foster care. While many will return home within 6 months, a significant amount will languish in foster care for years.
At Sierra Forever Families our belief is that while sometimes children have to enter foster care system, this should be temporary and every child needs the love, safety and unconditional commitment of a forever family.
We believe this because within four years of emancipating from foster care, over 50% have not completed high school, are homeless, have been incarcerated or are dead. Former foster youth are the number one users of the homeless shelter system in California.
Over 3,200 children have achieved a forever family through Sierra. Please join us in ensuring that all our children have this opportunity!