February 5, 2015 meeting


There were 16 members plus the guest speaker at the meeting.  Margie won the 50/50 drawing and donated her winnings to Feed Cheney.  John Taves won the membership drawing. 




Our speaker was Derrick Cutlip who works with two organizations to recruit foster parents in Washington.  He explained that there is a great unmet need for foster parents.  The State of Washington program includes background checks and two training sessions; there is some compensation for the parents and many times the foster parents adopt the children. The other organization is Safe Families for Children -- this is a church based volunteer organization.  Foster parents are referred by member churches, go through background checks and self training; they are not compensated and fostering can range from just overnight to one year.  Average fostering time is about 40 days.