Walk Me Home...to the place I belong.

On May 23rd 2009, the National Foster Parent Association, the WV Recruitment and Retention Collaborative and Mission,WV sponsored a walk called "Walk Me Home...to the place I belong" to raise funds for foster care programming throughout WV. Foster parents, adoptive parents, social workers, friends, family, everyone, joined together to make this event a success and we were able to raise over 15 thousand dollars!

On Saturday July 18th, Melvin Gravely, National Foster Parent Association Board President presented FrameWorks' employee Rachel Probst with a check for the remainder of the funds that were raised online.

Also, Saturday July 18th marked the date for the second meeting of the WV chapter of the NFPA. At the latest meeting, the group developed a mission statement: To Support and Advocate for WV Resource Families.

The group developed strategic directives and went over bylaws and 501(c)3 information. The next meeting will be held on Saturday, September 12 in Morgantown, with exact location still to be determined. An interim board will be elected at the next meeting. For more information on joining the WV chapter of the National Foster Parent Association, please give us a call at 866-CALL-MWV.

Again, thank you to all of those who made Walk Me Home a success. We look forward to next year's walk!