Walk Me Home 2010!!!

FrameWorks is excited to announce that we have a date set for the Walk Me Home 2010 event! Please join us on Saturday May 15th at the Appalachian Power Park in Charleston, WV for a foster care celebration and fundraiser.

The website is now open for registration and we hope that you register soon! By clicking here: Walk Me Home 2010, you can visit the Walk Me Home website and either form a team, register as an individual, or make a contribution.

We are really excited to see everyone who attended the walk last year and we hope to see new faces this year. Walk Me Home provides a great opportunity for foster care supporters from all over the state to come together in celebration of those who dedicate their lives to improving the lives of children while also remembering the thousands of West Virginia children in the foster care system.

Last year, the weather was beautiful and we all had SO MUCH FUN! We hope that this year is just as wonderful and we will have prizes for the top 3 fundraisers and a plaque for the top fundraising team.

Funds raised from the event will go towards the Recruitment and Retention Collaborative and to FrameWorks Programming, which works to empower the lives of WV foster children and recruit families for children who are legally eligible for adoption and waiting for a forever family.

If you are interested in volunteering, we would appreciate your help!

We look forward to another great Walk Me Home event and hope to see you there!

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!