Is the following scenario familiar? You come downstairs in the morning and two of your children are bickering. A bowl of cereal spills on the table and the dog jumps in to “help” clean it up. Another child is half-dressed, half-awake, and about to miss his bus for the third…...
Why We Foster
Written by: Kindall Stevenson, Marketing, Advertising & Recruitment Specialist Long time People Places foster parents, Randall and Elder recently shared details on their decision to foster and how they found the agency. “Elder and I have always wanted children and one day while watching tv we see a commercial for…...
“Go for it! Kids need you.”
Written by: Kindall Stevenson, Marketing, Advertising & Recruitment Specialist Teaching Parent, Sara, describes her family’s choice to foster. She says, “In the beginning it was due to infertility and we desperately wanted another child, but now we just want to help children because so many children have had a rough…...
Fostering Makes a Difference- One Family’s Story
Written by: Kindall Stevenson, Marketing, Advertising & Recruitment Specialist We recently asked one of our Teaching Parents, Heaven, about her family’s journey- fostering children. She immediately replied, “What an honor! There is nothing I love more than talking about how amazing my kids are.” She responded to all of our…...
Parents are Teachers, Too
Today, November 8th, is National Parents as Teachers Day. The concept for Parents as Teachers developed in the 1970s when educators noted that children were beginning kindergarten with varying levels of school readiness. Decades of research shows that parental involvement is a critical link in a child’s development of learning…...
Carol Bright: 2017 Dawbarn Education Award Recipient
Each year, since 1992, the Community Foundation of the Central Blue Ridge selects recipients of the Dawbarn Education Award, which is given to local educators who make a difference in their community. People Places’ Director of the Pygmalion School, Carol Bright, is an award winner for 2017! Carol joined the…...
Helping Ease Anxiety in a Chaotic World
As we welcome the many joys of October including cooler weather, trips to the pumpkin patch, and apple cider- it is also important to acknowledge that the last several months of natural and unnatural disasters have been unprecedented, heartbreaking and very difficult from a national and worldwide perspective. People Places…...
Recap: People Places 1st Golf Tournament
Written by: Kindall Stevenson, Marketing, Advertising & Recruitment Specialist On September 15th, People Places held its first ever golf tournament at the Waynesboro Country Club. In total, $3,617.84 dollars were raised, and all proceeds will support therapeutic groups for foster children! These groups assist children as they learn valuable social and independent…...