2024 ​Foster Care and At-Risk Children
Pajama Collection has started!
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Our goal is to collect 1400 pairs of new pajamas to be distributed through
Heartland for Children, ECHO Ministries and Worthy and Known Family Projects
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How can you help?
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You can donate a new pair of pajamas through our website
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​​​​​​​​We learned there are never enough pajamas for the 1200 plus children entering Foster Care and at-risk protection, each year, in the Central Florida area. After learning of the need, our Board voted to make the collection of pajamas an annual project by holding an Annual 5K pajama drive and placing collection bins throughout Highland County.
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LaGrow Irrigation
1125 US Hwy 27 South, Sebring
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The Blueberry Patch
231 North Main Street, Lake Placid
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​South Florida State College Foundation
Building F
600 W College Dr, Avon Park
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Benton Wealth Management
231 US Hwy 27 N, Sebring
Thankful Hearts Nutrition
17 West Main Street, Avon Park
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Tropical Winery
2678 US 27 S, Lake Placid
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​Beauty Fit For a Queen
204 South Ridgewood Ave, Sebring
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Jarrett Ford
1305 US-27 N, Avon Park​​​​​​
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For more information email: info@whoiamfoundation.com
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Helping Foster Care children and teens communicate their likes, dislikes and needs to the guardians and Foster Care Parents caring for them.
Foster Care Scrapbook Program
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Who I Am was approached by several Foster Care Parents looking for a way to better communicate and understand the children placed in their care. Since that time, our mission has expanded to help Foster Care Parents and Caregivers connect on a personal level with these children.
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Currently, in the tri-county area, when children are removed from their homes by Child Protective Services, they are taken to a Heartland for Children Intake Center for placement. Their partner, ECHO Ministry, then gifts each child with a "first night" bag. This bag contains a basic toiletry kit, a stuffed animal, our Who I Am Scrapbook Gift Set and because of our pajama program, a new pair of pajamas.
Scrapbook Gift Set - Who I Am along with their High School Bright Future Volunteers, created a gift set containing a 5 x 7 scrapbook, fun stickers and marker set. The scrapbook is filled with "Who I Am Description Cards" to help them describe their likes, dislikes and any details about their life story they wish to share. Made of plastic, children can easily carry it with them if they move to multiple locations.
