Name: Jaime, Alondra, Alexander and Maereli
Location: Idaho
Ref#: 30371
Profile URL: http://www.idahowednesdayschild.org/profile.php?id=30371
Contact LDSFS if you would like to learn more about these adorable children.
Waiting Children August 25, 2009
Name: Jaime, Alondra, Alexander and Maereli
Boise Open
More FREEBIES!!! Why? It’s about love, my friends, and everyone must love us. LDSFS has free tickets to the Boise Open (that’s golf–FYI) September 14-20th. Tickets are regularly $70 a pop, so free seems pretty darn awesome to me. Limit two tickets per family and they’re good for the entire week. This is on a first-come, first-serve basis folks, so come and get ’em. Easy breezy lemon squeezy.
COME AND GET YOUR TICKETS!!! August 6, 2009
The first 5 families that buy tickets at LDS Family Services
for the Boise Hawks Baseball game will get…..
a freebie from Debbie or Bobbi!!!
Here are your reminders:
Wednesday, August 12th
tickets are $2.00 per person ($1.00 to get in and $1.00 for concession)
Wear your conference t-shirts! Let’s show how much we love adoption!!!
A Must Read about National Conference July 30, 2009
We realize that many of your adoptive couples and birth parents will not be able to travel to Utah for the conference. For this reason, we have set up a broadcast and video stream for the keynote and birth parent panel. In order to view the video stream, please give the URL http://stream.lds.org/LDSFamilyenglish to those interested. They will be able to view this anywhere, as long as they have high speed internet access. It will be streamed on Saturday, August 1st at 9:30 MDT and again at 1:00 MDT. It will also be broadcast to stake centers at the same times. There is no code for this. Also, the week after the conference, we will send DVDs of the keynote and birth parent panel for your upcoming regional conferences and activities. We are taping nine breakout sessions and will make them available on the FSA site as soon as possible.
Take me out to the ball game….. July 26, 2009
Family Supporting Adoption and Friends Night at the Boise Hawks Baseball Game
Boise Hawks vs. Everett
Wednesday, August 12th
Game starts at 7:15 pm
Tickets $2.00 per person
***$1.00 to get in and $1.00 for the concession stand: hotdog, popcorn, ice cream sandwich or sno cone***
Buy tickets at LDS Family Services 10740 West Fairview Avenue, Ste. 100—get
em while they last! **Ask for Bobbi**
WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU THERE!!
July 25, 2009
CONFERENCE BASICS
July 31, 2009 to August 1, 2009
The conference will be held for a second time at the Davis Conference Center.
SCHEDULE
Below is the schedule overview at-a-glance. For a more detailed description of the classes including the class descriptions, times and locations as well as bios on the presenters, click HERE.
| Friday, July 31st | |
| Registration | 9:00-9:30 |
| Breakout session 1 | 9:30-10:30 |
| Breakout session 2 | 10:40-11:40 |
| Lunch on your own | 11:40-1:10 |
| Breakout session 3 | 1:15-2:15 |
| Breakout session 4 | 2:25-3:25 |
| Breakout session 5 | 3:35-4:35 |
| Awards Banquet | 5:30-7:00 |
| (Semi-formal dress) | |
Saturday, August 1st |
8:00-9:00 |
| Registration | 9:00-9:30 |
| Keynote address by Troy Dunn | 9:30-10:30 |
| Birth Parent Panel | 10:45-12:00 |
| Lunch | 12:00-1:00 |
| Breakout session 1 | 1:00-2:00 |
| Breakout session 2 | 2:10-3:10 |
| Breakout session 3 | 3:20-4:20 |
| Closing session and raffle | 4:30-4:45 |
REGISTRATION
To register, CLICK HERE.
This is for registration and payment purposes only. Please disregard any information related to Temple Square events.
Some clarification for registration:
Couples are $60 each, so they only need to register for ONE ticket. This is located toward the bottom of the registration, and is not part of the special code. Once they select one ticket and click continue, it will ask if they will be coming both day, ($60), one of them both days/both of them one day ($30) or one of them on day ($15). Sorry for any confusion. Please email us at the email address below if you have any problems.
Adoptive parents and hopeful adoptive parents are invited.
We also are inviting expectant parents, birth parents, and their families again this year. A great amount of effort has gone into planning breakout sessions for them. Expectant parents and birth families may register for free by typing in “itsaboutlove” in the special code field on the registration form. Regular fees apply to their guests.
HOTEL ACCOMMODATIONS
A few hotel rooms at the Hilton Garden Inn (762 West Heritage Park Blvd, Layton, Utah, 84041) are blocked out for a discounted event rate. You may reserve a room by phone or through the hotel’s Web site. Call 801-416-8899 and make sure to mention the group code, which is “LDS” and the group name, which is “LDS Family Services.” You may also register online here. In the group code field, enter “LDS.” In order to get the discounted rate of $89, you must be registering for the blocked date (July 31st). We will be posting other hotel options when the hotel is full.
CHILDREN’S ROOM
A children’s room will be available again during the conference and banquet. Please email Narda Emmett (imaemett@yahoo.com) to register your children. The cost will be $10 per day, per child. She will provide you with the details.
AIRPORT SHUTTLE
From the airport Express Shuttle – 801-596-1600.
QUESTIONS?
If you have general questions, please email contactus@ldsfamilyservices.org with “National Conference” as the subject.
HELP US HELP OTHERS July 20, 2009
It’s time to give back to the community! FSA has decided to do a service project this year. What we have chosen to do is to help out teenagers who go into Foster Care. We need everyone’s support to help make this a successful project. Please e-mail boisefsa@gmail.com with any way you can help support. We have already received 30 backpacks as a donation from FSA and JCPenney’s.
We need your help to gather all the items needed to fill the backpacks. If you know of a company, individual or business that might be willing to contribute please let us know. We will need to gather all the items as identified below (we will be e-mailing you this list soon). Once we get all the items collected we will set a date to assemble the backpacks. Please drop off your donations at LDS Family Services 10740 West Fairview Avenue Ste. 100 Boise, Idaho 83713. Thanks for your continued support and efforts. We look forward to working more closely with you on this project. 🙂
The Backpack Project
The backpack project was designed to help teenagers entering the Foster Care system by providing them with essentials such as toiletries, school supplies and comfort items. Children taken into protective custody by Health and Welfare typically do not have time to bring their possessions with them as they enter foster care. Many children are taken directly from school, in the middle of the night, or in an emergency situation, so they do not have the basic necessities they need as they enter their new foster home. Teenagers have an especially big need for items as they enter Foster Care . This age group often gets overlooked when community partners donate to children in Foster Care. Please help us fill backpacks for teens entering Foster Care so that we can all show our love and support for them during this difficult time in their lives. The following are items needed to fill the backpacks. Any donation would be appreciated:
Journal
Deodorant
Toothbrush
Toothpaste
Floss
Combs
Brush
Pajamas – M, L, XL, Draw string sleep pats, white t-shirts
Colored pencils
Pens
Paper/notebook
Chap stick
Lotion
Snacks- granola bars, jerky, power bars, fruit cups, sunflowers, corn nuts
Candy bars
Gum/mints
Small gift card (5.00 or so)
Sanitary products for girls
Shampoo/conditioner
Soap
Blanket (for boys – girls will receive stuffed animals, which we already have)
Water bottle
Hair ties
Finger nail polish
Silly putty
Crossword/ sudoku puzzles
Disposable Camera
Photo Album
Just a reminder! National FSA Conference July 19, 2009
July 31st – August 1st
Layton, Utah – Davis Conference Center
“Letting Love Lead”
Please see below if you plan on attending and would like a great deal on a hotel room ($89 discounted rate):
Hilton Garden Inn – Salt Lake City/Layton
West Heritage Park Blvd., Layton, Utah 84041
(801) 416-887 or book online
Group Code: LDS
Group Name: LDS Family Services
*In order to get the discounted rate of $89, you must be registering for the blocked dates, the night of July 31st. There are a few rooms available for the night prior to and the night after the conference. Please book your room reservations soon. The blocked out rooms will be released on July 11th.
Meridian Dairy Days Parade–Updated!!! June 12, 2009
Friday June 19th
1st Annual Dairy Days Parade (in Meridian, Idaho)
FSA Theme: WE ARE MOOVED BY ADOPTION
Parade begins at 7pm on Water Tower Road. If you would like to be in the parade (and please do), meet between 6:00 & 6:30pm on Watertower Street (between the I-84 & Franklin) coming in off of Locust Grove. Use any of the parking lots nearby. Look for the FSA Truck and Train. We will be wearing “cow polk” attire and would encourage you to as well: white t-shirts, blue jeans, bandannas, western hats, boots, etc. Feel free to make your own signs, decorate wagons, wheelbarrows, whatever.
“Can we pass out candy?” You ask. The answer is: Yes, of course. We ask only that you “hand out” candy and not throw it, thereby encouraging a more positive outlook on adoption (adoption is sweet, not painful).
If you get parched easily and would like to keep your thirst-quenching beverage cold, a cooler will be provided for just such a job. Just make sure you put your name on it somewhere.
IMPORTANT: The parade will be broadcast on channel 24/7. So, if your adoption is private, you may want to J.D. Salinger it. If the opposite is true, then you can go wacky-wild for the amusement of many.
**Everyone is invited, grandparents, aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, friends and animal lovers**
FSA Boise Chapter 