Recruitment is Everyone's Business
Volunteers Distribute Foster and Adoptive Home Recruitment Flyers on Service Nation Day
Denver, Colo.- The Denver Department of Human Services (DDHS) invites media to join volunteers and many employees in foster and adoptive home recruitment on Friday, Sept. 26 in honor of Service Nation Day. Volunteers will be out in full force canvassing Denver neighborhoods, distributing foster care and adoption recruitment flyers door-to-door.
WHAT: Service Nation Day - Volunteers distribute 10,600 flyers door-to-door in hopes to recruit foster and adoptive homes
WHEN: Friday, Sept. 26, 9:30 a.m. to noon
WHERE: Neighborhoods near the Family to Family Denver sites:
Capitol Hill/Central Denver
Fresh Start
2250 E. 16 th Ave.
Denver, CO 80206
North Denver
Cross Community Coalition
2501 E 48 th Ave.
Denver, CO 80216
Northwest Denver
YMCA
4058 Tejon St.
Denver, CO 80211
Southwest Denver
Bethany United Methodist Church
3501 W. 1 st Ave.
Denver, CO 80219
Northeast Denver
Lowry Family Center
4800 Oakland Unit #3
Denver, CO 80239
East Denver
Denver Children's Home
1536 Albion St.
Denver, CO 80220
*starting at 10 a.m.
RSVP: Volunteer Contact: Juan Rodriquez at (720)944-2338 or the
Family to Family Hotline at (720) 944-2550
Media Contact: Laura Coale at (720) 944-2342 or cell: (303) 330-5616
About Foster Care and Adoption
If you are interested in becoming a foster or adoptive parent, please call 720.810.5139 or visit
www.denvergov.org/fostercare.
In 2007, there were 1,480 children placed in foster care in Denver County. DDHS' goal is to certify over 200 new families for foster care over the next 12 months. Currently, there are 75 children in Denver County seeking an adoptive home.
To report suspected child abuse or neglect, call 720.944.3000.
About Service Nation Day
Thousands of communities around the nation will mobilize on September 27, the Day of Action, to demonstrate the impact that service has - and could have - upon our country and the power of citizens to create large scale change. Please visit
www.servicenation.org for more detailed information about this mobilization campaign.
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