Kinship Center

Join us in Unlocking Creativity for youth this Spring! In honor of Arts Education Month, we are thrilled to provide FREE MasterClass subscriptions to our community thanks to Elevate Oakland's #MasterClassGrants program. Any conservation effort, big or small, can make an impact. Visit http://elevateoakland.org/creativity to claim your free membership and start by learning about composting, using less plastic, reducing food waste, or preserving natural resources in honor of #EarthDay. #UnlockCreativity

Looking for a creative way to celebrate Mother’s Day this year? This family-friendly virtual cooking class makes the perfect gift for ANY mom in your life. Make this delightful brunch for your mom, with your mom, or buy her a ticket so she can cook alongside you from the comfort of her own home! Tickets available now: https://bit.ly/3dqeiqC #mothersday #mothersdaygift

#SenecaSpotlight: Seneca Family of Agencies' COMPASS program in Petaluma is a neighborhood of foster parents living in individual family homes, creating a community of support for foster parents and the youth in their care. We provide the housing and the families bring the love! Families have access to 24/7 on-site support and daily guidance from Seneca clinicians and behavior specialists. Youth stay for up to six months and each family cares for one youth at a time. Families are provided with housing and a generous monthly stipend. Interested in applying? Visit joinseneca.org/COMPASS.

Two weeks left in the Pick it Up, Pay it Forward campaign! This is a great way to get involved and support Kinship Center while also supporting local restaurants Tarpy’s Roadhouse, Montrio Bistro, and Rio Grill Restaurant. 10% of proceeds from all pickup orders go to Kinship Center! Funds from this campaign will provide emergency assistance to our relative caregiver families caring for their kin children, often unexpectedly, helping to maintain stable homes by preventing these children from entering the foster care system.

Join us on Saturday, May 8th at 10:00am for a brunch-themed live virtual cooking class led by local cookbook author and recipe developer Caroline Chambers! We’ll be baking up Parmesan & Thyme Drop Biscuits, sipping on Strawberry-Lemon Bellinis, and learning how to make a perfect Slow-Cooked Veggie Frittata. Proceeds go to our foster care and adoption services that help build and sustain families. Can't make that time? A recording of the class will be sent to all registered guests. Learn more and register: https://bit.ly/39YMF5N #mothersday #mothersdaygift

A huge thank you to our brand partners and bidders who helped make our Change Happens Together spring auction such a success! If you liked an item, please give the brand partner a follow, or purchase something directly from their shop to show your support. It has been a hard year for small businesses, and we are so grateful for all the local love and support we saw throughout this entire auction! All funds raised are going straight to our Family Ties program which helps keep children out of foster care and with their relatives. Make sure to follow Change Happens Together on Instagram to stay up-to-date with info about our next auction: https://bit.ly/3wNtw0L #changehappenstogether

Kinship Center wishes everybody a safe and happy Halloween!

SHARE THIS POST! HELP US GET THE WORD OUT!

We're so excited to announce that Dawn Henson has joined Kinship Center’s Executive team! Dawn is partnering with Carol Bishop in the role of Regional Executive Director and has currently been busy overseeing our Wraparound program, Mobile Crisis Response Team, our two mental health clinics, Intensive Treatment Foster Care, and several developing mental health programs in Monterey, San Benito and San Luis Obispo Counties. Dawn comes to us from Seneca Family of Agencies' Santa... Clara programs. She has hit the ground running, and has brought 29 years of great experience in mental health and child welfare to the Central Coast. Read about this and more Kinship Center updates in our Fall Newsletter: https://bit.ly/2FUPYiP Sign up for our newsletters: https://bit.ly/34owg8D

Our second Change Happens Together (@change_happens_together) Instagram auction is taking place from December 7th-11th. Tell us what items you want to see! Jewelry, wine/food, gift certificates, beauty products, trips/experiencesanything you can think of! #changehappenstogether

#fosterfacts: Kinship Center is committed to creating permanent, loving homes for children in foster care. This can be achieved through reunification with the biological parent(s), relative guardianship, or adoption.

#fosterfacts: Kinship Center welcomes any foster family that can show unconditional love and support to the children in their care. Apply to become a Kinship Center foster parent: https://joinseneca.org/

Thank you to everyone who participated in our virtual Fund A Need! We missed seeing all of you in person this year at our gala, but that didn’t stop you from supporting children in our community who need our help! We couldn’t be more appreciative to our community of supporters! We're only $13,644 away from our $50,000 goal and there is still time to donate! Donate here: https://bit.ly/2SMA399 A special thank you to Nick Di Nieri, Dina Ruiz, and Jeff Davi for helping us raise these much needed funds!

Kinship Center's White Party gala auctioneer Nick Di Nieri announces a virtual Fund-A-Need fundraiser to support Kinship Center's community programs. We've received a $20K match! Donate now through Sunday, 10/11 at midnight to help us reach out $50K goal. Donate now: https://www.classy.org/campaign/fund-a-need-2020/c303335 Although COVID-19 has changed so many aspects of our lives, one thing hasn't changed: the needs of children in foster care. Please donate today to help Kinship Center make a positive impact on the lives of children and families in our community. #fundaneed

Our second Change Happens Together auction will be held from December 7th-11th! Once again, this auction will be held on our @change_happens_together Instagram account and 100% of proceeds go to supporting our foster care and adoption services. Click this link to go to the Instagram page and give us a follow! https://www.instagram.com/change_happens_together/

White Party Emcee Dina Ruiz shares a message about an exciting upcoming opportunity to support Kinship Center!

Kinship Center Leadership Board member Jeff Davi announces an upcoming opportunity to support Kinship Center through our virtual Fund-A-Need!

One of the ways we show our commitment to transparency is through our platinum status, the highest level of recognition offered by GuideStar. This highlights our agency's dedication to ensuring every child has a safe, supportive, and loving family. See our GuideStar profile: https://www.guidestar.org/profile/94-2971761

Resource parents (also known as foster parents) are needed to care for children and youth on the Central Coast. If you're able to open your home and heart to a child who needs you, take the first step to becoming a foster parent by filling out the form at the link below. https://joinseneca.org/