Candy Cane Lane Provides Gifts for Children in Foster Care
“It can actually mean Christmas to that foster family.” Jamie Giannettino discusses the impact Candy Cane Lane has had on the foster community in Central Oregon. […]
Every Child Expansion Efforts in Klamath County
“Many people have this perception of foster parents, and social workers, but they really don’t understand what they go through, the sacrifices that are made,” […]
Improving Oregon's Foster Care Together
“Oregonians care deeply about justice and improving outcomes for the most vulnerable children and families. Poet E.E. Cummings wrote, “Always the beautiful answer who asks […]
Foster Parents' Night Out, an official initiative of Every Child
For the past six years, Foster Parents’ Night Out has worked closely with the Portland-based affiliate of Every Child Oregon, Embrace Oregon. The monthly four-hour […]
Q and A with Oregon's Director of Child Welfare
“We need to be accountable for everything that we do as an organization. And I think that that’s one of the fun things that I […]
Interview with Ben Sand, CEO of Portland Leadership Foundation
“We have tried to disrupt the paradigm that most Oregonians assume, which is either you’re a foster parent or you do nothing,” –Ben Sand, CEO […]
Every Child Lane County Radio Spot
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Portland woman creates welcome boxes for foster kids
PORTLAND, Ore. — When you are in need of the kindness of strangers, you would hope for that stranger to be Eve Reddin. In the […]
Local woman, involved with foster care, inspired by her foster child
EAGLE POINT, Ore. – An Eagle Point woman’s journey with the foster care system began years ago, when she started taking in foster children. Lynette […]
There could soon be more ways to help Oregon's foster children
Oregonians who want to aid foster children but can’t commit as full-time caretakers are getting a message while the state grapples with a deficit of foster parents: You […]