{"id":10,"date":"2022-09-13T15:13:25","date_gmt":"2022-09-13T15:13:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/everychildoregon.org\/centraloregon\/get-involved\/volunteer\/welcome-boxes\/"},"modified":"2025-09-26T13:43:23","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T20:43:23","slug":"welcome-boxes","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/everychildoregon.org\/centraloregon\/get-involved\/volunteer\/welcome-boxes\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome Box"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"page-header alignfull\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"left-text-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\n<p class=\"page-pretitle like-h5\">GET INVOLVED \u2022 VOLUNTEER<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading page-title like-h2\">Welcome Box<\/h1>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"right-text-container\">\n\t\t\t<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-142\" src=\"https:\/\/everychildoregon.org\/centraloregon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/09\/welcome-box-t.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"186\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-deep-green-color\" style=\"font-size: 21px\">Gift boxes for children entering foster care, to occupy them while waiting at a Child Welfare office<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<style>.kb-row-layout-id10_f7aafc-db > .kt-row-column-wrap{align-content:start;}:where(.kb-row-layout-id10_f7aafc-db > .kt-row-column-wrap) > .wp-block-kadence-column{justify-content:start;}.kb-row-layout-id10_f7aafc-db > .kt-row-column-wrap{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);row-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);max-width:1440px;padding-top:90px;padding-right:100px;padding-bottom:112px;padding-left:100px;grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr);}.kb-row-layout-id10_f7aafc-db{background-image:url('https:\/\/everychildoregon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Boxes_Bg_Illustrations.svg');background-size:cover;background-position:50% 3%;background-attachment:scroll;background-repeat:no-repeat;}.kb-row-layout-id10_f7aafc-db > .kt-row-layout-overlay{opacity:0.30;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kb-row-layout-id10_f7aafc-db > .kt-row-column-wrap{padding-right:50px;padding-left:50px;grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr);}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kb-row-layout-id10_f7aafc-db > .kt-row-column-wrap{padding-right:40px;padding-left:40px;grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr);}}<\/style><div class=\"kb-row-layout-wrap kb-row-layout-id10_f7aafc-db alignfull kt-row-has-bg wp-block-kadence-rowlayout\"><div class=\"kt-row-column-wrap kt-has-1-columns kt-row-layout-equal kt-tab-layout-inherit kt-mobile-layout-row kt-row-valign-top kb-theme-content-width\">\n<style>.kadence-column10_10a600-68 > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column10_10a600-68 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column10_10a600-68 > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column10_10a600-68 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column10_10a600-68 > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column10_10a600-68 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column10_10a600-68{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column10_10a600-68 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kadence-column10_10a600-68 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column10_10a600-68 inner-column-1\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-dark-green-color has-text-color\">Here&#8217;s the Scoop<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The majority of children coming into foster care must wait in a Child Welfare office for at least two hours while a social worker tries to find them a suitable living placement. As you can imagine, this is a time of high anxiety for children. Recently removed from their home, a child\u2019s future is now unknown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The notion of a Welcome Box is simple: while the child waits in the office, a social worker gives them a box of items that are age-appropriate to occupy their time. They will take this box with them into their new foster home. Since many children enter foster care with only just a few personal belongings, the psychological importance of these Welcome Boxes cannot be underestimated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Making a Welcome Box is a simple way to comfort a child entering foster care. 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