Out & About: Carson City recruits foster families

Library showcases kids needing homes

If you stop by the Carson City Library in August, you'll see a lighted glass case with tons of information about a huge need in our community for foster/host/adoptive families for kids in state care. Kids in state custody need homes here so they won't have to leave schools, friends, and relatives to live in foster homes as far as Fernley or Sparks. The display by the Department of Children and Family Services and CASA of Carson City has pictures and bios of kids waiting to be adopted along with brochures with information about becoming a foster parent and more. The goal is help more people realize they can open their homes too. I can tell you first hand, it is a fun and very rewarding experience.

WHAT: Carson City Foster Family Recruitment and Support Coalition meeting for anyone interested.

WHEN: Noon, Aug. 18

WHERE: Courthouse meeting room, 1545 E. Fifth St. Carson City

CONTACT: Call Chris Bayer at 882-6776 or visit www.Homes4Hearts.org.

INFORMATION: Display at the Carson City Library through August

TRAINING: CASA of Carson City volunteer training session will begin in September. Call Chris Bayer 882-6776 or go to www.CASAofCC.org.

Adoption: Call the Department of Child and Family Services at 888-423-2659 or go to www.Childs JourneyHome.org.

1985 Reunion and Leahy Golf Tourney

This event is always fun. Not only can you hang with your friends, you also can help raise money for the Patrick and Erin Leahy Endowment fund at the University of Nevada, Reno. The party begins at Mo & Sluggo's with Maury and the crew. Get your clubs out and join the fun with the class of 1985

WHO: CHS Class of 1985

WHAT: Golf, drinks and dancing to follow

WHEN: 2 p.m. Aug. 13

WHERE: Silver Oak Golf Club

COST: $50 per player; $25 goes toward the Leahy Endowment

CONTACT: Silver Oak Golf Club at 841-7000

RED FRIDAYs

Wear red on Fridays. The reason? To show every American soldier our support and thanks for their continued sacrifices. It is a silent reminder that we care, that we remember and that we shall never forget. Voicing our love for God, country and home by wearing red sounds pretty great to me because, at the end of the day, I am proud to be an American.

WHO: Red Shirt Walkers join the Gold Star Family of Josh Rogers

WHAT: A walk to honor our fallen soldiers and those deployed

WHERE: Meet at 5:15 p.m. every Friday at Carl's Jr, on South Carson Street

CONTACT: Mike and Susan McElfish 882-7155

ORGANIZATION: This is grassroots group, not a formal organization but many are Gold Star Families and American patriots who honor our fallen and support our deployed.

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