Cardboard Entrepreneurs

Feb
13th

Cardboard Entrepreneurs

Posted In: Family Time, General, Our Kids and Staff

Why settle for an ordinary Valentine’s Day box when you can turn that box into something that allows you to run a small business?
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Dec
19th

Helping Them Feel at Home for Christmas

Posted In: Family Time, Fostering Challenges, General, Parenting

Having a new foster child at Christmas time can be challenging for them and for you. How will your family adjust? What can you do to help them feel a part of your family? Some of our staff share from their first-hand experiences.
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Nov
14th

Family Traditions: Snow Ice Cream

Posted In: Family Time, General

Two significant snowfalls in early November can mean only one thing…the opportunity to pass down snowy, family traditions to children who may have never before experienced them.
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Oct
31st

Halloween Fun

Posted In: Family Time, General

Lions and tigers and bears (and ninjas and cats and pigs and…) Oh My! Thanks to Columbia Orthopeadic Group for their help in making sure our children had lots of fun costume options to choose from this year.
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Jun
27th

Budgeting for Summer Fun

Posted In: Family Time, General

This year’s annual Pancake Breakfast raised enough money for each of our homes to have $1,500 to spend on summer recreation. It also helped with the cost of purchasing some amazing new equipment for our swimming lake, like a 20’ trampoline.
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Jun
22nd

Coyote Hill Helps Teen Get First Job & First Car

Posted In: Family Time, General, Inspiring the Future, Our Kids and Staff, Parenting, Success Stories

Three months ago Paul* set a goal to get a job. He and Cody, his Home Parent Dad, went job hunting, applied online, and by the end of the month he had call backs from everywhere he applied. He interviewed and accepted a job at Dairy Queen in Fayette. After just two months of part-time
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Jun
6th

Summer Prayer Requests

Posted In: Faith and Reflecting, Family Time, General

Summer break is in full swing at Coyote Hill, and we have some specific prayer requests from our Home Parents:
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May
2nd

Forming Family Connections

Posted In: Family Time, Fostering Challenges, General

One challenge of working with multiple foster children in one home is the family dynamic. Some of our children are siblings, but others have never met until they’re placed together in one of our homes. It can be the cause of much tension between children, so when something like the following happens, we count it
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