SOS Children’s Village Celebrates 'Light Up The Village'
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- Community members are encouraged kick off the holiday season by visiting the Village in </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; color: #222222;">Coconut Creek and enjoy an afternoon featuring free festivities, fun, and food with activities for the family.
- This celebration will allow everyone to learn more about our unique foster care community and see the homes decorated at their holiday finest.</span> We are pleased to welcome our newest sponsors of Light up the Village – JM Family enterprises, ADT, Publix Supermarkets, and Marshalls.
- These companies join longstanding volunteer groups who take the time to decorate the homes and provide a sense of wonder and excitement for our children.
- For the boys and girls who come to live at the Village, “Home” was once a word of little meaning, nothing more than a building where they sleep.
- Safety, security, support, comfort and care were missing in their lives until they become a part of the SOS family.
SOS Children’s Village - 'Light Up The Village'
SOS Children’s Villages – Florida is hosting their annual Spirit Light up the Village event on Saturday December 3rd from 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm. Community members are encouraged kick off the holiday season by visiting the Village in Coconut Creek and enjoy an afternoon featuring free festivities, fun, and food with activities for the family. This celebration will allow everyone to learn more about our unique foster care community and see the homes decorated at their holiday finest.We are pleased to welcome our newest sponsors of Light up the Village – JM Family enterprises, ADT, Publix Supermarkets, and Marshalls. These companies join longstanding volunteer groups who take the time to decorate the homes and provide a sense of wonder and excitement for our children.
For the boys and girls who come to live at the Village, “Home” was once a word of little meaning, nothing more than a building where they sleep. Safety, security, support, comfort and care were missing in their lives until they become a part of the SOS family. It is here that their lives are transformed by a Village of foster families, staff, friends and neighbors who care.
“For over 20 years SOS Children’s Villages – Florida has been here to meet the needs of kids in their most desperate times. We look forward to being there and having the support of the community to do the same for kids in need for many years to come,” says SOS Executive Director Jillian Smath.
The number of foster children in need of home and family locally and throughout the state is growing at an alarming rate. Expanding our capacity to welcome more children is a must. Just as important is broadening and expanding existing services so our boys and girls can continue to succeed.
The state of Florida has shifted focus in the past decade toward ensuring foster children return to a family, be it their biological family or an adoptive one. As such, there is a growing need in the community for family strengthening to increase the success of reunification. Excelling in childcare and managing homes with large numbers of children, SOS Florida is poised to develop a program that will ensure, when a child leaves our care, they will always enter a loving home.
