Thank you! Your generous contributions sent a strong message to our parent writers and readers: “Yes! Your stories do matter to me.”

If you haven’t given yet, it’s not too late!

We heard from so many of you that our campaign has been inspiring. Michele Cortese quoted from our interview with China Krys Darrington in a speech last week in Chicago. Heather Cantamessa, in Washington State, took China’s suggestion to use Rise stories in foster parent training. The Washington State Office of Public Defense ordered the Rise workbooks that John Mattingly mentioned.

Please keep letting us know how you are using Rise!

Holidays are such a hard time for parents and children in foster care. As a parent in our Graham Windham writing group wrote recently: “2015 will be here within weeks. I can’t seem to be on my way to a family home.”

Thank you for supporting our work to provide comfort, guidance and hope to parents working hard to get their children home.

Sincerely,
Nora McCarthy
Rise Director

PS – A big thank you to all of the allies we interviewed:

John Mattingly, Deidre Warthen, David Meyers, Graham Windham, China Krys Darrington, Center for the Study of Social Policy, Randy Block, Heidi Ombisa, Washington State Parent Leaders, Erika Tullberg, Susan Chinitz, Tammy Kim, Ron Richter, Michele Cortese, Jim Dossett

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