Canada Safeway helping the kids!

Submitted by Myrna Stark, McMan

There are many children across Canada that would love to have a home! In Alberta alone, there are over 5,000 children in care. In care means living in either a foster home, or another situation other than with their own biological family. Some of these children are available for adoption today. Across Canada, we have tens of thousands of children in care. The number varies from province to province as well as from region to region. Currently there are over 100 children in care within our own Southeast Alberta region with approximately 15 of these available for adoption right now.

As it is so important to educate the public as to the need for more homes, Canada Safeway has for the second year in a row agreed to place a foster / adoptive parent recruitment ad on the side of their milk cartons sometime later this year. This ad campaign will run across Canada in hopes of educating the public as to the need for more homes and hopefully to recruit more families not only in our region but across the entire country.

The ad will display a toll-free 1-800 number and website that can be accessed from anywhere in Canada. The caller will be appropriately prompted in either French or English, and can be directed to a foster care or adoption service within their province and forwarded on to their specific region.

We are very pleased to receive the cooperation of all of the provinces on this project. We are very grateful to Canada Safeway as well for providing this service to us at no charge.

If you know of anyone in another province or region that has mentioned their interest in fostering or adopting, have them call the toll free number to get connected in their own area.

If you see this ad on a milk carton - please call in and let us know. 527-1588

 

McMan Community Services recruits and trains foster & adoptive homes for Southeast Alberta Child & Family Services Authority.