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👨👩👧👦💔 It's Foster Fact Friday. Did you know that the average age of foster children is 8 and a half years old? This shocking fact exposes the largely ignored truth behind the foster system, that the majority of foster children are elementary-aged. You can help change this fact by supporting foster parents, becoming a foster parent yourself, or by supporting local nonprofit foster organizations. #FosterFactFriday #ShockingFosterFacts #FosterCare #FosterChildren #FosterFamilies #FosterChildrenNeedYou #SpreadingThreadsClothingBank #FosteringDignityinSouthernArizonasFosterChildren

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❤️🏩⚽️ The Children's Heart Gallery weekly featured foster child is Violet! Violet has a bubbly outgoing personality with an affinity for soccer, cheer, swimming, and all things Barbie. She hopes to one day own her very own Barbie dreamhouse and would do best in an active household with dual parents. To learn more about Violet, go to https://lnkd.in/gbPgE3qv. #ChildrensHeartGallery #LearnAboutViolet #WeeklyFosterChildFeature #FosterCare #FosterChildrenNeedYou #BecomeaFosterParent #SpreadingThreadsClothingBank #FosteringDignityinSouthernArizonasFosterChildren

💸🎁💜 Did you know that Spreading Threads Clothing Bank is a Qualified Foster Care Organization (QFCO), meaning you can make a dollar-for-dollar tax-deductible donation today? Spreading Threads Clothing Bank is a nonprofit foster organization dedicated to supporting Southern Arizona's foster children and families by providing new or gently used clothing, school supplies, toys, and books. With a history of six years of service, hundreds of successful events, and thousands of emergency pulls, Spreading Threads Clothing Bank has impacted thousands of foster children and families. You can help support Spreading Threads Clothing Bank's mission by making a donation today of up to $587 as an individual and $1173 as a joint filling couple. To learn more, visit https://lnkd.in/gJzE9KU9 or (520) 971-3237. #DonateToday #SupportLocalFosterYouth #FosterChildrenNeedYou #Charity #SpreadingThreadsClothingBank #FosteringDignityinSouthernArizonasFosterChildren #Tucson #SouthernArizona

🧥🧤🧣👧👦 In the month of October, Spreading Threads Clothing Bank is in need of donations of coats, jackets, mittens, hats, hoodies, and other cold weather gear. We plan to hand out coats and other winter weather clothing at our Second Saturday Shopping event on Nov. 9, 2024. If you don’t have new or gently used coats, jackets, and other winter gear to donate, you are invited to make a $50 donation to Spreading Threads Clothing Bank. That $50 will buy a new coat for a child living in foster care family or group home. Not only will this monetary gift provide a warm winter coat for a local child living in foster care, but you’ll be able to apply the donation as a tax credit to your Arizona state tax liability. Make a donation that keeps a foster child warm this winter! Donate online at https://lnkd.in/gHAkDZPU or drop off donations of new or gently used coats and winter clothing in the blue bin at 2945 N. Flowing Wells, Tucson, AZ, 85705. We’re the big building with the bright green trim! Thank you in advance for your kind donation. You may also call Spreading Threads Clothing Bank at (520) 971-3237 with any questions. #October #Coats #Jackets #DonateNow #SpreadingThreadsClothingBank #Nonprofit #ClothingBank #FosterChildren #Tucson #SouthernArizona

⏰ Please spread the word! Spreading Threads Clothing Bank will host our next event on Saturday, November 9, 2024, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. 🛍️ Please BRING YOUR OWN SHOPPING BAGS! 🥶 We have added lots of cooler weather items to the racks. 👕 Spreading Threads Clothing Bank is a clothing bank open to all Arizona kinship and foster families. We have both new and used clothing. Each child can choose two new outfits and a pair of pajamas every month. There is no limit on used items. 🆓 All items are FREE, first-come-first-serve. ✅ Please be sure you have your Notice to Provider with you for each child. NTP's not already on file with us can be emailed in advance to spreadingthreads@comcast.net. 📌 We are located at 2945 N. Flowing Wells, Tucson, AZ, 85743. Parking is in the front while our main entrance is at the rear. Look for the building with the bright green trim! For more information, visit spreadingthreads.com. 🧥 New coats and jackets will be available ONLY at our November Second Saturday event. See you there! #FosterFamilies #KinshipFamilies #TucsonCommunity #SecondSaturdayShoppingEvent #SpreadingThreadsClothingBank

Did you know . . . Spreading Threads Clothing Bank has distributed more than 1,000 packs of new socks so far this year? Socks are a great way for us to bring a little bit of our clothing bank out into the community. We had a wonderful time meeting new families with our friends at Arizona Children's Association recently! #FosterFamilySupport #KinshipPlacements #SouthernArizona #TucsonLocal #SpreadingThreadsClothingBank #Nonprofit #QFCO

👨👩👧👦 👩👩👦 👨👨👦 👩👧👦 👨👦 For all of our foster families that attend our Second Saturday Shopping events, please be sure to bring your own bags going forward. Thank you! #BringYourOwnBags #SecondSaturdayShoppingEvent #SpreadingThreadsClothingBank #FosteringDignityinSouthernArizonasFosterChildren #Nonprofit

📰📈💵 In 2022, Arizona pioneered the largest school voucher program in the history of education, now the state faces a $1.4 billion budget shortfall, much of which was a result of the new voucher spending, according to the Grand Canyon Institute, a local nonpartisan fiscal and economic policy think tank. This budget meltdown comes from the law's policy allowing any parent in the state, no matter how affluent, to claim a taxpayer-funded voucher worth up to tens of thousands of dollars to spend on private school tuition, extracurricular programs, or homeschooling supplies. To read more, visit https://lnkd.in/gggF9j-m. #ArizonaStateBudget #ArizonaEducationVouchers #ArizonaNews #FosterCare #FosterChildren #FosterFamilies #SpreadingThreadsClothingBank #FosteringDignityinSouthernArizonasFosterChildren

💜👩👧👦 "We do not need to know the beginning of a child’s story to change the ending." - Fi Newood, Foster-Adoptive mom, psychotherapist, and author The simple act of being a loving foster parent can change a child's life, regardless of where they came from, and what happened to them, so stay committed to your foster children and change their story. #InspirationalQuote #SundayVibes #InspiringFosterQuotes #MakeaDifference #FosterChildrenNeedYou #BecomeaFosterParent #SpreadingThreadsClothingBank #FosteringDignityinSouthernArizonasFosterChildren