September 2019
Annual Golf Outing & Dinner
This is a wonderful opportunity to golf on one of the most beautiful, private golf courses in Illinois. Guests will enjoy dinner, along with a program to include a Keynote Speaker. Join us on Monday, September 9, 2019 to support children living in Illinois foster care and available for adoption from foster care.
Find out more »Fireside Chat on Foster Care and Adoption – Recruiting Parents – Let It Be Us
Join our Let It Be Us Fireside Chat Series of discussions and learning opportunities regarding foster care and adoption in Illinois. Open to future foster and adoptive parents, current foster and adoptive parents and those interested in learning more through education, support and encouragement. We'll be discussing trials, tribulations, challenges, and love. Each event will be led by Susan McConnell, foster care and adoption expert and adoptive parent. Each event will be joined by other foster care and adoption experts.
Find out more »Adoption and Foster Care Information Fair – Glenview, Illinois – Let It Be Us
Learn about the Illinois children in need of foster care and adopiton through Illinois foster care. We are recruiting parents for all children in need; all ages, stages and ethnicities. This town hall style event features foster care licensing agencies in and around Glenview, Illinois, and surrounding areas, including Chicago. We also feature a panel of experts, including an expert keynote speaker. The Let It Be Us Adoption and Foster Care Information Fairs are funded in part through a gift
Find out more »October 2019
Adoption and Foster Care Information Fair – McHenry, Illinois
Learn about the Illinois children in need of foster care and adoption through foster care. This town hall style event features many foster care licensing agencies in and around McHenry, Illinois and the surrounding area, including Chicago. We also feature a expert keynote speaker. Whether you have your foster care license, or not, this is a great way to learn how to start or continue your journey through foster parenting and learn about opportunities regarding foster care and foster care
Find out more »Fireside Chat on Foster Care and Adoption – Recruiting Parents – at Barrington’s White House
Join our Let It Be Us Fireside Chat Series of discussions and learning opportunities regarding foster care and adoption in Illinois. Open to future foster and adoptive parents, current foster and adoptive parents and those interested in learning more through education, support and encouragement. We'll be discussing trials, tribulations, challenges, and love. Each event will be led by Susan McConnell, foster care and adoption expert and adoptive parent. Each event will be joined by other foster care and adoption experts.
Find out more »Chicago Series on Foster Care and Adoption – Recruiting Parents – Chicago, Illinois
Join our Let It Be Us Chicago Series of discussions and learning opportunities regarding foster care and adoption in Illinois. Open to future foster and adoptive parents and current foster and adoptive parents. We'll be discussing how to obtain a foster care license, what it means to be a foster parent, how to navigate adoption through foster care, the trials, tribulations, challenges, love, and more. Each event is led by Let It Be Us Foster and Adoptive Parent Recruiters and
Find out more »November 2019
Foster Care & Adoption Forum with State Representative Allen Skillicorn
Join us for an informative round table discussion regarding foster care and adoption in Illinois. All are welcome to hear our panel of experts. Space is limited so please register early. In McHenry County alone 40% of children in foster care are placed in safe and loving homes outside of McHenry County. McHenry County simply does not have enough licensed homes. The statistics are similar for Cook County, Lake County, Kane County, and DuPage County. Thank you to State Representative
Find out more »December 2019
Pizza With Santa for Children and Parents
Join us on Tuesday, December 3, at three different times throughout the day to meet with Santa, get a photo, enjoy some pizza, and simply have a holiday time! This is an opportunity to allow your children to meet with Santa in a smaller, calm and less hectic environment compared to the traditional mall experience. This event is open to all families. The times are 11:30am, 4:30pm, and 6:00pm. Tickets are $7 per child and adult. The event
Find out more »Pints fo a Purpose – St. Nicholas Day Celebration at Buffalo Creek Brewing in Long Grove, Illinois
In a partnership with the Lions Club of Long Grove, the brewery proudly presents "Pints for a Purpose" -- A St. Nicholas Day Celebration. Buffalo Creek Brewing will be abuzz all day and night with Christmas caroling lead by a local chamber choir, complimentary appetizers, freshly drawn pints of craft beer, raffles, a live band, and speakers from all organizations involved.Join us on Friday, December 6, 4:00 till 10:00 at Buffalo Creek Brewing in historic downtown Long Grove for a
Find out more »Operation North Pole 2019 Travels Through Barrington, Illinois to Benefit Let It Be Us – December 14, 12:30pm
All aboard the Operation North Pole Express! For the last eight years, the incredible staff and volunteers of Operation North Pole (ONP) have helped spread the spirit of the holidays to children and families affected by illness, and Christmas 2019 looks to be nothing less than spectacular. On Saturday, December 14, the Operation North Pole Express travels through Barrington, Illinois spreading the holiday spirit to children and families affected by serious terminal illnesses and also to benefit children in foster care
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