April 2018
Mentorship and Educational Mentorship Training
Let It Be Us Educational Mentorship Training Program prepares and certifies mentors to work with older children within the foster care system who live in group homes.
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Recruiting Illinois Foster and Adoptive Parents – McHenry, Illinois – May 5 – Let It Be Us
Learn about the Illinois children in need of foster care and adoption through foster care. This town hall style event features foster care licensing agencies in and around McHenry and throughout Northern Illinois. We also feature a keynote speaker with an amazing foster care to adoption story. We're recruiting first time parents, experienced parents, empty nesters, married couples, partnered couples, and singles. Whether you have your foster care license, or not, this is a great way to learn how to
Find out more »5K Walk & Run for Athletes and Families – Inspiring Foster Care Adoptions
A rare 5K Walk & Run in beautiful Citizen's Park in Barrington, Illinois. The course meanders through the Flint Creek Forest Preserve, some of the most beautifully protected land in Illinois. Travel across the long bridge built over the wetlands leading to towering pines.
Find out more »June 2018
Let It Be Wine Fundraiser for Let It Be Us
Join us as the team at Vin Chicago pops the corks on 30+ wines including some of the summer's hottest! That's right, you can experience the majority of Vin Chicago's new wines all in one night and get your hands on some of their hottest new offerings at this casual event. The cost is just $20 for over 30 wines. Space is limited for this unique fundraiser for Let It Be Us focusing on the Mentorship and Summer Camp Programs supporting
Find out more »Foster and Adopt Our Children – Recruiting Within the LGBTQ Community and for LGBTQ Children
Recruiting foster and adoptive parents for the Illinois children who wait. This town hall styled event will include representatives from licensing agencies as well as the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services. Our guest speaker will be a foster and adoption-in-process parent. There will be time for questions and answers. This event will feature a cash bar. Anyone can adopt from foster care or be a foster parent, as these programs do not discrminate against age, income, marital status,
Find out more »July 2018
Recruiting Foster and Adoptive Parents for Waiting Illinois Children of All Ages – Including Teens URGENT
Let It Be Us is recruiting foster and adoptive parents for waiting Illinois children of all ages, especially teens. This town hall styled event will include a panel of experts along with representatives from licensing agencies as well as the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services. Our guest speaker will be a foster and adoption-in-process parent. There will be time for questions and answers. This event will feature coffee and a light breakfast. REGISTER HERE!Anyone can adopt from foster
Find out more »September 2018
Recruiting Foster and Adoptive Parents – Rockford, Illinois – September 8 – Let It Be Us
Learn about the Illinois children in need of foster care and adoption through foster care. This town hall style event features foster care licensing agencies in and around Rockford, Illinois. This event takes place at the First Free Church, Room 250, at 2223 N. Mulford Rd, Rockford, IL 61107. To see just some of the waiting children visit the Heart Gallery of Illinois. REGISTER HERE Whether you have your foster care license, or not, this is a great way to learn
Find out more »October 2018
Sunday Scaries Fundraiser – Young Professionals Group
Keep the Halloween Weekend festivities going with the Let It Be Us Young Professionals Group's Sunday Scaries Fundraiser at Schoolyard Tavern. 20% of all proceeds will be donated to Let It Be Us, whose mission is to promote the adoption and education of children within the Illinois foster care system. A local brewery will also be donating a keg for the event. 100% of sales from this keg will be donated - brewery and beer to be announced soon! Bring
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Adoption and Foster Care Information Fair – Chicago, Illinois – Let It Be Us
We have Illinois children in need of foster care and adoption through foster care. This town hall style event features foster care licensing agencies in and around Chicago, Illinois – including the south, western and north suburbs. We also feature a keynote speaker, Genie Gillespie, a Chicago foster care adoption attorney. 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
Find out more »Start Here, Change a Life – Sponsorship, Mentorship, Foster Care, Adoption with the Barrington Area Library
There are children in Illinois who are looking for a place to belong. Learn about sponsorship, mentoring, foster care, and adoption from a panel of experts from different licensing agencies and experienced adoptive parents, foster parents, and mentors to children in foster care. After the presentation, panel members will be available to answer questions. This program is brought to you through a partnership with the Barrington Area Library. Register Here: balibrary.org/evanced/lib0/eventsignup.asp?ID=20990 People can also call the library to register, 847.382.1300, option
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