Resource Collective

📣Foster, Adoptive, & Kinship families! 📣

We want to come around your family in support and help make your kiddos feel celebrated, seen, and loved!

Come join us on July 25th for our annual Back-to-School event ✏️
It’s a drop in event; however, if you want to take advantage of a free haircut, you must make an appointment!

We will have your kiddos school supplies list printed for them to shop their own supplies, and they can also pick out a new backpack, and shop the Hope 4 One closet for an outfit and pair of shoes!!

*You MUST register to attend - this is how we know what supplies to get and what lists to print for your kiddos - so we cannot accommodate walk ins.🤍

This is not just for the Bradley County foster community – we serve families all over and if you’re willing to drive to our event this day, we will serve you! 📣Please send this to a fellow foster, adoptive or kinship family that you know!😘

REGISTER HERE👉🏼 https://forms.gle/dmBd2woCzWeSyqRx6

PS. *We will also be doing giveaways for the families that are registered! 👀😬👏🏻

We want to give a big shout out to Cleveland High School's Beta Club for doing a coin drive at their school to raise funds to donate sensory support items for our sensory support baskets! Through their fundraising, they were able to donate a total of 31 sensory support items! 🎉

These baskets make a bigger impact than we could even describe. They help to provide much needed regulation support for kiddos who have experienced trauma, as we help their brains and bodies learn that they can feel safe. ❤

Thank you, Cleveland High School Beta Club for your support; it truly means so much to us! Together, we can make a difference in the lives of vulnerable children in our community. ❤

🎒We are still looking for 𝘾𝙝𝙪𝙧𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙨 to host a 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘦 for us during the month of June for our Back-to-School Event! (𝘞𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘤𝘩𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘩 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘴)

This is such a simple and practical way to make an impact on families in our foster community, and we need your help!

🤝 Every year, we host a Back-to-School Event for the foster community in our surrounding counties. Last year, we served over 220 children! This event is all about empowering kids with confidence and dignity, while equipping caregivers with support during a very stressful season. Hosting a drive is a meaningful way for your church to get involved, lighten the load for families, and care for kids in the system.

Shout out to the following churches who have agreed to host a drive for us this month👇🏻🫶🏻
The Chapel Cleveland
Living Word Church
Avenue Church
Hopewell Church of God
Matthew's Table Church
The Oasis Revival Center

📣Next Steps:
•Message our team here or via email ([email protected]) for details about hosting a drive!

📣 We have a need in our local foster community for a family that just received placement of a sibling set of 3!

•They are looking for two toddler-sized balance bikes (if they have adjustable seat lengths, that's even better)

🤝 Do you have either oner or both these items in good condition that you no longer need and would be willing to donate to help this family?

🗓️Mark those calendars!
Here’s a sneak peak of our summer events here at Resource Collective🎉

Keep an eye out on our social media for more details and open registration for these events! 🫶🏻

***We will be opening registration for the Playpalz Family Event in our private Resource Collective facebook group first to give the families in that group first access to registration due to the limited number of spots available. If you are a foster, kinship, or adoptive family who hasn't yet joined our private FB group, but you want to access to first dibs for event registration, I will drop the group link in the comments below!

Hey friends! We want to let everyone know that we will be out of the office for about a week as Kayla and Jess head to Texas for TBRI practitioner training (and then we will take a few days once we return to over the long weekend for Memorial Day to be with our families before getting back to work) — we will respond to emails and other communication as soon as possible once we are back in the office on the 26th!

On Friday, June 12th, from 6:00-9:00pm, The Crossing Church in Chattanooga will be hosting a Parents Night Out with us!

This event is for foster, kinship, & adoptive families for kids birth - 13 years old (And it is for all of your kiddos - bio, adoptive, & foster!)

There will be dinner, games, and more provided and the entire event is FREE.

All the childcare workers for this event will be background checked and receive a brief trauma informed training by our team to help prepare them for caring for your kiddos! Our Resource Collective team will also be onsite.

This event is capped at 75 kiddos, so make sure you get your registration in early! (We hit capacity for our last event within 6 hours of opening registration)

Register your family here - https://forms.gle/LzUeP5BJDU1EqvpR7

This month’s Support Group gathering will be on May 18th. We meet from 6-8pm, but we start serving dinner around 5:45- so anyone that wants to can come then.

We partner with First Baptist Cleveland to co-lead this gathering with Kelly and Tara Knouse. The meeting is held at First Baptist Cleveland in room 225, and the childcare is provided by their team as well.
*𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐮𝐩 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝟏𝟑.

This group exists to create a supportive space for people involved in the system - a place to be around others who truly get it. It’s always an amazing time of sharing hearts, struggles, laughs, victories, and hurdles. We hope to see you there!

Please register so we can have a headcount for food and childcare! 👇🏻
https://forms.gle/85rPiTkVD7FG5P2b7

**𝘐𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘯𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘥, 𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘮 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘴 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘴𝘰 𝘸𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘶𝘱𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘰𝘥!

🫶🏻 shout out to our local Cracker Barrel Old Country Store for sponsoring our dinner & Kneaded Delights for sponsoring our desserts!

🤝Become a school supply sponsor + help us love on kiddos in our area involved in foster care and adoption!

We believe every child deserves to start the school year confident and equipped with the tools they need to succeed. That’s why we host our 𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐁𝐚𝐜𝐤-𝐭𝐨-𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭 -𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘬𝘪𝘥𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘯, 𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘦𝘥, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥. ☀️

This year, we’re expecting around 300 children to attend and shop their school supply lists with us, and we need your help to make it possible!

You can become a school supply sponsor by shopping our Amazon and Walmart wish lists. Items are shipped directly to us to support children on this special event day.

🔗Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/1FAIPDGHAWAOT?ref_=wl_share

🔗Walmart: https://www.walmart.com/lists/wishlist/95dc060f-2442-41b2-a1e1-811718d781f0

You can give monetarily to sponsor this event at- resource-collective.com/donate
Venmo: