FIT will be adding 5 new residential units at the Bent Tree Apartments this fall! This will allow us to further our mission of providing children and families with healthy homes. We feel blessed and consider it a tremendous honor to be afforded the opportunity to serve these families, though we cannot do it without[.....]

SPIRITUAL AND COMMUNITY LEADERS GATHER FOR LAUNCH OF POWERLINES IN HICKORY HILL On Tuesday, October 11, Agape Child & Family Services held a public launch of its Powerlines Community Network in Hickory Hill/Southeast Memphis. The event was held at the Hickory Hill Community Center at 3910 Ridgeway Road. A group of faith-based and community leaders[.....]

The time is drawing nigh when the prudent among us start drawing up our lists for Christmas cards and presents. It’s often hard to find just the right gift for someone who has everything, that is, at least everything that they need. Yet we still feel challenged to let everyone know that we are thinking[.....]

Thrift Store Harbors Bargains and Hope for Kids Thrift Harbor in downtown Claremore donates 100 percent of its proceeds to Hope Harbor Children’s Home & Family Ministries. September 2011 From Value News – article by Sheryl Sowell Imagine walking into your favorite department store to find a shirt or pair of jeans. How much do[.....]

Christian Services of Oklahoma continues to partner with other agencies through the 111 Project. Through this unique initiative, the Oklahoma Department of Human Services, the Office of Faith Based and Community Initiatives, Christian Services, The Spero Project, and others are working to recruit 111 new foster families in 2011 from churches in the Oklahoma City[.....]

We’re getting closer to our 2011 Change for Children goal Our 2011 Change for Children goal is $235,000. That’s our highest goal in the campaign’s 25-year history, and it’s 11 percent higher than last year’s Change for Children total. As of today, we’re at 63% of that goal! Since Homecoming, we’ve collected and counted $148,500[.....]

Our online auction is now open! The auction will continue for two weeks, closing on October 17. Some 14 different categories of items will be on the auction block. Some items will be closing before the final date; others will be available for the entire length of the auction. The auction includes: collectibles (sports, Disney,[.....]

The annual Christian Child and Family Services Association dinner was held last Monday night, September 19, 2011 during ACU Summit (known for decades as Lectureship) at Christian Homes & Family Services’ office at 1202 Estates Drive. Dr. B.J. McMichael, the associate minister at Westgate Church of Christ, made a few remarks at about 6:30. Also[.....]

The annual Atlanta Benefit Dinner (September 15, 2011) raised over $25,000 for the Raintree Village Children’s Home! These funds are used to care for special children whose lives have been disrupted due to abuse and neglect.

The Worst Crisis in 50 Years It is hard to compare which disaster is the worst, but I heard a guy from the U.N. say that the famine in the Horn of Africa is the worst crisis in the last 50 years— and it is hard to argue differently. CRF has been helping in this[.....]