The Family Resource Center celebrated St. Patrick's Day with a fundraiser. Executive director Karen Ramey-Torres estimated slightly over 100 people attended their "Wearin O' the Green Gatherin" on Thursday at Riverview Golf Course.
"I think we did very, very well," she said. "It was absolutely stellar. A lot of people said, 'You know, this is the group of people I would invite to my house for dinner.'"Ramey-Torres said it tentatively looks like they raised approximately $4,600.She said she heard a lot of conversations about FRC's mentoring program, Game Plan for Success, and is hopeful that some of the people at the fundraiser will consider becoming mentors.
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From The Journal Advocate:
STERLING -- Kathy and Gene Miller of Atwood have been selected as a winner in America`s Farmers Grow Communities program and they have designated Family Resource Center (FRC) to receive the award in Logan County.
The America`s Farmers Grow Communities program gives farmers in more than 1,200 eligible counties the opportunity to win $2,500 for their favorite local non-profit organizations. Donations are available through the Monsanto Fund. The Monsanto Fund expects to invest more than $3 million in local communities.
On Monday, the Miller family, along with Karen Torres, executive director of the FRC, the FRC board of directors and Bob Cummings, with Monsanto Fund, were on hand for a check presentation at the FRC.
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Have you ever wondered why your children act the way they do? Some days, our children are delightful and fun to be around, and other days, we may wonder what possessed us to have children in the first place.
You may be interested in learning that children`s behavior (and misbehavior) has specific goals. Just as adults behave in certain ways in an attempt to meet their needs, so to, do children behave in certain ways to meet their needs. As parents, we can learn the underlying "goals" of our children`s positive and negative behavior. We can learn to encourage their positive behavior, while finding ways to help them meet their unmet needs in more productive ways, and the Family Resource Center would like to help.
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For parents that want to do the best job they can at parenting and who would like some strategies to help them handle those tough parenting moments, the Family Resource Center has just the class for you.
They're working with Hagen Early Education Center on a program called The Incredible Years. The 14-week course, which was originally supposed to begin Thursday, Jan. 20, but will now start Thursday, Jan. 27, is primarily targeted toward parents of students at Hagen.
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From the South Platte Sentinel:
The Family Resource Center is hosting “Bowling in the New Year,” a bowloplis New Year’s Eve Party that will be held on Fri., Dec. 31 from 1 to 4:30 p.m. at the Ice Lanes Bowling Alley.
Interested parties are encouraged to reserve a spot by calling the bowling alley at 522-3331.
Reservations are $15 per person.
The evening will include: a 16-inch pizza per family, one small soda per family member, three games of bowling and one “Bowlopolis” magazine per family. Each family will also receive New Year’s Eve Party Favors and sparkling punch.
The event will come to a close with the drawing, which will take place at 4:20 p.m.
Funds from this event will support parenting classes, mentoring for youth and opportunities for children to have safe and conflict free access to both parents.
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The Family Resource Center of Sterling is throwing the first pitch for their new program, “Game Plan for Success,” as a way to support the youth of the community.
“This is kind of a unification of community support for our youth,” said Karen Torres, executive director of the Family Resource Center.
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The Family Resource Center has recently received a grant from the Adolph Coors Foundation in the amount of $5,000 to further develop programs, including:
Dads 4 Kids: This program supports and educates fathers. Fathers are taught about healthy, involved relationships with their children. Dads 4 Kids offers classes, individual consultation, referrals and networking opportunities. Another fathers group is called Young D.A.D.S. (Dads Are Diaper Savvy) for fathers ages 18-25 and offers a mix of education, networking and activities.
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Jean Smets of Sterling recently partnered with the Family Resource Center to help struggling families in Logan County, donating children’s clothing, shoes, boots, gloves and toys to the Center.
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The Center works with the Child Protection Unit of Logan County Services to provide a portion of their court-order supervised visits with children who have been in a domestic violence situation.
“We work as community partners of Social Services,” said Karen Torres, executive director. “We can provide varied hours and times for supervised visits, which may allow for more and frequents visits as well. Sometimes we can provide weekend and evening visits if Child Protection is unable to do so.”
The Center does not facilitate all the supervised visits of Social Services and may not facilitate all the visits for one particular family, according to Torres.
A caseworker for Social Services will provide a court order for supervised visits to the Center and the treatment plan comes from Child Protective Services, Torres said.
The Center is a neutral area, according to Torres.
“We separate the parents in time and space for the visits,” she said. “The parents never see each other on our property.”
The Center also offers a parenting class for men, “Caring Dads.” It is a voluntary attendance class.
“The class helps the dads to think about some behaviors that may foster domestic violence,” Torres said. “The class is a preventative tool as well.”
“We want the children to know us as the safe people and if they ever feel unsafe, they can come to us or let us know,” she said.
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STERLING — Their mission is to encourage the development of healthy
children and strong family units by providing parent education,
referral services and ongoing support for mothers and fathers.
Karen Torres, founder of the Family Resource Center, spoke to the
Rotary Club Wednesday about the organization and the center’s Dads 4
Kids class.
Torres, who was child protection case worker for 18 years, started
the organization because she saw that when children who have been in
foster care reunite with their parents, it’s an opportunity for them to
have a new relationship.
“I decided there needs to be an optimal way for that to happen,” Torres said.
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