Serving Menominee and Marinette County Families. Providing clothing assistance and basic needs for any one, who is caring for a child who is not their biological child.- free of charge
Operating as usual
Foster The Village
Spring Lake Church members have continued their support for Foster the Village. These boxes are filled with love and care for the foster care community! The gifts will keep on giving throughout 2021! Thank you to ALL! Merry Christmas. ❤️😊❤️
Foster families, we will be open on Saturday 9-12, just message me.
DAR Boys & Girls Club
Brats for Breakfast is this Thursday! It's not to late to get orders in, call 906-863-9512 to place an order.
Project Give
Our friends at Gary's Quality Foods and Gary’s Quality Foods - Stephenson would like to provide Christmas meals for 10 local families who could use a little extra love this holiday season.
If you or someone you know is in need, please e-mail us at: [email protected]
A huge THANK YOU to Jeff and Debbie for your endless compassion, care, and love. ❤️
Adverse Childhood Experiences - ACEs
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New Placement and Donations
I received a foster placement who came with nothing except the clothes on her back. This is our first time experiencing this; however, this is often the norm for many emergency placement.
Our foster love met us in the church parking lot for the first time. It was a busy evening and late night without much time to grab any necessities or clothes for her, so I tossed my daughter’s PJ’s on her for the night, tossed her only clothes in the laundry so she had clean clothes in the morning, and decided I would tackle the rest in the morning.
Within minutes of asking for clothes on a local facebook group, I was overwhelmed with messages and tags linking me to “foster closets” and friends who had clothes to share. Friends I didn’t even know were in the group texted me saying they would cover Christmas and blankets.
To say I am overwhelmed with gratitude is an understatement. The items I received today were not rejects or grimy. Many of them were brand new with tags because this little girl “deserves to have a soft blanket of her own”.
As I unpacked the bags and bags of things this afternoon, I was overcome by tears. There were words of love and affirmation left on notes inside the bags. There were numerous texts building up on my phone asking how to help. There were extra diapers and basic toiletries. And there were more items in the bags than I even asked for. Most importantly, these things belong to our new girl. They are hers. They are the first things in our home she can claim as hers. In a world where everything she knew was just left behind, this is one more thing to help her begin healing and feeling safe with us.
Fostering cannot be done on your own. Each person today who went out of their way to text, to pick up blankets and PJs, who went through their child’s clothes to see what they could share, each of those people are a part of the fostering village. And I cannot thank each of you enough.
If fostering is something on your radar but you aren't sure how to get involved or if your company is ever wondering how to truly make a difference with an organization, find a local foster closet and team up with them to do diaper drives, PJ buys, and seasonal needs like mitten, gloves and coats. You will never see the faces of those who receive them, but I can tell you from personal experience, the blessings I received today were too great to put into words.
A big thanks to my local mission group James Mission for quickly filling my little one's needs with more vital items than I could have asked for.
Follow us here for fostering in real time: https://www.instagram.com/at_thebirchtree
Coleman-Pound Lioness Club
The members of the Lioness Club made a $200 donation to U.P. Foster Closet...a non profit organization based out of Menominee That provides clothing assistance to anyone who is fostering a child. The organization serves Marinette and Menominee county.
picture Lioness Dana Skarda, Billie Kimmell, Closet's VP & Faith Sandal, Secretary
Thank you, so very much Coleman-Pound Lioness Club for your generous donation to the UP Foster Closet. We appreciate all you do for our community! ❤️
Winner's for the Kid's Gift Give Away, by the UP Foster Closet of Menominee's Board Members are as follows:
********Please note, that there was a Facebook glitch, where this post was put on twice, and would not let us delete one. Several people replied to both, so we took the names from BOTH lists, and entered them into one drawing, the names are as follows for both lists. *********
Congrats to all of the Kiddos who won! :-)
Sara Savola, 9 year old girl.
Kelly Leyo, 14 year old girl.
Krissy Bizefski, 6 year old girl.
Lorelei Borowczyk, 11 year old girl.
Lorraine Marzian, 10 year old girl.
Krissy Bizefski, 6 year old boy.
Carrie Behrendt-Johnson, 4 year old boy.
Marlene Hayward Williams, 10 year old boy.
Stacie Mackay Mayland, 6 year old boy.
Stacie Mackay Mayland, 9 year old boy.
Please message us with any allergies, and clothing sizes in the event items as such are purchased. We will contact you this weekend to coordinate pickup.
M&M Area Community Foundation, we wanted to share with you, some pictures of our progress with utilizing the women’s endowment funding for our girls- basic needs program.
We cannot thank you enough for your partnership. All of the families we have provided for already, are SO GREATFUL, especially during these difficult COVID times!
From all of us, Thank you and Merry Christmas!
And....eleven more!! Whewwwww. Done for night!
We are at it again!
19 more basic need bags being delivered this week to kiddos!!
A special thank you to community members at Community Covenant Church in Menominee along with all the gals in the “Warm Heads/ Heavy Hearts Unlimited Group” who made and donated all of these wonderful hats, scarves, and mittens for our littles! These will keep our kids nice and warm throughout the Cold winters! they also donate to other agencies in the area such as the schools, and the Veteran Homes. ❤️
CASA Menominee County
A big thank you to the Project Give Back Committee at the Menominee County Intermediate School District for your extremely thoughtful gift! Our volunteer advocates will enjoy some extra holiday cheer this year! 🎄
The committee consists of Stella Farnsworth, Janene Salwesky, Deb Thoune, Kira Klimek, Rachel Coyne, Jan Smith, and Kim Wygant. Thank you ladies! ❤️
Michigan Adoption Resource Exchange
We still can’t hold back our excitement about the Exceptional Adoptive Families honored during National Adoption Month in November.
Here are some of the families who, despite the pandemic, accepted their gifts and our gratitude in person during the 30 Days of Adoption Wishes.
In photo #1, families pictured left to right from top left are (first row) the Altoft family, the Bonk family, the Conley family, (second row) the Grobbel family, the Johnson family, the Nierenberger family, (third row) the Sackett family, the Walker family.
In photo #2, families pictured left to right from top left are (first row) the Ashley family, the Briolat family, the Gerred family, (second row) the Hewlett family, the Metevia family, the Noling family, (third row) the Schafer family, the Weimer family.
In photo #3, families pictured left to right from top left are (first row) the Bauer family, the Cherry family, the Goldsmith family, (second row) the Jackson family, the Miner family, the Rumpsa family, (third row) the VanMeer family.
See these and other families’ stories at https://www.mare.org/MI-Adoption-Day/emodule/931/egallery/21
Because we believe in supporting our community members who help make our cause possible, we try to give back to our community, as much as we can.
To show our appreciation, we would like to give all kids in our community the opportunity to win a FREE Christmas Present, provided by the UP Foster Closet board members.
****** Please note, this is not money that is coming from the Foster Closet funds, it is from the board members directly, out of the goodness of our hearts! 🙂 ******
We plan on picking 5 girl and 5 boy winners!
------------------------To qualify---------------------
1.) Like our page
2.) Share this post
3.) Have your kiddo's answer the following questions, and then post their responses below.
We will announce winners on December 11th, 2020, and coordinate pickup at that time! (Locals only unless you plan on driving to Marinette/Menominee to pickup! :-))
-Age:
-girl/boy:
-What does Christmas mean to you?
-Have you been naughty or nice this holiday season?
-Name your favorite thing about Christmas.
Adverse Childhood Experiences - ACEs
Because we believe in supporting our community members who help make our cause possible, we try to give back to our community, as much as we can.
To show our appreciation, we would like to give all kids in our community the opportunity to win a FREE Christmas Present, provided by the UP Foster Closet board members.
****** Please note, this is not money that is coming from the Foster Closet funds, it is from the board members directly, out of the goodness of our hearts! 🙂 ******
We plan on picking 5 girl and 5 boy winners!
------------------------To qualify---------------------
1.) Like our page
2.) Share this post
3.) Have your kiddo's answer the following questions, and then post their responses below.
We will announce winners on December 11th, 2020, and coordinate pickup at that time! (Locals only unless you plan on driving to Marinette/Menominee to pickup! :-))
-Age:
-girl/boy:
-What does Christmas mean to you?
-Have you been naughty or nice this holiday season?
-Name your favorite thing about Christmas.
Thank you Coleman-Pound Lioness Club, for your generous donation, to the UP Foster Closet of Menominee. We appreciate everything you gal's do for our community!
Lioness Christmas gathering last night at Romy's. $200 was collected & will be presented to U.P. Foster Closet ( An organization that serves marinette & menominee county providing Clothing assistance to anyone Caring for a child who is not their biological child). Merry Christmas from Coleman-Pound Lioness!
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Thank you Cost Cutters for your partnership! ❤️
Attn To All Of Our Wonderful Customers & Community!
Our team has put together a donation drive for the U.P. Foster Closet of Menominee county to support our local children who are in foster care and the families who are caring for children that are NOT their biological children.
While the list of needs are many, we like to focus on hard to come by items such as boy's attire sizes 14/16 specifically and also winter attire for boys and girls of All ages (newborn- 18). For Wishlist specifications please see photo in comments or please feel free to contact us or stop by the salon where a list will be posted in the window. More info on the organization can be found in store or on their page ( https://www.facebook.com/upfosterclosetofmenominee/ ).
Thank you for all your support,
Cost Cutters
Bay Area Academy of Dance
Super excited to announce we are holding our Nutcracker Ballet at the New Life Church in Peshtigo! We cannot wait to use their amazing venue to help spread a little Christmas cheer! Click the link to get your tickets today! https://26842.recitalticketing.com/
‘Hey, Luke. You owe me some money. Remember??’ He realized he had to fork over the money.’: Mom shows son ‘tough love’ lesson because ‘I’m a MOM. I follow through.’
"His cheeks were streaked with tears. ‘But it’s my tooth fairy money.’ I almost caved. I almost handed it back to him and smiled and said something like, ‘Don’t worry about it, Buddy.' But I didn’t."
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Michigan Adoption Resource Exchange
Robert is an awesome teen who hopes to be adopted. He created his own In-Depth Profile to show potential adoptive families who he really is – through hoops, art and his own words.
Check it all out: https://mare.indepthprofiles.org/profiles/introducing-robert/
#adoption #fostercare #adoptMIkids #NationalAdoptionMonth
From our families to yours!
Michigan Adoption Resource Exchange
Allie says she’ll swell with pride when she gets adopted and looks forward to trips and other fun activities with her future forever family.
Get to know more about this silly and sensitive young lady – who’s been waiting 1807 days for a family – at www.mare.org/For-Families/View-Waiting-Children/view/Detail?id=29082
#adoption #fostercare #adoptMIkids #NationalAdoptionMonth #MichiganAdoptionDay
Michigan Adoption Resource Exchange
Despite the pandemic, many adoptions will be finalized today across the state. Follow along at the Michigan Supreme Court’s YouTube page beginning at 10 a.m. at https://www.youtube.com/user/MichiganCourts
And open your heart so children who still await their forever families find a loving home by next year’s Michigan Adoption Day.
Call 800-589-6273 or visit http://www.mare.org/For-Families/New-to-Adoption/FAQs for more info.
#adoption #fostercare #NationalAdoptionMonth #adoptMIkids
Thanks again, Flagstar Bank to you and your customers for doing a donation drive for the month of Oct/Nov.
We had two trunk loads filled of donations of clothing to keep our kids warm this winter. ❤️❤️❤️❤️
Last day to share, and get your chance to win a free turkey!
These butterballs will be taken out of the freezer, to start the thawing process in the fridge early tomorrow morning, just in time to deliver to their rightful owners!
Good Luck! Remember, extra shares mean extra chances!... sharing in groups.... double the points!
****!!!!TURKEY ALERT!!!!*****
The UP Foster Closet of Menominee is giving away 5 free butterballs for Thanksgiving!
(We will be announcing the winners, within this post on Friday, Nov. 20th and will coordinate deliveries that weekend. (just in time to THAW, before the big day!)
ANYONE is eligible to win as long as you follow the criteria below!
1.) Comment below, telling us one of your favorite things about Thanksgiving.
2.) "Share" this post (make sure to tag us,) and you will be entered into the drawing.
-~-~-~If you share in any local forums or groups, you'll get double the chances to win. ~-~-~-
*Please note, this is for Menominee and Marinette Counties. We will not be shipping any turkeys in the mail to other locations. :-)*
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Abundant Life Mission
We are in desperate need of cleaning supplies. Items needed most are toilet bowl cleaner, shower cleaner, floor cleaner, and window cleaner. We are also in need of Toilet Paper and Paper Towel.
Any assistance would be greatly appreciated to help us keep the mission clean and covid19 free.
If you are able, any of these items can be dropped off at the table next to our entrance. A member of staff will put them away from there. If you are in need of assistance to help unload please contact our front desk at 906-424-4429 and let them know you need assistance with donations
God Bless!!!
Abundant Life Mission Management and Staff
PO BOX 932
Menominee, MI
49858
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Thanks to all who participated in the drawing. Because of you wonderful people- we were able to fundraise $2500.00 for the kids in Marinette and Menominee County. Thank you thank you- couldn’t have done it without you!!
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