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would you PRETTY PLEASE
I go to a fostercare/adoption forum and there is a young man trying to get congress to offically get a FOSTER PARENTS DAY. I am begging all of you who love childern, and the people who make foster childrens lives normal to make this happen.
Cindy
We Need to Honor Our Foster Parents
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Hello. my name is D. Kevin Surbaugh, I am currently 38 and thanks to the positive influence I had as a former foster child, I have been seeking to get a National Foster Parents Day named. After 17 years, I have finally found someone that has listened and HR 179 was introduced on 2/16/07. I have started a petition on-line to help encourage a vote on this resolution. Please sign it, lets get a few 100,000 people to sign. ray:
Foster Parents Day Petition : [ powered by iPetitions.com ]
http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/F...Day/index.html
(Please note that i-petitions is a free service and they may ask for a donation after you sign...you do not need to make any donation and your signature will be recorded without the donation.)
Details of Resolution Below:
For 17 years, I have been seeking a National Foster Parents Day. Seventeen long years of various members of Congress, in both parties who were apathetic of a simple day of honor.
A day of honor for those families who open their homes and hearts to children whose families are in crisis, play a vital role in helping children heal and in launching those children into successful adulthood.
A day of honor that would work to increase public awareness of the needs of the 500,000 children in foster care.
A day of honor for those families who are able to serve a role as foster parents should be wholeheartedly encouraged to do so.
In a letter sent to me by Congresswoman Nancy Boyda, I learned that unlike the unanimous support I had in the state legislature, there is some reluctance among members of Congress to create new holidays or designate special dates.
I am surprised, even though I shouldn't be considering that I personally contacted several of the Congressmen of my district (2ND district of Kansas) and have various degrees of out right No's or to lukewarm maybes. I can say the one previous Democrat that I talked to in this District was the one out right no. When I lived in Chicago and I contacted my Congressman there, he never replied.
This resolution #179 was sponsored by Rep. Nancy Boyda [D-KS] and co-sponsored by these 8 members of congress:
* Rep. Dennis Cardoza [D-CA]
* Rep. Jim Cooper [D-TN]
* Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D-CT]
* Rep. Wayne Gilchrest [R-MD]
* Rep. Mark Kirk [R-IL]
* Rep. James McDermott [D-WA]
* Rep. Juanita Millender-McDonald [D-CA]
* Rep. Dennis Moore [D-KS]
The resolution was then referred to the House Oversight and Government Reform committee. Members of this committee will be charged with the task to vote on this resolution and making their recommendations to the full house.
Cindy
We Need to Honor Our Foster Parents
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Hello. my name is D. Kevin Surbaugh, I am currently 38 and thanks to the positive influence I had as a former foster child, I have been seeking to get a National Foster Parents Day named. After 17 years, I have finally found someone that has listened and HR 179 was introduced on 2/16/07. I have started a petition on-line to help encourage a vote on this resolution. Please sign it, lets get a few 100,000 people to sign. ray:
Foster Parents Day Petition : [ powered by iPetitions.com ]
http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/F...Day/index.html
(Please note that i-petitions is a free service and they may ask for a donation after you sign...you do not need to make any donation and your signature will be recorded without the donation.)
Details of Resolution Below:
For 17 years, I have been seeking a National Foster Parents Day. Seventeen long years of various members of Congress, in both parties who were apathetic of a simple day of honor.
A day of honor for those families who open their homes and hearts to children whose families are in crisis, play a vital role in helping children heal and in launching those children into successful adulthood.
A day of honor that would work to increase public awareness of the needs of the 500,000 children in foster care.
A day of honor for those families who are able to serve a role as foster parents should be wholeheartedly encouraged to do so.
In a letter sent to me by Congresswoman Nancy Boyda, I learned that unlike the unanimous support I had in the state legislature, there is some reluctance among members of Congress to create new holidays or designate special dates.
I am surprised, even though I shouldn't be considering that I personally contacted several of the Congressmen of my district (2ND district of Kansas) and have various degrees of out right No's or to lukewarm maybes. I can say the one previous Democrat that I talked to in this District was the one out right no. When I lived in Chicago and I contacted my Congressman there, he never replied.
This resolution #179 was sponsored by Rep. Nancy Boyda [D-KS] and co-sponsored by these 8 members of congress:
* Rep. Dennis Cardoza [D-CA]
* Rep. Jim Cooper [D-TN]
* Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D-CT]
* Rep. Wayne Gilchrest [R-MD]
* Rep. Mark Kirk [R-IL]
* Rep. James McDermott [D-WA]
* Rep. Juanita Millender-McDonald [D-CA]
* Rep. Dennis Moore [D-KS]
The resolution was then referred to the House Oversight and Government Reform committee. Members of this committee will be charged with the task to vote on this resolution and making their recommendations to the full house.
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