Monday, August 2, 2010

It's August!!!

Is anyone else out there SHOCKED that it is already August?? Although we are very excited to begin the fall and start our after-school program, we still have ALOT to do!!! We are currently registering families and signing up volunteers. Here's some quick info about the after-school program at BigHouse:

-Serves any children residing in a Lee County Foster Home (Foster, Adopted, Biological, or Custody)

-Runs from 3-6pm on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday

-Begins with Family Orientation the week of August 16th

-Provides Tutoring, Art, Dance, Music, and Sports free of charge to foster families!

-Needs volunteers who can commit to as little as one hour or as much as 9 hours a week to help with Tutoring, Art, Dance, Music, and Sports.


If you would like to volunteer, support us financially, or register your family, go to our website!


Also- we have some EXCITING news!! We now have a real staff! We are happy to introduce Susannah Jones as our 1st official BigHouse staffer!!!

Here is a little bit about Susannah...

Susannah is a native of Fairview, Tennessee who we met in school at the University of Alabama. She received a degree in Music Therapy and has been working in North Georgia as a Music Therapist for the past year. She is now the Program Director at BigHouse and will not only coordinate our after-school program, she will teach music classes and conduct music therapy sessions! We are thrilled to have her and thankful that God has blessed us with her help!

To read more about her life and experience, check out her blog!
Here is a pic of Sus and our baby Anderson!