Soccer & Bras & Basketball--oh my!

We've been VERY busy today! Getting ready for our Advisory Committee meeting tomorrow, making new tutor matches for foster kids & fulfilling Project Self-Esteem requests. We helped pay for 2 little girls in foster care to play soccer, covered expenses for a teen girl in foster care to have a few specially fitted bras & talked to a foster mom about helping her 2 foster kids play basketball & participate in a hunters safety course.

All of these things are Vital to the well-being of children. Involvement in extracurricular activities makes a child 3x more likely to have a G.P.A. of 3.0 or higher (U.S. Department of Education)! Imagine the impact on a child that has been abused or neglected--it's incredible!

We are so proud to be improving the quality of life for the over 1,020 children currently in foster care from Greene County, Missouri. Thanks to all our supporters, donors & volunteers for making it possible:-)

We are very proud to have received a renewed $2,000 grant award from the Ozarks Health Advocacy Foundation to provide physical and medical self-esteem enhancing items for foster children through our Project Self-Esteem program!

Potential items we can fund include: eye glasses, contact lenses, eye exams, partial braces down payments, dental costs not covered by Medicaid, infant circumcision costs not covered by Medicaid and developmental disability equipment. All items are for children placed into foster care from Greene County, MO and must be requested by the child's foster care Caseworker.

For more info: Sondra Uzzell, Ambassadors for Children Director
862-3586 ext. 236

Adopt-a-Teen for Christmas

It's never too early to start planning for Christmas! Last year we helped over 100 local foster children receive Christmas gifts--kids who otherwise would have received little or nothing under their tree!

We need your help to accomplish this again for Christmas 2011. Christmas gifts are delivered discretely by the foster child's Caseworker--which means no embarrassment for the child!

Email Sondra at suzzell@ccozarks.org to "adopt" a teenager in foster care for Christmas. It's easy & fulfilling. It's also a great way to involve your family in a holiday service project. Please help us give these special children reasons to smile this Christmas. They've already been through so much & they need our help.

*If you'd like to make a monetary donation for this effort (or any other Ambassadors for Children programs), please make check payable to Council of Churches & put Ambassadors for Children in the memo line. Checks can be mailed to Ambassadors for Children, 627 N. Glenstone, Springfield, MO 65802. All donations are tax deductible. You may also donate securely online or donate via phone with credit/debit card by calling 417-862-3586 ext. 233 (be sure to designate your gift for Ambassadors for Children).

Thank You!
















P.S. We'll also be hosting our 2nd Annual Gift Wrapping Party to wrap all these gifts before they're delivered to the kids. We wrapped over 500 gifts last year & need volunteer help. If you love to gift wrap, email Sondra at suzzell@ccozarks.org to sign up! Date &
Location pending.

So So Close!

We need your help!

We only need to sell 15 more sweepstakes tickets to reach our goal of 300! This is a new record for us & if we make it, we will earn at least $10,000 in proceeds from our total involvement with the 22nd Annual Price Cutter Charity Championship this year.

It's not too late. Send your check this week to ensure I receive it before next Tuesday, August 9th. We're giving away a 2011 Mustang GT or $10,000, along with 500 gift certificates valued at $25 each. You have a 1 in 10 chance of winning!

• Tickets are $25 each
• Make checks payable to PCCC (or Price Cutter Charity Championship)
• Mail check & Order Form to Sondra Uzzell, Ambassadors for Children, 627 N. Glenstone, Springfield MO 65802 by the end of THIS week to be entered.
  
• Your ticket stub(s) will be returned to you via mail

Great Prizes--Great Cause! Help us help foster children. Thanks!

Back to School

Check out the Council of Churches Back to School campaign! Ambassadors for Children is working alongside Crosslines to collect Brand New clothing items for foster children from Greene County and new school supplies for local children in need. Your help is very much needed & every little bit counts! Let's all pitch in to help our local kids have a confident & happy start this school year!

Link to & Print the flyer!

Your Chance to Win!

For a great Cause!

Enter to win a 2011 Red Mustang GT or $10,000 & proceeds will support foster children from Greene County, Missouri. We are also giving away 500 gift certificates valued at $25 each. Only 5,000 tickets are sold, so there's a 1 in 10 chance of winning something. If you win a gift certificate, your name will be put back into the drawing for the Mustang & Cash drawings. This is made possible through the Marlin Network Charitable Fund Charity Sweepstakes & the Price Cutter Charity Championship annual golf tournament.

Tickets are $25 each & we get ALL proceeds for tickets we sell. Please help us help the over 1,000 children in foster care from our community!

Checks (made payable to PCCC) should be mailed to Ambassadors for Children at 627 N. Glenstone, Springfield, MO 65802. Click Here for Mail-in Order Form

Tickets can also be purchased with credit/debit cards via phone by calling Sondra Uzzell at 417-862-3586 ext. 236.