The Charbonneau Villager Newspaper 2019 June issue Villager newspaper

THE CHARBONNEAU VILLAGER 21 June 2019 Boys and Girls Aid How are ? we ? ? doing? ? By MARGIE WIESENTHAL Not all fathers are the same for everyone Father’s Day! What are your memories of your father? Everyone has one. Most of us have good memories but some folks do not. There are fathers of every kind. There are grandfathers, great fathers, good fathers, biological fathers, adoptive fathers, foster fathers, abusive fathers and absent fathers. It is the abusive or absent fathers that most of the children, served by Boys and Girls Aid of Portland, have experienced. I’m sure you can imagine what it is like for a teenage boy to grow up with no adult male model; no one to show him how to be good, supportive and caring. However, at Boys and Girls Aid of Portland, there are some wonderful young men who now provide this model for the boys it serves. These men are there when the boys return from school. They are there with a basketball, puzzle, game or computer. They supervise homework. This is true even when there is no school. The boys who are served in this way are in foster care arranged, not by the state, but by Boys and Girls Aid of Portland. This foster care is provided only after each prospective foster parent is thoroughly vetted, counseled and supervised. The foster parents bring the boys in the morning to the Portland office building before they go to work. From there, the boys are taken by bus to school and then, after school, back to the Boys and Girls Aid building. At the end of each workday, the foster parents pick up the boys and take them home. This is a system that works. It really works! Additionally, at a place called TLP (Transitional Living Program) several teens (boys and girls) who are getting COURTESY PHOTO Each of the leaves represents a very generous donor on this tree that can be seen at the Portland headquarters offi ce. ready to be independent, meet periodically with adults from the Charbonneau group of Boys and Girls Aid. These adults, volunteering their time and talent, teach them cooking, sewing, money management, job finding skills, healthy living and a great deal more. They also donate things the teens will need to set up housekeeping on their own. Many of the children you know grow up in a family where what they need is taken for granted. But these teens at TLP have not learned skills because they have not been in good foster care or have grown up on the streets of the city. They do not have what is needed to do this on their own. However, at age 17 or 18, they have come to Boys and Girls Aid. These fortunate teens are now working, saving money and attending school. They are living in apartments and will soon become self sufficient, successful adults. We, here at the Charbonneau Cypress Branch of Boys and Girls Aid, are freely giving this knowledge and physical equipment they need. However, much of the wonderful care given by Boys and Girls Aid of Portland is very expensive and we rely a good deal on monetary donations. For more information about Boys and Girls Aid, please visit our website www.boysandgirlsaid.org. To see what is happening at the Charbonneau Cypress Branch, please visit www.cypressonline.org. Across from the front door of the Portland headquarters there is a wall on which you will see: “Our Family Tree.” Each of the leaves represents a very generous donor. ■ Do you have a ... * Story Idea? * Compliment? * Complaint? Help us create the newspaper you want to read. We need your input to improve our newspaper and to cover the stories that you want us to cover. Please fi ll out the form below and let us know how we’re doing. This is your newspaper, help us make it better. CHARBONNEAU V IL L A G E R VOL. 42, NO. 2 ■ FEBRUARY ■ CHARBON NEAU, OREGON 2019 Inside the Villager New year, new management PRSRT. STD. 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