Scott’s Blog
Sharing our journey with serving foster families in Colorado.
I believe…
every child deserves a healthy, loving and safe home.
NoCo foster, respite community meets to discuss care
In a very well planned and executive brainstorming session, the Realities for Children staff culled an extensive amount of information from Larimer County respite and foster care providers. Lead by Craig Secher, Executive Director, and Tanya Witt, Partner Agency and...
What do changes in mask mandates mean for Kids at Heart events?
The short answer... absolutely nothing 🙂 While mask mandates are changing across the nation, the CDC revised their mask guidelines and the State of Colorado has started the process of relaxing requirements, Kids at heart staff, volunteers, parents and participating...
Summer camps for foster families
While the Nation slowly returns to "normal" after the pandemic year of 2020, Kids at Heart is doing is relaunching our summer programming. For the summer of 2021 we have one-day summer camps planned for June 10, June 11, July 8 and July 9 with our partner No Barriers....
Another Covid Easter
We're nearing our second Covid Easter. Strange but true. Covid has been in our lives for a year and we're starting to pass milestones for another year. If your family is like mine, we seem to enjoy the simple interactions of going to a store and talking to a live...
Fundangos and Covid–A challenging combo
Tracking the spread of Covid-19 and using that information to conduct or cancel programs has become a weekly experience for the Kids at Heart team. We monitor the rate of State spread, numerous counties and other areas, including Cheyenne, to formulate our level of...
Preparing the White House is like getting your home ready for a foster child
While watching the inauguration of the Nation's 46th President, and the first female Vice-President, I'm struck by the care, graciousness and efficiency in which the White House staff assist with the exit of one President and prepare for the next. The dedicated team...
It’s important to be thankful
In a year when it seems like our lives have been turned up side down, it's even more important to be thankful. From fears of Covid, face masks and the daily changing of business regulations to an election year, school openings and closings, and the feeling of...
Running a business around Covid is frustrating
For the last 6 months we have seen companies close, then some opened with restrictions and now there's talk of more closing or reduced customer percentages for retailers. Sheesh! Up and down, up and down. It's like a...
Much trauma for kids in foster care
When a child is taken into the foster care system they have already experienced trauma and now they're subject to be removed from the only family they know–more trauma. If parents are struggling to care for their children it's likely there's neglect, illegal activity,...
Project Uplift canceled, not canceled
The Project Uplift 6.0 team is supporting Kids at Heart through a virtual fundraising event. Dear Friends, It is with heavy hearts that we announce we are canceling Project Uplift 6.0, which was scheduled for September 12th, 2020. Due to current COVID-19...
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