Opportunities From: Volunteer McKinney

Embrace Texas is hosting our annual respite night for foster, adoptive and kinship families. We will host 150+ children for a fun night of Christmas fun, allowing mom and dad some much needed rest.

We are looking for volunteers to help make this one of the most fun nights of the year for these kids.

Adults age 18+ will need a background check.

Ages 15+ are allowed to serve alongside a parent.

Event is Saturday, Dec 6 from 3:45-9:30 and you must be present the entire time.  We will start the event with some training, allow volunteers to get acclimated. Actual event time for kids is 5-9pm.

For more information and to sign up, go to this link:

https://forms.gle/wW8qrLbdbPRXxaYDA

Embrace's mission statement is to "connect willing hands with opportunities to serve children in foster, adoptive and kinship care." This can refer to anyone who is willing to help, but we believe that the Church is called to help be a solution to the massive problem of the foster and adoptive system in our community. Many children are hurting, feel forgotten and unloved and left lingering in foster care with no forever family. Many families are struggling under the burden of caring for someone else's child and feeling like there is no one to help them navigate the weighty, often difficult journey of fostering and adopting.

To combat these very common problems among those we serve, we partner with many churches in our area, collectively called the Embrace Church Network. If your church is interested in coming alongside us to serve the community of foster and adoptive children and their families and caregivers, please let us know. We would love to share more information about our efforts, the network and ways you can engage, whether you are a lay leader or head pastor!