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The California teen conference was amazing. I felt a little more competent in my fosterclub abilities after all I learned in Oregon. The youth were so cool—they were the kind...

so wow where do i start, this will be a long blog. So transition from training to actually conference was crazy. This was also personally my first conference i have...

Oregon was the first conference the 2009 fosterclub all-stars facilitated, and it was a humbling experience. I learned so much from all the youth, and I appreciated their willingness to...

I think that if you want to succeed you need to make the correct choices in life. Because life is all about the choices you make on a daily basics...

Education

This is an excerpt from a poem that gives me goosebumps every time I hear it, so I thought I'd share some of it with you. "This is for the...

by Michelle Cole, Oregonlive.com, 6/17/09, SALEM -- Children in state foster care -- even kids younger than 4 -- are being prescribed powerful antidepressant and antipsychotic drugs. State lawmakers want...

Psychotropic medications

Yesterday us All-Stars had our first transition panel with real people. As in real people I mean it was no longer presenting to the fellow All-Stars. I was so scarred...

Entering foster care

June 14, 2009 Over the past year I have had many transformations happen to me. I had a foundation of sand & the storm of my life came to weather...

Hey FosterClub friends, I just thought I'd check in. The all-stars have the day off today after participating in a fun sand-castle building competition yesterday. After we got home from...

Hello again!! I hope you are all enjoying reading our blogs and getting to know us. We are so excited to meet you all and share experiences to hopefully inspire...

Entering foster care