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Promote Awareness of National Foster Care Month with T-shirts

In celebration of National Foster Care Month in May, Teen Reach wants to bring awareness to the need faced by youth in foster care. As a verified nonprofit, Teen Reach is partnering with Bonfire, an online fundraising platform to raise money through custom t-shirts, tank tops, hoodies and more.

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Teen Reach Store Updates

NO DEADLINE: There are NO deadlines to order Teen Reach Merchandise this year. However, please order at least a month prior to your camps so that orders can be filled and shipped ground.

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Sarah Blankenship Sarah Blankenship

I’ll Meet You There

I will take power outages every single day if I get to have more moments like this one.

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Angela Prusia Angela Prusia

Live Like a Camper

When these bodies of ours are taken down like tents and folded away, they will be replaced by resurrection bodies in heaven—God-made, not handmade . . .

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Sarah Blankenship Sarah Blankenship

Becoming Trauma-Competent Leaders

Traumatic stress is toxic. Types of trauma: acute, chronic and complex developmental trauma. Remember, when our stress response system is over-activated, our brains and bodies pay a steep price. 

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Sarah Blankenship Sarah Blankenship

Shout Out to Erie T.R.A.C.life

Last year at this time, Bob Heath and Bailey Giesbrecht from Erie, Pennsylvania, (along with camp director Jon Frano) attended T.R.A.C.Iife National Leadership Training. A month ago, Erie T.R.A.C.life kicked off their first ever mentoring year with a fun time of bowling. Look at those mentors and mentees sporting those T.R.A.C.Iife shirts!

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Sarah Blankenship Sarah Blankenship

Tongue Print

Our Creator never ceases to amaze me. I just learned that we each have a unique tongue print as distinctive as our fingerprints.

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Sarah Blankenship Sarah Blankenship

Meet Maggie Parker

Join us in welcoming Maggie Parker as the new Teen Reach Administrative Assistant!

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Angela Prusia Angela Prusia

Goal Setting by Chayli Duerson

Each year we anticipate the holidays, spend time with loved ones and make plans for new goals. Then suddenly it’s January 2nd, and we rethink our New Year's resolution when eyeing the left-over Christmas candy. With 80% of people giving up their New Year's resolutions by March, what can we do to be more successful?

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Angela Prusia Angela Prusia

Meet Angie & Chayli

Meet our newest staff members! Feel free to reach out and welcome these amazing additions to the Teen Reach team.

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Sarah Blankenship Sarah Blankenship

Presence Matters: YouVersion DEVO SUMMARY

Beth Guckenberger, author of nine books, including Start with Amen and Tales of the Not Forgotten, was at the Christian Alliance for Orphans Conference in Atlanta in September this year. Our former T.R.A.C. behavioral specialist shared Beth’s devotion from the YouVersion Bible app with me. I’ve completed several studies over the years, and this makes the top ten list.

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Sarah Blankenship Sarah Blankenship

A Poem & A Prayer for Thanksgiving

Anyway

People are often unreasonable, illogical and self centered;

Forgive them anyway.

If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives;

Be kind anyway.

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Sarah Blankenship Sarah Blankenship

Mentoring is the Answer!

Will and I just returned from CAFO, the Christian Alliance for Orphans conference, in Atlanta where I went to a session called the “Enduring Value of Supportive Relationships for Youth Transitioning out of Care.” This was led by Dr. Adrian van Breda, a priest and renown sociology professor at the University of Johannesburg who’s been studying aging-out youth for 30 years.

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Sarah Blankenship Sarah Blankenship

Isolation

Recently, Pastor Bryan Clark shared the following metaphor on My Bridge radio, a Christian station that periodically shares stories about RFK and T.R.A.C.

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Sarah Blankenship Sarah Blankenship

J’s Story

4 Schools
3 Towns
8 Homes
Multiple adults who let you down.
13 years old.

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