Needs From: Barrington Area Volunteer Connection

Let It Be Us is searching for 3 Co-Chairs and Committee Members for our Annual Toy Drive held on December 4 & 5 at Barrington's White House. Each year we collect almost 2,000 toys for children in foster care and distribute them to group homes in Chicago and the Northern Region. We need 3 Co-Chairs and Committee Members to lead the effort to include outreach to 5 different local merchants to help collect toys, manage our giant truck parked in the Barrington's White House parking lot complete with 2 volunteers dressed as elves, and coordinate volunteer drivers who will deliver the toys to designated group homes in Chicago and the Northern Region. This is a lot of fun and very rewarding. There is a lot of growth opportunity in this effort as we collect beautiful gifts for a most underserved population of children. Please call Jeri Bark at 847-764-LIBU and we will include you in our kick off meeting on Tuesday, September 23 at 7:00pm. 

At Let It Be Us, we recruit new foster parents residing in the State of Illinois. These may be viewed as committed volunteer roles within child welfare, although stipends are included to hopefully cover the costs of parenting children in foster care. We are in need for foster parents for children of all ages, and especially children with special needs, sibling groups, and teens. While this request refers to the 60010 zip code, this need is throughout the State of Illinois. Note that adoption is a possible outcome of foster parenting. 

To learn more about becoming a foster parent, you are invited to attend one of the Let It Be Us virtual Zoom webinars by registering here: www.letitbeus.org/events.  

Additionally, we offer the opportunity to work one-on-one with a Let It Be Us Foster Parent Licensing Coach, allowing you to learn more as well as reach your goals more fully and faster.  Please register here: https://family.binti.com/users/signup/let-it-be-us-initial