Last week I attended the Annual Foster Care Picnic and the experience is still fresh.  Hundreds of children and their families communed in a local park in a fair-like atmosphere playing carnival games, and dining on picnic fare.  Every child went away with a spanking new backpack loaded with school supplies [donated by John Muir Medical Foundation through Foster a Dream] and a bag of prizes awarded for each of the many games offered. 

I stood in the lunch line first with a woman that is adopting a young boy who is still living with a foster family and then with an older couple that have been foster parents to more than 100 medically challenged children.  I lunched with two high-school aged girls that talked about their future plans and dreams.  Hope, love and compassion were everywhere.  These children and the foster families that support them are some of the most unacknowledged in our community; on this very special day, all of them were on top of the world.

I came away wanting to do more - and more we will.  Next year my hope is to raise funds to support summer camp for the very special and often forgotten children that were the honored guests during this picnic.  I do need your help and support.  If you are interested in working on the fund raiser and/or supporting thiis effort, PLEASE contact my office.  You will be hearing more and more about an event in the coming months.

On other fronts, our District 2 work continues.  We are pleased with our progress on issues that some of you have called or contacted us about.  The range of issues that we are addressing concern water, the North Connector, State Parks, agri-tourism, airport use issues, tax questions, welfare eligibility questions, Home Acres questions, vehicle parking, disrepair of foreclosed properties to name a few.  If we can assist with your issue, do not hesitate to contact us.

In the meantime, be well ....

Linda