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Courage for Children Awards Dinner

 

Congratulations to
The 2010 Award
Recipients

No Place Like Home Award
Awarded to a foster and/or adoptive family that has cared for children in the system for a minimum of twenty years (does not have to be consecutive).
                                                                             Awarded to:  Virginia Ingram 
Nominated by: Kristine Grey, Christian Family Care

Healer Award
Awarded to a family that has worked extensively with medical and/or behavioral health issues in their foster and/or adopted children.
                                                                             Awarded to: Patrick and Moira Hamilton
Nominated by: DiAnne Nivin, HRT
 

Take a Break Award
Awarded to a family that cheerfully and dependably provides respite for other foster and/or adoptive families.
 
                                                                       Awarded to Summer Reed 
Nominated by Julie Hamilton
 

Second Mile Award
Awarded to an outstanding family that goes the 'second mile' for their foster and/or adopted children, i.e., to keep a sibling group together, with new experiences, etc.
 
                                                                             Awarded to Doug and Alicia Mumford
Nominated by Matt and Cathy Barto

I Can’t Hear You Over the Noise Award
Presented to an adoptive family that has adopted teens or a foster family that specialize in fostering teens.
 
                                                                             Awarded to Annette Davis
Nominated by Angi Holly, AAFC
 

Family to Family Award
Presented to a foster family that is especially good at working with biological families toward reunification and/or adoptive families toward 'unification.'
 
                                                                             Awarded to Thea Cicero
Nominated by Erica Niemi, WestValleyChildCrisis Center

Annual  "Courage for Children" Award presented to a group or individual who leads systematic change that improves services for children in Arizona through legislative, political and/or social action.
 
                                                                             Awarded to Bill Owsley, Division Chief, Office of the Legal Advocate

AZAFAP Ally Award presented to an individual or organization for their financial, in-kind or volunteer support of the AZAFAP mission to care for the foster, adoptive or kinship families who care for children in Arizona's child welfare system.
 
                                                                Awarded  to Michele Wright and Goodman's Furniture for their Tucson "Good Threads" clothing closet, offering FREE clothing and supplies to Tucson's foster, adoptive and kinship families.
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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