Loved Project

Thursday, March 11, 2010

Setting It Up at DHS

Linda, Cathy, Lance, Caleb and Amy

The start of DHS 'Kid Friendly' Lobby

Thanks Mastercraft for their donation of New Furniture
& the movers-Lance, Timothy and Caleb

Tuesday, March 9, 2010

What being a LP Mentor means for ONE

I love kids.....this experience has been an absolute joy. These kids need us and just to know I have the opportunity to make a difference through comfort, support, encouragement, respect, and friendship is indescribable and something we all have to offer. I'm always looking forward to the next phone call or our next visit. I just want the foster care child to know I care and I'm here if they need me, for whatever they need. It's been amazing and I hope our relationship continues for a very long time.

Rhonda Boyer

Sunday, February 14, 2010

BHS EAST students upload photos for the Digital Heart Gallery

Thanks TEAM SAWYER for your 2010 contribution that has allowed the LOVED Project to take the Heart Gallery Digital and display photos of the children that are on a quest to find a Forever Family.

UPDATE ON VENUES: Bibb Chiropractic-Paragould, Paragould City Hall, S & H-Imboden, Ungerank Chiropractic, Patty Cakes, Studio J, and Hair Inc all of Jonesboro, Overtime and Woodruff Law Firm-Lake City, Mike Bearden Law Firm-Blytheville! Please contact us if your business is interested in being a venue for the Digital Heart Gallery.

Monday, December 21, 2009

Christmas with Santa 2009

Santa & Ms. Claus and DHS Staff helping to make the 2009 Christmas Party for birth to 9 year old children currently in the foster care system the best ever. Gifts were provided by the Optimist Club.

Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Jonesboro Sun November Adoption Story Feature

Tuesday, November 24, 2009

November Adoption Awareness Campaign

In honoring November as Adoption Awareness Month the LOVED Project participated in AR State campaign recently at Little Rock's Clinton Library.

Our Story

"Dia, you'll never save them all!" is a phrase that has been etched in my soul forever. Those are the last last words our adoption attorney spoke to us following our first adoption.

I had inquired about a 6 month old little boy staying in the same cradle care home as our daughter. We had flown to Florida as fast as we could to pick up our newborn daughter who had just been discharged from the hospital. I asked the foster mother about this little boy. She told me that no one had ever called or come by to check on him since Florida DCFS had brought him to her home. That had been 6 months ago when he was discharged from the hospital.

Before we came back to Arkansas I asked our attorney about proceeding with a private adoption for him. She told me that there was no way she would deal with Florida DCFS and then proceeded to laugh at me, saying the phrase that would change my life, "Dia, you'll never save them all!"

My husband, John, has since transformed the meaning of that phrase to our family. We like to think of 'saving them all' in reference to the 'Sand Dollar Story'.

"There once was a little boy walking down the beach throwing sand dollar after sand dollar into the sea. A man walking the other direction stopped and said, "Boy, why are you wasting your time throwing those sand dollars back into the sea? Can't you see there are hundreds of them? Throwing a few back won't matter, you can't save them all." The little boy looked into the man's eyes and firmly replied, "Sir, it mattered to that one."

Founding Family,
John, Dia and Team Sawyer