ReaLove, INC. Ottawa

I am working with a biological mother of five children. Mom is compliant with services and recognizes she needs help achieving sobriety. Mom has agreed to go to medical detox followed by inpatient care. Mom has identified past due rent as a barrier that would postpone or potentially prevent her from going to detox and inpatient care. Mom's monthly rent is just below $200 a month and she is behind by three months. Mom is currently looking for employment in order to pay the past due balance but could prioritize her sobriety and postpone job seeking if there was no past due balance.

We are celebrating Foster Care Awareness / Appreciation month by hosting a FREE POOL PARTY at River Country Water Parks in Muskogee Oklahoma. We will be inviting current foster and adoptive families from 10+ counties surrounding the Muskogee area to attend. In addition to the pool party, we will be offering information to families of local resources and churches that they can connect with as well as dates for summer activities for VBS and children / youth camps that churches are participating in and inviting children to come to.

The party will be Saturday, May 31st from 6:30-8:30pm with capacity being roughly 700-800 individuals. We will have an RSVP process for the families. We are asking for our networking churches to contribute to the cost of renting the water facility out - $1,200. Any amount helps! If you have questions, please reach out to your community coordinator or 111project East Central OK Regional Manager - Jason Grewe

Family is in need of one full mattress and one twin mattress. This family has now taken 5 children into their home as a kinship foster placement in the past ten months to avoid those children from being placed in traditional foster care, which brings the total amount of children they are financially providing 100% for to 6. They have been able to secure most items for the children including bed frames, but they are not able to afford new mattresses for the two children who were placed in their home two weeks ago.

An older youth I work with is graduating next Sunday. He doesn’t have many supports in his life and will be transitioning into an apartment program this summer. I’d love to be able to give him a graduation gift to help him during this next chapter. If possible, I’m hoping to collect a few gift cards to support him as he takes this important step forward.

I have a wonderful young man on my case load who is in need of a few items to make his transition to permanency go as smoothly as possible. Thank you for looking at our listing and considering!

The items needed are as follows: -a TV, any size and any type, as long as he is able to play his PS5 on the TV, he will be happy! -Sheets and a comforter. We have provided him with a full size mattress but are needing the sheets and comforter set still. -Towels. Said youth is needing towels, as he will not be taking the foster families towels with him when he moves out. -Rugs! Youth is open to any size, any shape, and any color rug!

I am working with a dedicated young father who is working hard to reunite with his two sons. He recently began a new job and is taking positive steps forward, but he's facing challenges covering the cost of fuel for the 6-hour round trip drive to visit them during Family Time. Despite the distance and financial strain, he remains committed to rebuilding his relationship with his children by making the drive each week. Providing any assistance with his travel expenses will help preserve his relationship with his children and significantly enhance his chances for a timely and successful child reunification

There is a kinship family in need of help with a past rent amount of $560 and need assistance. They have four children in the home. One of girls is in middle school and needs help with summer clothes. She is need of an adult small bra, adult medium tops & shorts, adult medium swimsuit and undergarment. The father works full-time.

The safety plan monitor is needing a bunk bed and two mattresses for the bunk bed. This will help preserve the placement for the children.

Bio-parents are requesting help with getting a bus pass to continue to work to support themselves and to get back and forth to their family worker visits. The family is trying to continue to stay on track while training to be faithful on their family visitation. Please reach out to me if you are able to assist this family need.

Thank you kindly-

Oeshia

We have a mother and daughter who have been brought back together. We have observed the mother and child to have a great bond. The mother just moved into a new apartment and will be starting a new job in the next couple of weeks. The mother has overcame many obstacle's in her life, and during our interaction with the mother we have observed an amazing turn around in her life. She is needing assistance with her rent and only has a short window of time to do so. If this barrier can eliminated it will help the mother save for incoming bills. We would like to add that this is a one time ask, because the mother believes she will be able to meet all of the needs in the home once she starts working full time. Thank you for considering this need.

This bio family is in extreme need of beds for their children. This would help strengthen them with safe sleep protocol. The children are ages 3, 2, and 1. The family is currently co sleeping in a shared queen sized bed and couch. These beds would give safety and over all well being to the children.

Father is having to file for divorce to get his son out of a terrible dysfunctional relationship with his soon to be ex-wife. He is on disability and just moved into apartments in bourbon county so on a budget. He literally left house and everything behind to start fresh with his son. Son suffers with mental illnesses, and borderline personality. They are pretty resourceful and were able to get everything but dishes, microwave, and front furniture as in a recliner or couch or anything ...table stands etc.