Family Resource Connection Decade Of Service

Family Resource Connection will celebrate a decade in their service soon. This organization has for the last 10 years been a great help to families in communities throughout Forest, Vilas and Oneida Counties. Established in 1997 by a group of community members this is an organization that was established by a group of community members who wanted to provide compressive, community-based services for families in Northern Wisconsin.

Family Resource Connection even in its initial stage helped to provide comprehensive, community-based services for families in its locality. Also off late it has started across the state the Parent to Parent matching program that features Parent to Parent of Wisconsin which is a great hit. Apart from that this organization was also instrumental in developing a business plan. This plan was submitted to Sacred Heart-St. Mary's Hospitals Inc. with a request for funding to open the FRC.

Family Resource Connection at the moment gets its funds from Safe and Stable Families, and the Forest County Potawatomi Foundation and Oneida County Board. Apart from these the Maternal and Child Health, St. Mary's Hospital, St. Mary's Hospital Volunteers, the Howard Young Foundation also provides resources to them.

Deb Pierson Blackstone heads Family Resource Connection at the moment. He has been the Executive Director of the Family Resource Connection for the past one and a half years. The aim of the organization is to support all the families of the community. The organization knows that parenting is a very difficult job and they are committed to provide support.

Family Resource Connection at present has a host of program for its takers and this includes programs such as First Books. This is a program that brings young children and their caregivers together for story time each month. This is a program that is throughout the school year. There is also a music and movement program called Music Garden. This is an immensely entertaining program that seeks to stimulate your child's development. At the same time it celebrates and nurtures the bond parents and children share. Yet another notable program is Play Shoppe. This basically is a play adventure that helps the caregiver and the child to bond by having fun and exchanging ideas, enjoying music or create a treasure. In fact the organization has an array of programs to suffice a host of needs. Family Resource Connection