It’s fall, y’all! Please plan to join us at the Pumpkin Patch event at Yankey Farms! Get ready for some fun with pumpkin picking, hayrides, and delicious fall treats. Don’t miss out on the opportunity to snap some Insta-worthy photos and hang out with other adoptive families in the Northern region of Virginia.
For more information about the event, please contact Heather Beam, heather@chsva.org.
Heather Beam is the Post-Adoption Support Coach with Children’s Home Society of Virginia. Heather has worked in the human services field for years – first with the deaf and hard of hearing population and now in the adoption and foster care realm. Being an adoptive mom herself, adoption and foster care is near and dear to her heart. She and her husband met at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville where Heather got both her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and her Master of Science in Counseling. They moved to Richmond in 2000 after a pitstop in Raleigh. Richmond has been so good to Heather and her family. She and her husband have six kids (four biological and two who were adopted internationally). Adoption has personally acquainted Heather with the effects of trauma in a child’s younger years. However, the science shows that the brain can be healed through loving connections with adults. That hope is why Heather feels called to work with adoptive families and loves the mission of Children’s Home Society of Virginia.
This opportunity is provided to families for free in our service region thanks to our partnership with Virginia Department of Social Services.
This event is free for adoptive families living within the Northern Post Adoption Consortium (NPAC) service region (Frederick/Winchester, Clark Co, Loudoun Co, Warren Co, Shenandoah Co, Falls Church/Arlington/ Fairfax/ Alexandria, Fauquier Co, Manassas/ Manassas Park, Prince William Co, Page Co, Rappahannock Co, Culpeper Co, Stafford Co, King George Co, Spotsylvania Co, Fredericksburg, Rockingham/ Harrisonburg, Greene Co, Orange County, Louisa Co.) with adopted children ages 0-18.
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Due to traumatic life experiences and compromised beginnings, many children who are adopted, who are being raised by relatives (kinship care), or have experienced foster care have higher risks for developmental, health, emotional, behavioral, and academic challenges.
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