Our Mission:

September is Self-Care Awareness Month. Self-Care is often neglected in our everyday lives. We tend to put others’ needs before our own and it is crucial to remember, that we cannot fill another’s cup from our own empty vessel. Self-Care can be more expansive than a massage or reading a good book. It is something that everyone can benefit from. Use the month of September to make self-care a part of your daily routine. Self-care can be as simple as taking a few deep breaths each morning. If you tend to put your own needs at the end of your to do list, now is the perfect time to focus on prioritizing your physical and mental health. It may feel uncomfortable at first, but here are a few quick ideas that can help you get inspired to fill your own cup before you pour into others. 

- Schedule a wellness visit. 

- Get enough sleep. 

- Exercise regularly. 

- Get outside.

- Start a gratitude journal. 

Over the years, Children’s Aid Society has meant different things to different people. When it was a residential placement, you may have called it home. You may credit Children’s Aid Society for helping you expand your family through adoption. Perhaps you took classes to help you learn new parenting techniques that eventually helped you regain custody of your children. Maybe your role was to foster a child until they were able to return to their birth family. Some of you have been changed by our mentoring program, whether you were a mentor or a mentee. Maybe your memories of Children’s Aid Society consisted of our mental health workers coming to your home to help your family reconnect and overcome obstacles. Hundreds of children have passed through the doors of our daycare; some stayed until they started kindergarten, and some continued to attend the after-school program. Children’s Aid Society has been a part of so many of your lives, and we recognize the difference you have made in our lives as well. We thank you for trusting us to be a part of your life whether it was for a few months or several years. Programs have changed and evolved, but our general goal has remained the same over the years: to support families and children. I look forward to seeing what 2023 has in store for us all.

Heather M. Alt

Executive Director