Milam Child Protective Services Board looking for Christmas sponsorships

The Milam County Child Protective Services Board is again requesting your help to sponsor a child for Christmas. 

The number of abused and neglected children in state conservatorship (Foster Care and Kinship Care) has increased once again consistent with the continuing economic downturn. 

CPS tries to locate sponsors for each child who will be willing to spend approximately $150 or more to provide gifts for the Christmas holidays. They provided, with your help, gifts for 192 children last year. 

If you are interested, you will be given a child’s first name, age, and a wish list that has been completed by the foster parent or caseworker. You may do the shopping or we can do the shopping for you.

 All of the children have suffered emotional abuse. Many have suffered physical and sexual abuse. All have been rejected by the very people who should have protected and loved them. Please help CPS provide as pleasant a Christmas as possible for our children. If you are not able to sponsor a child, they would appreciate any monetary donation toward the care of our children. All donations go into a fund and are used to provide Christmas for the children in conservatorship and the children taken into conservatorship throughout the year. There are around 4,300 youth in Milam County and over 1,200 of them have been through the CPS system. 

Please respond by Nov. 5 if you are interested.

If you have any questions please contact Jeanie Weed, Chairman (512) 446-2776 or Rachel Owens, Treasurer (512) 429-1336. You may also contact Board members Kim Westbrook, Secretary, Sharee Mitchell or Sonia Perez.