What Does a Director of Training Do All Year?

Here's our training schedule for 2016.  Yikes!!!

Club Training              Fullerton CA              Jan 7-9

Regional Training       So Cal.                        March 5

Regional Training       Portland OR                March 12

Regional Training       Madison AL                April 2

Regional Training       Fort Wayne Indiana    April 9

Regional Training       Waxahachie TX          April 9

Club Training              Fullerton CA               May 12-14

Camp Training DTI     Omaha NE                 June 4-10

Camp Training DTI     Costa Mesa CA          June 25 – July 1

Camp Training DTI     Cedar Hill TX            July 2-8

Camp Training DTI     Dublin Ohio               August 6-12

Camp Training PST     Colorado Springs       June 4-10

Camp Training PST     Costa Mesa CA          June 25 – July 1

Club Training              Midland MI                September ??

CLUB Training January 2015

Here we are training another great group of people to start two New Clubs and add leadership to a third.

Clubs and Mentoring have added an incredible level of depth to helping our volunteers connect with kids in Foster care.

How Do You Feel After Camp?

From one of our Texas Camps.  The Camp Director posted this on his facebook account.  

We created the debriefing cards you see on the table as a quick way to help volunteers debrief their emotions from a week of camp.

With her permission, I'm sharing this post written by one of our counselors at our time of debriefing. This college student beautifully captured how we all feel at the end of the week - and beyond.

"Sad" because I may never get to see my girls again. "Prayerful" because I will always be praying for my girls. "Unprepared" because it's always hard to say goodbye after 5 short days with them. "Humble" because I know that no matter how hard I think my life is, these children have been through so much worse. I am absolutely in love with this camp. I will be doing it every year for the rest of my life. This is my passion, this is my calling. I love all these sweet children with all of my heart and it never gets easier saying goodbye to them. Just 365 days til next camp!" - Emily Fenton