For a couple of hours, the families are able to visit, talk, eat, and have fun with hands-on art projects. The workshops are open to families enrolled in other ECS programs. Under the direction of coordinator Beatrice Fulton, the workshops offer some families their only time to be together. Some of the children in foster care see their parents only at these sessions. For them, it is a weekly reunion.
Lunch is provided.
This day, it was baked chicken, hot dogs for the kids, green salad, potato salad, and fruit for dessert. Participation is almost always 100 percent. Earlier this month, six families were present. The holidays are nearing, but, for some of those present, it is hard to be festive. Hardship, poverty, death do not take a holiday for many.