(MARGATE, FLORIDA - DECEMBER 19, 2011) IEAQC today announced that South Florida Members united to collect Christmas Gifts for children in South Florida who have been removed from their families due to abuse, neglect, and/or abandonment.

Gifts were donated to 4Kids of South Florida.

From the moment children are removed from their families, 4Kids of South Florida meets their needs by demonstrating the love of God. Their goal is to protect, provide, and offer permanent solutions for these children and their families so they can have a hope-filled future.

IEAQC selected 4Kids of South Florida due to the unique nature of their mission and the urgent need. Every child in Broward County who is brought into the Child Welfare system, from newborns to 17-year-olds, upon being removed from their families due to abuse, neglect, and/or abandonment, is given loving shelter and supervision at SafePlace 4KIDS while they await a more permanent placement.

In Broward children are either placed with a foster care family or at KidsPlace, a family-style home for up to six kids, age 4 to 14. This home allows 4Kids of South Florida to keep siblings together on a short-term basis while they await a foster home placement or reunification with a family member. Their care and support is provided by a live-in parent or couple. 

In Palm Beach, siblings age 3 to 12 are placed in the 4Kids of South Florida family-style home, KidsPlace Boca Raton, while they await a foster home placement or reunification with a family member.  Their care and support is also provided by a live-in couple.  

Often we think of orphans as children who live in third world countries, those whose images we see on television or in the newspaper. But they’re not just around the globe, they’re also right here in our own backyard.

On any given day in South Florida, there are three to four thousand “temporary orphans” in foster care.

"IEAQC is proud of the way our Members joined together and helped those less fortunate (James 1:27)" said Harvey Gordon, President of IEAQC, "it is just one more reason that I love this organization and what it stands for".

 

For more information on 4Kids of South Florida or to make a donation, please visit their website at www.4kidsofsfl.org