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11'j.-v0l-d��1 ris -mac _5 <br /> S <br /> ' (�rM��ge QZouitt� �epMrfnterif Elf �4IIttM1 ex•bi <br /> PO sox are, tp8 <br /> �MLSDCMO 3N NOATH CAROUNA 27271 <br /> x <br /> tfliN+DN�• <br /> 91I'M S'0r h n" <br /> Avrft Pryw.Caek QM MI go.p00 <br /> Mwel" !w■00 <br /> March 7, 1993 aura <br /> TO "OM IT MAY CONCERN. <br /> 1 am wrHing to 927"JS my COMPleit support for the groat awriaerr by Volrn►teer Families jor <br /> Ch►kben(VFCJ. The Ira"'Is for the pV <br /> arose of agactrxlir�a berrefrcial and quality service t <br /> which it part►ttl},aw/fable to fnrnflits and children in Ibis comm4rnity. Carrarlly VlC has been <br /> mailable to farnilles e4wriencitrg emotional or medical crisis with priority given to teenaagr <br /> chlldl en btcarrse of a current fa►rdt»g sor�rce tin origh Corr"M Maly Based AIternativts. This grant <br /> will allow VFC the opt opportunity to focus otr providing er►rergt»cy cart oral respite to children <br /> under the age of six.Wars <br /> hr the past. W-C has atslsttd xwry families In crisis The following are three examples where <br /> VrC has assisred familks with children under the age of six. <br /> -A parent with three ehila6ren suffered f om depression after the death of a jarnily MWMber. <br /> Periodcolly this parent wawld become overwhelmed with her reVor►sibilities and world be <br /> admitted to the hospital with s>ric/dal thotiglets: Me VFC social worker ldentifled a <br /> respite Part"(100 weld provide monthly weekend respite Which pro►rided relief and <br /> the unplarnred crisis Irospttalirattotis. <br /> A parent cams to U C Mtr►nr"dl N0.1pital for a medical <br /> yppointrrtent and was nmzpectedly <br /> e36►"11ted for inpatient care. fer too arad jo"er year,old chikl1 en wire with her and needed a <br /> plant Io stay annul extended fbstily could be contacted The chII&en were placed wide a pT,.0 <br /> faWly for two days omit their family could"claim"them. <br /> .A father was arrested while&lving intoxicated acrd placed in jail. TIiW childdren i mother <br /> +Pas in a drag rehabtlitatton program and expected to be discharged in twav xtrb. Rather <br /> !hart b"erfere with mother's Mach needed treatment. MC took the twro children,initially as <br /> an itntnediote emtraerrey, but kept the children for two week"until the mother was <br /> discAnWd)tawr parr reAvbI&&dmr program. <br /> 300 W TRVO"a STREET HtLLS90povOH <br /> 410 CALOWELL ST CHAPEL HALL <br />