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One Church One Child Of Florida, Inc. Child In The Spotlight
In the Spotlight are chil- dren available for adoption into your family.
This month’s child in the spotlight presented by One Church One Child of Florida, Inc. is Ashanti, 13 years old.
Ashanti has many obsta- cles to overcome every day. And every day, for all of her thirteen years, she has tack- led these obstacles with strength and tenacity – and a big smile. She loves interac- tive toys and being talked to, listening to music and watch- ing television.
Welcoming Ashanti into your family will be different than other thirteen-year-old
girls, but having this sweet soul in your life is an inde- scribable joy. She carries with her warmth and serenity, and she deserves the love and consistency of a forever fam- ily.
Ashanti will do best in a nurturing, supportive home able to care for her medical needs.
Continue to pray for her and consider making her a part of your family through adoption or a part of your church through Project Watch-Care, for support and mentoring.
One Church One Child of Florida is a faith-based, 501(c) 3 organization, oper-
ASHANTI “...I love music!”
ating statewide in partner- ship with the Department of Children and Families and local community-based lead agencies and their providers to help raise awareness and recruit adoptive and foster
families for children in local communities and churches to partner in supporting local children in foster care through Church Watch-Care Ministries.
Rev. Beverly H. Lane, of Tampa, serves as President for Florida’s One Church One Child State Board of Direc- tors and Regional Vice-Pres- ident for National One Church One Child and helps in leading the charge across the state to find both perma- nent and temporary homes for Florida’s children in fos- ter care.
Over 50% of the children who need a permanent fam- ily are minorities. The series
continues featuring children all over Florida who are wait- ing in foster care for a forever loving family to call their own.
If you are interested in knowing more about Ashanti and other children in foster care available for adoption, or if you would like to become a foster parent, mentor, partner or volunteer, please contact LaKay Fayson, Recruitment Coor- dinator for One Church One Child of Florida, at (813) 740-0210 or lakay- fayson@ococfl.org. The website for One Church One Child of Florida is www.ococfl.org.
Father 2 Son Critical Conversations
It was a tremendous turnout for Part 3 of “Father 2 Son Crucial Conversations,” held at the Ybor Campus of Hillsborough Community College.
Everyone came out to help restore the father and son relationship, and at the same time, pick up a lot of vital information about finance, legal, health, jobs, cor- rectional resources, and more.
Special guest for the event was Christopher King, and James Cole served as moderator. (PHOTOS BY BRUNSON)
Moderator, James Cole, along with Jalem Robinson and Ross Anderson, members of Brothers United Building Brothers Alliance.
Ricky Morrison and Marcus Moore.
Graphic designer, Everett Lewis, and photographer, Lon- nie Andrews.
Handling enrollment at HCC, Rashad Webb.
Father and son, Dr. Dwayne Jones, Sr., and Dwayne Jones, Jr.
ATTORNEY SEAN SHAW
Camrie Thompson and Aramis Hawthorne.
JAVED MORGAN
Ty Jones, Roger Jones, and Paul Verner.
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