July 2025

​Adoption Rhode Island is a private nonprofit organization whose mission is to create safety, belonging and permanency for adopted and foster children, vulnerable youth, and families through compassionate services, advocacy, and education. The Missions Board has chosen to support Adoption Rhode Island with your donations in June.

"Celebrating 40 Years of Changing Lives for Children and Youth in Foster Care", Adoption Rhode Island delivers programs in four areas:

• permanency services -- promoting and assisting families with foster care and adoption;

• behavioral health and wellness -- services for foster and adopted children, adult adoptees, kinship caregivers, and adoptive parents;

• youth and young adult services -- for ages 18-24, helping youth transition successfully and safely into adulthood;

• advocacy, training and technical assistance -- consultation services, student intern opportunities, specialized trainings. 

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You may learn more about Adoption Rhode Island at https://adoptionri.org/

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At our July 13th worship service we will hear from Lise Iwon about Adoption Rhode Island and, especially, about the Duffle Bag Bash event.  If you would like to donate a new suitcase or duffle bag, you may bring it to that Sunday service.  If you wish to attend adoption RI's 10th Annual Duffle Bag Bash on August 10, 2025, see and click the poster above.

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Lise says “Ten years ago, the Office of the Child Advocate (a State agency), Adoption RI (a non-profit 501C3 agency) and I (a private citizen) got together to have a fundraiser for children in State care. Why? Because kids in State care have nothing and NEED everything. And because the DCYF budget has been cut by millions of dollars, and children are falling through the cracks. And because workers are underpaid, overworked and underappreciated. And…And…And!

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“Kids on night-to-night placement often carry all of their belongings in trash bags, so we started this fundraiser to eliminate trash bags as suitcases. They need money for EVERYTHING: food, shelter, clothing, transportation, sheets for their bed, EVERYTHING. I’ll explain more when we are together… “

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Thank you for your generosity!
The Missions Board 

www.peacedalechurch.org/missions

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Peace Dale Congregational Church supports UCC Hurricane Relief as our Mission of the Month. You may donate funds by:

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1. Placing your gift in the Missions basket during Sunday service,

2. Sending a check to the church office @ 261 Columbia Street, Peace Dale, RI 02879 (checks should be made out to PDCC with “Adoption RI" in the memo line), or

3. Clicking the Give now button on this page to donate online (peacedalechurch.org/ways-to-give).

Thank you,
The Missions Board