Support for Olive Crest children and families goes a long, long way. Transforming lives comes in all shapes and forms, from helping at-risk kids directly to supporting them indirectly through undergirding volunteer families and resource families when they take them in. All of this ensures that Olive Crest kids not only have safe and loving homes, but stable, loving homes. It truly takes a village to raise and support children. And stability and permanency are key factors in minimizing the trauma children experience when they cannot be with their birth family for a short or long period of time.
So when Rooted Ministries out of Southwest Church in Indian Wells (in the Desert Communities) brought items that will bless children and host families in the Safe Families for Children program, we were amazed. Their donation will allow several local churches to collectively support Safe Families for Children efforts in their community. And because of Rooted Ministries, these local churches can provide host families with diapers, formula, or gift cards to help meet the kids’ needs.
The items, from stuffed animals to school supplies, will benefit kids of all ages. This year, Rooted Ministries particularly focused on older teens to make sure that would have the school supplies they need to thrive.
We’re ever grateful to the families that open their homes to at-risk children through Safe Families for Children, and we are also grateful for partners like Rooted Ministries that support the entire family through this process. It’s all worth it to ensure that more families are able to stay together in the end.

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