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Local nonprofit launches platform bringing attention to children, families in need
NBC 12
Ahead of the holiday season, a local nonprofit is launching a new platform that would bring attention to the needs of hurting children and families.
Read More20 years of safe delivery for Michigan’s newborns
Spartan Newsroom
SAFE DELIVERY LAW: A 2001 safe haven law is credited with rescuing 288 infants and dramatically reducing the number of babies illegally abandoned. In the late 1990s, increasing media reports of infants found in dumpsters, on church steps, in bathrooms and on the sides of roads prompted lawmakers to pass the Safe Delivery Law. It allows parents to surrender their infant for adoption legally, safely and confidentially within 72 hours of birth. We talk to a state infant health expert, Right to Life official and Bethany Christian Services. By Barbara Bellinger. Editor’s note: A chart shows surrenders by regions can be used to localize services. FOR ALL POINTS.
Read MoreBethany Christian Services talks foster care and adoption during National Adoption Month
WOODTV.com
Bethany Christian Services talks about November as National Adoption Month and how the community can get involved.
Read MoreTwo organizations join forces to create indoor equine therapy facility in Berks County
Reading Eagle
Bethany Christian Services of Central Pennsylvania and Little Springs Farm broke ground on an indoor equine center in Brecknock Township to provide therapy programs for children in the foster care …
Read MoreTwo organizations work together to establish an indoor equine-assisted therapy facility in Berks County
Pennsylvania News Today
The two organizations have worked together to set up an indoor horse center in Brecknock Township to provide treatment programs for foster and foster children. Bethany Christian Services and Little Springs Farm in central Pennsylvania have begun construction of a new facility on Reading Road, featuring two state legislators from Lancaster County, at a special …
Read MoreBethany Christian Services and Little Springs Farm break ground on indoor equine therapy facility
Berks Weekly
Bethany Christian Services of Central Pennsylvania, a nonprofit that is committed to changing the world through family, and Little Spring Farm, a recreational riding center offering equine therapy programs for children in foster care and who have been adopted from the foster care system, broke ground on a new indoor facility at Little Springs Farm
Read MoreOfficials break ground on indoor horse therapy building near Berks-Lancaster County line
WFMZ News
Members say that the center is all about giving kids a comforting family experience.
Read MoreWest Michigan Airbnbs, hotels to house Afghan refugees
WWMT
The initial question was "When? " but now it's "Where? " Bethany Christian Services told News Channel 3 that it had welcomed eight refugees in the past month, with 10 on the way over the next couple of weeks. Short term housing solutions for a few weeks at a time are an option for now, but the next issue that presented itself is where to put refugees in the long term. New today: Landlord looks for answers after home gets demolished in Kalamazoo standoff.
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