Last Friday, three incredible Certified Child Life Specialists (CCLS), Cara Smith, Eileen Esposito, and Hayley Wells, deployed to the Bahamas to work with children and families that have been affected by Hurricane Dorian. They have been busy making connections, assessing needs, and supporting children in shelters, clinics, orphanages, emergency rooms, and homes. Eileen shared an […]
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Two members from Child Life Disaster Relief (CLDR) deployed with our partner, Children’s Disaster Services (CDS), to work with children affected by Tropical Storm Imelda. Stephanie Michel-Siddall has been working alongside her CDS teammates in a shelter in Orange, TX since this past Sunday and Catie McDaniel will be joining tomorrow. So far, there have
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ATTENTION ALL CERTIFIED CHILD LIFE SPECIALISTS: This deployment is now confirmed. If you are an experienced Certified Child Life Specialists ready and willing to work with children affected by Hurricane Dorian, please let us know of your interest. We are currently reviewing the information submitted. This deployment requires a minimum of a one-week commitment over
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ATTENTION ALL CERTIFIED CHILD LIFE SPECIALISTS: We have a potential opportunity in the Bahamas to send experienced Certified Child Life Specialists to work with children affected by Hurricane Dorian. Details are still in progress. This would entail a minimum of a one-week deployment over the next one or two months and preference will go towards
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One member from Child Life Disaster Relief (CLDR) is on her way to North Carolina with our partner Children’s Disaster Services (CDS) for a CDS team deployment in response to Hurricane Dorian. While there, Susan ‘Boon’ Murray will be working alongside her CDS teammates with the children in evacuation centers. This storm has already produced
From BOON Murray, CCLS Last year, a Children’s Disaster Services team made history facilitating a play center in a cattle barn. While you can never anticipate what your play space might be, CDS volunteers dive right in to setting up with imagination and creativity. I deployed with a team of three other local volunteers on
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Two members of Child Life Disaster Relief will be deploying today with our partner, Children’s Disaster Services (CDS), for a CDS Critical Response assignment to Gilroy, California. While there, Kristen Cady and Cindy Shapiro will be working together with their CDS teammates in a Family Assistance Center to provide support to the children affected by
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Our partner, Children’s Disaster Services (CDS), is working on deploying a team in the next 48 hours to Louisiana in response to Hurricane Barry making landfall. CDS is looking for certified volunteers who can commit to a full 14-day deployment. If you are able to deploy for that length of time, please contact Lisa Crouch
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A Certified Child Life Specialist and member of Child Life Disaster Relief, Corinne Joplin, deployed Friday with our partner Children’s Disaster Services (CDS) to Jefferson City, Missouri. In one-day, her and the CDS team were able to work with over 30 children who had been affected by an F3 tornado and severe flooding in the area.
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It’s only May and already there has been such destruction from tornadoes and floods throughout the Midwest, and unfortunately will be continuing through next week. Kansas, Oklahoma, Missouri, and Iowa are just some of the areas that have been largely affected. Hundreds of tornados have ravished through the areas and at least nine people confirmed
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