Thank you for being our angels this year!
By Melissa Hendricks Christmas at Vera Lloyd Because of you, boys and girls at Vera Lloyd this holiday season experienced the gift of your generosity and love. Thank you for purchasing gifts for children who are healing from abuse, neglect, abandonment and adjudication while they live at Vera Lloyd’s children’s home in Monticello. Let me […]
Relax!
By Natalie Clark August 15th is National Relaxation Day! A lot of us live a fast-paced lifestyle. We often neglect time for ourselves. As this occurs, our physical and mental needs are not met which moves us actually away from achieving our life goals. Overall health is more than just the physical component; it involves an emotional, mental, […]
Vera Lloyd Goes Back to School
By Natalie Clark It is almost that time of year again. School aged children, whether ready or not, will be going back to school. Some have relocated while others await new challenges and situations from attending a higher level school i.e., advancing to middle school or high school. Parents, educators and others need to be […]
Core Values know no season
By Natalie Clark In the last newsletter I wrote about Vera Lloyd’s number one Core Value…Love. In this issue I want to share with you how our other core values are reflected in summer activities. Trust –Each home has a Nurture Group or circle of trust at least once a week where our youth talk […]
Mental Health Month
By Vera Lloyd Take care of yourself during National Mental Health Month by Cynthia Polk, Director, Laurence E. Schmidt Counseling Center May is National Mental Health Month. Our mental well-being is a component of overall positive health. Life can get so busy juggling extra responsibilities and stressors. When it becomes excessive to the point of negatively […]
Three Vera Lloyd residents graduating this spring
By Vera Lloyd Spring is a busy time of year, especially for seniors in high school. Vera Lloyd’s three seniors are no exception. They recently enjoyed prom and have graduation coming up soon. Like many other seniors, our girls are both excited and anxious about leaving home (Vera Lloyd).Our Transition Services Coordinator Tiara Miller just […]
LOVE is ever present
By Melissa Hendricks LOVE – yes, we heard that word often during the month of February with the celebration and commercialization of Valentine’s Day. As you know, Vera Lloyd’s mission is to “share Christ’s healing love with children, youth and families in crisis.” In preparation for our new strategic plan, the word LOVE is ever present. For example, […]
Christmas Wishes Fulfilled
By Vera Lloyd Thank you to everyone who bought gifts, fulfilled a wish list, coordinated angel trees and donated funds and gift cards for the boys and girls at Vera Lloyd Presbyterian Family Services. Your support helped fulfill childhood wishes that wouldn’t otherwise be possible. “The girls had a blast,” said Pettus house parent Kacey […]
Thank you to Arkansas Black Hall of Fame
By Tori Gay A grant of $1,800 in 2015 from the Arkansas Black Hall of Fame will be invested in improving academic outcomes for boys and girls at Vera Lloyd.
Thank you for changing lives!
Tori Gay We appreciate First Presbyterian Church, Fort Smith; Kirk in the Pines in Hot Springs Village and Trinity Presbyterian Church in Little Rock for providing a week at Ferncliff Camp and Conference Center for 15 teenagers, age 14 to 17, in foster care who live at our children’s home. Thank you also to board […]