Foster Children

According to a 2003 review by the Little Hoover Commission, only 25 percent of children in the system for a year or more find themselves in a stable living arrangement, and with every change in school a child falls three to six months behind their classmates. Academic difficulties go unnoticed and records may be lost or incomplete. Not surprisingly, almost half of foster youth nationally do not complete high school, the Child Welfare League of America reports; California Youth Connection found that fewer than 10 percent of these graduates go on to higher education.

Charts

Northirdge Community Comes Together!

Recently a community church had a barbeque to help raise money for suffering children. I bought a gift from the Northridge mall for the people who organized it because of their efforts. I also contributed by bringing food that I purchased from Ralph’s in the Porter Ranch Shopping Center. Overall the day was a success!

Abandonment

Give Them A Home!

Beyond The Bell

Pets VS Children

The short video clip shows a young girl, alone in a crowded place desperately searching for her mother but she is no where to be found. This leaving the impressionable child alone and traumatized.

Northridge Earthquake

The Northridge earthquake occurred on January 17, 1994. The earthquake had a "strong"moment of magnitude of 6.7, but the ground acceleration was the highest ever instrumentally recorded in an urban area in North America. Seventy-two people died as a result of the earthquake and over 11,000 were injured. In addition, the earthquake caused an estimated $12.5 billion in damage, making it one of the costliest natural disasters in U.S. history.