Posts from 2023

Grand Opening

Thank you to everyone who came by last night to celebrate Advocates For Families grand opening of the new building!! We are so blessed to serve such an amazing and loving community. May God continue to bless our families. Special thanks to our awesome Director Catherine Swope and our board members. Thanks to visitors Mayor Matt Miller, Chamber of Commerce, Juvenile Court staff, Appleseed Counseling, along with other local agencies, partners and friends. Thank you to the generous donations to…

Advocates For Families Celebrates New Location

ASHLAND – For the staff, board members and clients of Advocates For Families, the new office at 270 Sandusky Street feels like home. The local nonprofit agency moved there last month, following a turn of events that has left the organization’s leaders feeling deeply grateful, and more connected to the Ashland community than ever before. The narrative involves many members of the community—donors, property owners, the local community foundation, and organization staff, board members and volunteers— each doing what they…

CASA Mixer/Training

Our first Ashland CASA mixer/training was a success!! David did an amazing job going over the court process for how our cases work! As usual it is a pleasure to see our awesome CASAs in person!! Please let David or Katlin know if you have any trainings you would like to see and some snack options for the next one!! #ashlandcountycasa#ohiocasa#howthecourtworks#creatingabeautifulfuture

Blessings

The new Advocates For Families building is coming along! Thursday there was a blessing done in the building. Terry Wardle, Bill Ludwig, Tommy Theisen, and John Swope prayed over the building and AFF staff. Community members joined us in writing blessings in the form of bible verses, quotes, prayers, and lyrics. Amazing things are to come! #blessings #amazing #greatthingstocome #advocatesforfamilies

A Night @ Acres of Fun

We’re leaning into some new opportunities for our amazing clients. Beginning with this inaugural trip to Acres of Fun in Wooster for roller skating we plan to offer monthly activities that will enrich and encourage the young people we are serving. In the months ahead we look forward to attending a college basketball game, doing community service projects and building relationships.