“Home is the nicest word there is,” said Laura Ingalls Wilder. For those interested in providing a home for Colorado or refugee minors, Changing the Life of a Child will be presented from
6-7:30 pm Thursday, Oct. 17, at the Global Village Museum of Arts and Cultures.
“We are looking for individuals and families who can provide safe and loving homes to children who
now reside in shelter-like settings,” said Myranda Horn, Recruitment and Licensing Specialist for
Lutheran Family Services Rocky Mountains (LFSRM). Horn will detail the agency’s efforts along with
Marissa Olson, Foster Family Recruiter & Training Specialist.
LFSRM is a nonprofit agency founded in 1948. A focus of the Fort Collins office is securing foster care
for unaccompanied refugee minors, often from Central and South America. Unaccompanied refugee
minors are youth who have been resettled into the U.S. without a parent or relative to care for them.
Olson and Horn will detail the process of foster care, from the experiences of unaccompanied youth to
the roles and responsibilities of a foster parent. The presentation will also outline the licensing and
training process to become a certified foster parent in Colorado. LFSRM provides individualized
support in the areas of a youth’s transition into the home, English language development, school
enrollment, and medical services and mental healthcare.
“You can get involved and make a difference in the lives of youth all over the world,” said Olson. “You
can truly change the life of a child.”
Tickets to the presentation are $5 per person, and reservations are requested at globalvillagemuseum.org.
The Global Village Museum is located at 200 West Mountain Avenue, and Museum hours are 11 am to
5 pm Tuesday through Saturday. For more information and closure dates during the change of exhibits,
please visit globalvillagemuseum.org or call 970-221-4600.
