Apelah Hernando Foster Care Open House
Are you or someone you know interested in offering a home of healing and refuge to a MS foster child?
Join us on Friday, September 8th for our Foster Care Open House Event in our Hernando office.
This event will be an opportunity for people like YOU to learn more information on becoming a foster parent.
Back to School Drive
For more information, please contact our Marketing staff at 662.429.3652.
Get Active for Apelah
Donate $5 to Apelah and then post a picture or video of yourself to social media to help us keep going during the coronavirus pandemic!
Coat Drive
Help us keep our foster children warm this winter by donating or sponsoring a coat.
Job Fair
Come by our office on September 13 for our job fair. We are hiring for personal care attendants for our In-Home Personal Care Services. At the job fair, you can apply and interview on site. Our program directors will be there to guide you through the process and answer any questions you might have.
Personal Care Attendants Duties:
Performs routine household chores such as sweeping, mopping, dusting, making bed, washing dishes, washing, ironing and mending when the service recipient is unable to manage the home for self
Prompting, cueing, supervision and/or assistance with bathing, grooming, skin care, dressing, toileting, transfers, positioning and mobility
Performs preparation of and/or provide education about the preparation of nutritious appetizing meals
Works as part of interdisciplinary team
Maintains accurate and timely documentation as required by program guidelines
Attends in-service and scheduled training
Personal Care Assistants are NOT to engage in activities such as the following:
Wound Care - including wound dressing changes
Administering medication
Administering tube feedings
Giving enemas or irrigating catheters
Transportation of clients to appointments, etc.
Fourth of July - Office Closed
Our office will be closed for the Fourth of July holiday. If you are a foster parent experiencing an emergency, please contact your case manager.
School Supply Drive
During the month of July, Apelah is collecting new school supplies for our foster children. We want to make sure that the children in our program are as prepared for school as they can be, and that means supplies! You can drop supplies off at either of the Apelah offices or donate online to the school supply drive.
$75 dollars can supply a elementary school child with everything they need.
School Supplies to Donate:
Backpacks
Pencils
Pens
Crayons
Washable markers
Scissors
Colored pencils
Pocket folders
Notebooks
Loose leaf paper
Erasers
Pencil cases
Binders
Glue and glue sticks
Foster Family Appreciation Party
We’ll be celebrating all of our wonderful Apelah resource families with games and barbecue! If you’re an Apelah foster parent, contact our office for details!
662-429-3652
*The date for this event has been changed from June 8 due to weather.
Memorial Day - Office Closed
Our office will be closed on Monday, May 27 in observance of Memorial Day. If you are a foster parent and you have an emergency, please contact your case manager. For all non-emergencies, please contact us on May 28.
New Foster Parent Training
There will be a training for new foster parents from 9am-5pm January 28 - February 1. This training will cover the knowledge necessary for starting out as a new foster parent. Give Recia Jackson a call at 662.429.3652 for more information or to sign up!
Memphis Hustle Game for Apelah
Go to a Hustle game and support Apelah at the same time!
Painting with a Purpose! Flowood, MS
Join Apelah's Ridgeland friends and staff for a fun filled evening painting this gorgeous picture at Flowood's Painting with a Twist.
Proceeds to benefit Apelah.
Click the button below to register today!
For more information call (601) 991-2224.
Painting with a Purpose at Painting with a Twist!
Let your artistic light shine from within at Apelah's Painting with a Purpose Party at Painting with a Twist!
Saturday, June 24, 2017
7 pm - 9 pm
Painting with a Twist
5338 Goodman Rd
Olive Branch, MS 38654
Proceeds benefit Apelah, Inc.
For more information, call Nathan Tipton at (662) 429-3652.
Apelah Night at Buon Cibo
JOIN US TO SUPPORT APELAH AND OUR PRECIOUS SPECIAL NEEDS FOSTER CHILDREN!
THURSDAY, APRIL 17, 2017
5 PM UNTIL 9 PM
BUON CIBO
2631 MCINGVALE ROAD
HERNANDO, MS 38632
For more information, call Nathan Tipton at (662) 429-3652.
Chick-Fil-A Spirit Night for Apelah
For more information, call Nathan Tipton at (662) 426-3652.
Apelah Spirit Night at Pyro's
Join us to support Apelah and our precious special needs foster children!
20% of all sales will benefit Apelah!
Monday, April 17, 2017
5 pm until 8 pm
Pyro's Pizza
5338 Goodman Road
Olive Branch, MS 38654