Not too far from yesterday's little art gallery on Percy Street is the Sam Ravenel Child Care Center. It is located between Yanceyville Street and Swann Middle School in what is now called the Dunleath neighborhood. In 1959, the Children's Home Society built the above building, a child care and receiving house. On the sign on the left, it says that the building is a foster care and adoption service. It is part of the Children's Home Society of North Carolina, our state's largest non-profit, private adoption agency. The agency is headquartered in Greensboro in a new building just up the road. he society was formed by the Greensboro Chamberer of Commerce and has benefitted from generous private donations. The organization began in 1902 and has found homes for over 25,000 children in their 120 year existence. The above Ravenel Child Care Center is where babies are kept. On the weekends, the parking lot is empty but during the week, during working hours, it is a dynamic space that does so much good for helping children in need of foster and permanent homes. In the above Ravenel Center, in 2015, a support group was started for adult adoptees and birth parents.
The Children's Home Society and Ravenel Child Care Center stand to remind us of the commitment of the Greensboro community to take care of children and to provide a viable solution for birth parents who are not in the position to take care of their children. If you want to know more about the society, follow them on Facebook. Also, on Saturday, June 11th at 8:00 am in Country Park, they will hold a 5K walk/run and family festival fundraiser. Learn more about it here. Those of us who aren't in shape have over two months to be ready for this event.
*follow link to read more about the Children's Home Society.
That's worthy work.
Posted by: William Kendall | Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 08:19 AM