From Program Participant to Board Member
From Program Participant to Board Member Few people’s lives exemplify resilience more than Lelah Fields. She is one of the reasons why the words “Regional Resilience Center” was added to Family Education and Support Services’ (FESS) identity a few years ago. Resilience, that quality of flexibility and successfully [...]
The loss of a Good Friend
FAMILY EDUCATION AND SUPPORT SERVICES MOURNS THE DEATH OF CARRELL SIMMONS, A MAINSTAY OF THE AREA ORGANIZATION OLYMPIA, WA – The South Puget Sound area lost a valuable friend to parents and children this week with the death of Carrell Simmons, Tenino, who had been the office [...]
Parental Compass Host: Bobby Williams
An innovator whose programs better the lives parents and kids Many parents, seeking and sometimes struggling to find the best strategies to raise kids who are emotionally healthy and resilient, find a local online support system through Family Education & Support Services' Parental Compass podcast, hosted by Bobby [...]
Jubilee Giving Tree
The Jubilee Giving Tree Area Seniors Support Children in Kinship Care For 12 years, Christmas has been a brighter for local children because of the work of Mary Jo Rice and a service group of about 10 core members she leads at Jubilee Retirement Community in Lacey. [...]
Suicide Prevention Month
We can all save lives! Suicide prevention training September marks National Suicide Prevention Month, with specific emphasis on the week of September 5-12 built around Suicide Prevention Day, Sept. 10. Read about Family Education & Support Services’ suicide prevention training and the tools you can learn to help [...]
Teaching Kids to be Kids Again
Interview with Kim Moore With months of our children being separated and sometimes isolated, and with the pandemic once again heating up, this school year will be different than others. One longtime area teacher says it may not be for the reasons we might expect, though. Read how [...]