Butterfly Days Promotes Awareness for Children in Foster Care

Fairfax County Department of Family Services
12011 Government Center Parkway, Suite 500
Fairfax, VA 22035-1102
703-324-7758, TTY 703-222-9452, Fax 703-222-9487
DFSPIO@fairfaxcounty.gov
www.fairfaxcounty.gov
News Release #4/06
April 14, 2006

Butterfly Days Promotes Awareness for Children in Foster Care

Butterfly Days is a community awareness project intended to educate Fairfax County residents about the numbers of children (about 450) in the county’s foster care program and the need for foster parents. The Fairfax County Department of Family Services Foster Care and Adoption Program invites school-aged children to participate in Butterfly Days by hand decorating butterflies at Springfield Mall on April 22 and 23, and at the Dulles Town Center on May 6.

The decorated butterflies will be hung on special butterfly trees to symbolize a new beginning for the children in foster care. The goal is to raise awareness about the children and to encourage more people to consider joining the remarkable group of citizens who already serve as foster parents in our community.

There is no cost to participate and art supplies will be provided. Representatives of the county's Foster Care and Adoption Program will be available to answer questions and provide information on how to become a foster parent.

What:              Butterfly Days

When:             Sat., April 22, from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Sun.,April 23, from noon to 5 p.m. (Springfield Mall)

Sat., May 6, from 10 a.m. - 7 p.m. (Dulles Town Center)

Where:            Springfield Mall, 6500 Springfield Mall, Springfield , VA 22150
www.springfieldmall.com

Dulles Town Center, 21100 Dulles Town Circle, Dulles, Virginia 20166
www.ShopDullesTownCenter.com

Fairfax County is committed to nondiscrimination on the basis of disability in all county programs, services and activities. Reasonable accommodations will be provided upon request. For more information, or to request this information in an alternate format, contact the Fairfax County Foster Care and Adoption Program, at 703-324-7639, TTY 703-222-9452. Information is also available on the county Web site at www.fairfaxcounty.gov/dfs.