Love transforms

In 2017 I had a wonderful lady contact me about a puppy who would go to work with her as a therapy dog. Dr. Sandra Wilson founded Family Dynamics with the intention of helping to reduce child maltreatment and enhance parent and child relationships. Her specialty areas are in treating family disruption, mental illness, eating disorders and emotional trauma. 

When I learned that the puppy would work alongside of Sandra as a therapist for children that have experienced traumatic family situations, I knew I wanted to be a part of what she does.  We donated "Hero" and now Hero is, what some children call their "therapist".  Hero is naturally sensitive to the children and she brings such comfort and peace as they walk through their healing.  She knows when they are afraid and will slowly and vey gently lay her head on their lap and begin to crawl up on them and give them a hug.

Children adore her while she calmly sits and let them color her.  

The trauma kids tell their stories while they color her with hair chalk.  On little girl asked if she could spend the night as it was the calmest since the traumatic experience. 

Camp HOPE America  is a great partnership for Family Dynamics and we are excited to invest in Shasta County youth that have been exposed to trauma and abuse. 

This summer Shasta County youth (ages 7 to 17) will travel to Mt. Hermon’s Kidder Creek Ranch Camp in Siskiyou County.  This camp is part of Camp HOPE America, which is the first nationwide camping and mentoring initiative in the United States to focus on children exposed to domestic violence.  Through Family Dynamics, Shasta County youth will join more than 1,500 children from across the country as Camp HOPE America has expanded to 14 states. Camp HOPE America grew out of the vision and work of the San Diego Family Justice Center, the Family Justice Center Alliance (www.familyjusticecenter.com), and Alliance for HOPE International (www.allianceforhope.com).  The vision for Camp HOPE America is to break the generational cycle of family violence by offering healing and hope to children who have witnessed family violence.  Camp HOPE America provides weeklong camping experiences for children at no cost to them or their families.

Summer of 2019 they hope to send 71 children to Camp Hope and are looking for your support to make this happen.

To donate to Camp HOPE America – California, Shasta please call Patty Price at 530-242-9007 or click here! 

Learn more at www.camphopeamerica.org