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Let It Be Us Appoints Vince Foglia as New Board Chair and Selects Five New Board Members

July 16, 2023
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 Leadership Will Continue to Build Organization’s Legacy in Foster Care and Adoption and Activate Program for Children with Special Healthcare Needs Let

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Let It Be Us Event Raises Record Funds for Children in Illinois Foster Care

July 22, 2022
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 Let It Be Us’ 4th annual “Be Mine” fundraiser brought in a record-setting $185,000 to assist children in the Illinois foster care

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Let It Be Us Mission to Inspire Foster Care & Adoption Gaining Momentum

January 10, 2021
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 At Let It Be Us we’re getting ready for our first virtual event of the new year, Foster Care 101, a free

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Learn to Be a Foster or Adoptive Parent with Help from Let It Be Us

December 6, 2020
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 Approximately 18,000 children are in Illinois Foster Care and Let It Be Us is on a mission to find families for these children

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Let It Be Us Celebrates 5 Years of Loving Children in Illinois Foster Care

February 12, 2020
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 Five years ago, Susan McConnell had an idea to help the thousands of children in Illinois foster care find a family. A

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Support Illinois Children in Foster Care During 2nd Let It Be Us “Be Mine” Celebration at Chicago’s Tortoise Supper Club

January 22, 2020
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 Barrington’s Let It Be Us invites you to join their second annual Be Mine celebration to support children awaiting adoption from foster

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A Let It Be Us Christmas Story | Rudolph the Hedgehog Finds a New Family

December 17, 2019
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 The joy of Christmas can best be seen through the eyes of a child. These two brothers who joined their family through

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Adoptive Brothers Host Hot Cocoa Stand for Children in Foster Care & Let It Be Us

November 25, 2019
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 Two brothers and a friend spent Sunday afternoon hosting a Hot Cocoa & Cookies stand in Barrington’s Oaksbury neighborhood to help Let

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From Group Home to Forever Family: A Grateful Teenager Shares Her Story

November 21, 2019
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 One teen’s experience as a child in foster care pivots at a serendipitous encounter with a person who was willing to listen

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Growing Up in Foster Care Inspires Mom’s Mission to Coach Waiting Parents

October 1, 2019
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 Having spent most of her childhood in foster care, Michelle Prickett chose not to just sit back and enjoy a suburban life with

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Protected: Teacher Spends Summer Becoming a Mom

July 28, 2019
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From Fostering to Fatherhood

June 13, 2019
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 With Father’s Day approaching Peter Yankala, owner of Phillips Men’s Wear in Barrington, is answering customer inquiries on what gift to give

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A Mother’s Gift – Welcoming Two Sisters in Foster Care

May 11, 2019
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 After attending an Adoption & Foster Care Information Fair hosted by Barrington nonprofit child welfare agency, Let It Be Us, the Gaete

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Giving Our Children in Foster Care the Family they Deserve

May 7, 2019
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 It has been a few months since two siblings in Illinois foster care arrived home to their new parents Melissa and Tee.

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Let It Be Us Citizens Park 5K to Inspire Illinois Foster Care Adoptions

April 28, 2019
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 The annual 5K Walk & Run hosted by Let It Be Us in beautiful Citizens Park is coming up from 8 to

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  • THINGS TO DO
  • PEOPLE TO MEET
    • Everyday People
    • Local Artists
  • WHERE TO EAT
    • Barrington Eats
    • Menu Monday
    • Heinen’s Grocery
      • Cooking with Heinen’s
      • Heinen’s 4PM Panic
      • Heinen’s Sunday Supper
      • Recipes
  • WHAT TO KNOW
    • NEWSROOM
    • HOMES FOR SALE
      • The Luby Group
      • For Sale in 60010
        • Barrington
        • Barrington Hills
        • Deer Park
        • Lake Barrington
        • North Barrington
        • South Barrington
        • Tower Lakes
      • For Rent in 60010
      • For Sale Search
      • Real Estate
    • BIRDS of BARRINGTON
    • COOKING with HEINEN’S
    • VOICES of ADOPTION
  • ABOUT
    • Our Story
    • PARTNERS
    • Newsletter Signup
 

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