We are completely volunteer driven and our efforts ensure every dollar reaches the ones who need it the most- the children.
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APRIL 2011
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We are gratefully indebted to all of our donors and corporate partners for their compassion and generous support in joining our efforts to create a change that benefits and touches the lives of many, even if it is just one child at a time.
Thank you to Mayor Charles H. Sass of Huntley, Illinois and Mayor Aaron T. Shepley for signing a Mayoral Proclamation in support of IOLS’s Child Appreciation Initiatives to recognize April as National Child Abuse Month in both Crystal ...
Continue Reading → ShareHuntley Patch features IOLS hopes to bring Christmas to thousands of children.
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Local Organization Gathering Toys for Foster Children
It’s Our Little Secret hopes to bring Christmas to thousands of children.
By Gloria Casas
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November 22, 2010
Kristie Sams-Faulkner could count the number of toys she received as a child for Christmas on one hand.
Her childhood was chaotic. She lived in 11 foster homes throughout the years as her parents fought an addiction to crank, a drug similar to methamphetamine.
She ...
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It’s Our Little Secret celebrating its first year anniversary.
By Gloria Casas
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November 16, 2010
The little girl didn’t talk much.
Her chaotic childhood was filled with pain, the pain of sexual abuse
and moving back and forth between foster homes _ 11 total.
Writing and drawing were her only outlets to express herself and
communicate her pain. ...
IOLS Feated as “Sundays Best”
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Finger Candy Media, a premiere nationally-focused media showcase blog run by Jessica Northey, recently featured IOLS as the top pick of the week.
Jessica writes, “Every Sunday I try to highlight a great cause, charity or non-profit organization”. IOLS was featured because of the vital mission of the organization and because the activities are completely volunteer driven.
Thank you for the thumbs up, Finger Candy!
http://fingercandymedia.com/2977-sundays-best-its-our-little-secret
Continue Reading → ShareNorthwest Herald, The (Crystal Lake, IL)
July 25, 2010
Section: News
Group hosting backpack, toy drives for foster kids
Amber Krosel – akrosel@nwherald.com
HUNTLEY – It’s Our Little Secret, a new nonprofit organization in Huntley, is hosting two charity drives to benefit foster children. A back-to-school backpack drive will run through mid-August. The goal of the drive is to collect 200 filled backpacks for children in foster care.
The group will accept the following ...
Continue Reading → ShareKristie Sams-Faulkner, Founder & CEO shares her personal story with the Northwest Hearld.
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Northwest Herald, The (Crystal Lake, IL)
June 16, 2010
Section: News
Huntley woman starts nonprofit
AMBER KROSEL – akrosel@nwherald.com
HUNTLEY – Kristie Sams-Faulkner lived in seven foster homes. Both her parents were crack addicts, and Sams-Faulkner was physically abused under foster care. She also was sexually abused by three people.
“Yet none of them ever dictated what I was going to be,” she said.
Sams-Faulkner overcame her hardships and went on to graduate from boarding school, enlisted in the U.S. ...
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