FPAM 2025

This March, Tikinagan is honouring the dedication and commitment of more than 200 Foster Parents during its annual Foster Parent Appreciation Month.

Foster Parents are an important part of Tikinagan’s effort in supporting children and youth in care keep their connection to their language, culture and families.

How Can You Participate?

  • Organize an event
  • Send in a thank you note or video
  • Share our posts from the Tikinagan social media
  • Learn more about Foster Parenting

Foster Parent Appreciation Month Events

We encourage all offices organize a Foster Parent Appreciation Event. These events are important as they give us the opportunity to celebrate our Foster Parents! Below is the Foster Parent Appreciation Month Staff Toolkit you can use to plan and organize your event. Once you have it planned, let the Communications Team know about it so we can advertise your event, send you swag and possibly a member of the Communications Team to photograph and video your event!

Contact the Communications Team at communications@tikinagan.org for more info or to let us know about your event!

Toolkit

About Foster Parent Appreciation Month and this Toolkit:

Foster Parent Appreciation Month is celebrated every year to show our Foster Parents how much they mean to us. All throughout the month of March, we highlight Foster Parent stories, honour the important role Foster Parents play in our communities and show our thanks for the all the work they do to raise our children with love and care.

This toolkit is intended to inform and support our staff in the initiatives we are doing throughout March for Foster Parent Appreciation Month. This year we are encouraging all of our communities to plan a Foster Parent Appreciation Event to show our Foster Parents how much they mean to us. Along with tips on how to plan your event, in this toolkit you will find: 

  • Key Messaging
  • How to Participate
  • Planning your Event
  • Event Posters
  • Resources for Foster Parents
  • Contest info

Thank you for making all our Foster Parents feel appreciated!

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Thank You Video or Note

Do you want to say THANK YOU to our wonderful Foster Parents? Throughout the month of March we want to share staff thank you videos on our social media so all of our Foster Parents can see how much we appreciate them!

How to Submit

  • Attach your video in an email using the button below
  • Save it onto your OneDrive and share the link with communications@tikinagan.org
  • Using an iPhone? Text your videos to 807-738-4233
  • Using an Android phone? Text your videos to 807-358-3659

Learn More: Becoming a Foster Parent

Tikinagan shares the sacred responsibility held by parents, extended family and community members to care for children through their service model Mamow Obiki-ahwahsoowin, which means “everyone working together to raise our children. A child’s circle of care may include the child’s parents and siblings, extended family members, the First Nation Chief and Council, Elders, the school principal and teachers, workers from other community resources, Tikinagan, other caregivers and Foster Parents.

Throughout March, Tikinagan will be highlighting several Foster Parents and celebrating their dedication to our youth.

Foster parents are everyday people who come from all walks of life – homemakers, councilors, grandparents, etc. They work at the community store, the nursing station, the school or in the band office. The list is long. They are selfless individuals that support our youth during difficult periods in their lives.

Tikinagan is looking for more Foster Parents who want to make a real difference in the life of a child. When their families are unable to care for them, Foster Parents help children stay in their home community, and stay connected to extended family, friends and their culture and traditions.