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The holiday season, with its “most joyful time of the year” sentiments, is often a very challenging season for our youth. Many face it without family connections, traditions or the expectation of receiving gifts.
Thanks to our friends Christina Angeles and David Temblador, every teen and young adult in our program will receive gifts from their wish lists. The couple ho...
The holiday season can be difficult for youth who have experienced foster care. It can stir emotions of loss and disappointment with a longing for what could be. But thanks to our mentors and caring community, something different is happening this season—our youth are experiencing moments of joy, belonging and hope.
From our first-ever
This year, mentees and their mentors gathered for our first-ever Friendsgiving—a long-held dream to kick off the holiday season in a spirit of community. Too often, the holidays can stir up difficult feelings for youth with foster care experience, so we wanted to create a space that felt safe, celebratory and full of belonging. Thanks to amazing partnerships with
Lucas has a kindness and enthusiasm that is contagious. It was an easy decision to invite him to join our 7th Mentor Training Cohort. When he completed training successfully, we were eager to match him, knowing he would make a great mentor to a youth from foster care. During the matching process, it became clear that 16-year-old Cordell* would thrive under Lucas’s ca...
