Dear Friends,
We are grateful to you for being there for our local children in 2024 despite the difficulties we all faced this past year.
Because of your generosity, we helped hundreds of local foster children experience childhood normalcy and make academic gains in 2024.
Here are some highlights from this past year:
• We helped over 600 children celebrate their birthday
• Provided 135 children with school clothing
• Provided 2,473 one-on-one tutoring sessions
• Awarded 98 academic progress certificates
• Funded 152 after-school and camp experiences
• Provided 170 children with beds, bedding, strollers, and other essentials
• Distributed 700+ books to children being tutored in reading
• Supported teens on their path to self-sufficiency
We also expanded our volunteer child advocate support role by
• Launching a volunteer newsletter
• Hosting trainings, panels, and open houses
• Creating a resource referral system
We look forward to serving even more children and strengthening the advocacy work of our amazing volunteers in 2025. We hope you will join us in our life-changing work – there are many ways to connect and stay involved!
Save the Dates and attend our fundraising events
Annual Fall Luncheon – Wednesday, November 12, 2025
Annual Lawn Party – Saturday, December 6, 2025
Collect used laptops, desktops, & tablets for our refurbishing program.
Invite us to make a presentation about our mission.
Schedule a site visit to learn more about our work.
Become a volunteer child advocate.
Follow us on Facebook.
Wishing you a happy, healthy, and productive 2025!
Sincerely,
Svetlana Ivashchenko, Executive Director