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Our Mission

At The Friends of Foster Care, we believe every child deserves the chance to thrive.

Foster care can bring instability: frequent moves, changing schools, and missed opportunities for enrichment. These disruptions often lead to emotional and academic struggles. We’re here to change that. Through community support and targeted programs, we provide foster youth with the stability, resources, and experiences they need to grow, succeed, and feel seen.

Our Impact for Foster and At-Risk Youth and Their Families

5,091

Total Children Served

71,558

Hours of Tutoring

2,768

Weeks of Camp

5,381

Sponsored YMCA Members

12,539

Birthday & Holiday Wishes Granted

What We Do

We’re committed to raising awareness about the needs of children in foster care and increasing the number of foster families in our community. Our programs help fill the gap between what public services provide and what kids truly need to grow up healthy, happy, and supported.

Outreach

By partnering with municipalities and local organizations, we are dedicated to providing education, resources, and support to foster parents and foster children.

Tutoring

We contract exceptional, highly qualified tutors with the experience and training to work one-on-one with foster youth that needs extra support to be successful in school.

Extracurricular Activities

We support foster children’s participation in sports and other activities that will enrich their childhoods, provide stress relief, and enhance participation in the community.

Birthdays & Holidays

There is no shortage of gifting occasions and we work hard to make birthdays and holidays extra special by coordinating personalized gifts for children in foster care.

Camperships

With our partnership with the YMCA and a particular focus on sending siblings who are placed in separate homes to camp together, our kids have unprecedented access to top-tier summer camps.

Learn more about how we help

When Josiah first shared this poem with us, we were floored.

Its honesty. Its ache. The quiet way it gives voice to something so many feel, but few can say.

Later, when he read it aloud at our annual gala, there wasn’t a dry eye in the room.

We knew then that this piece deserved more than a moment—it deserved to live on in a way that matched its emotional weight. So we commissioned a video to bring it to life on screen.

This is that poem, now a visual story.

We hope it moves you like it moved us.

Latest News & Announcements

UncategorizedOur 2025 Summer Camp Season
September 19, 2025

Our 2025 Summer Camp Season

Summer Camps: Fun That Lasts a Lifetime   This summer, The Friends of Foster Care provided five weeks of summer camps to youth in care and to the siblings in…
UncategorizedFounders Day 2025: A Week of Celebration, Impact, and Joy
June 4, 2025

Founders Day 2025: A Week of Celebration, Impact, and Joy

This week, we celebrated Founders Day by honoring the mission that started it all—creating a world where every child in foster care feels seen, supported, and celebrated. And thanks to…
Foster Care AwareFoster Care Aware 2025: Building Community, Raising Voices
May 22, 2025

Foster Care Aware 2025: Building Community, Raising Voices

On May 17th, the The Friends of Foster Care hosted Foster Care Aware at Old Dominion University, bringing together a vibrant community of caregivers, advocates, professionals, and youth for a…

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Our Sponsors

We are grateful to the corporate sponsors, who support our mission and the youth we serve in so many ways!

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