March 27, 2020

Struggles with Fertility Turn into Foster Care Adoption Joy

Struggles with Fertility Turn into Foster Care Adoption Joy After years of struggling with fertility, Teri and her husband turned to foster care. In February of 2015 they became licensed foster parents. Teri herself had been adopted at a very young age. The couple knew that they eventually wanted to adopt siblings. On their 10th…

March 25, 2020

Foster Youth Fighting the Coronavirus

Foster Youth Fighting the Coronavirus As the coronavirus outbreak continues we wanted to share how foster youth is impacted. Today we spoke with one of our Family Fellowship scholars Bryanna about her experience helping fight the coronavirus in Detroit, MI. Some Insight on Bryanna We meet Bryanna when she became part of our Family Fellowship…

March 24, 2020

4 Ways to Team Build Through Telecommunication

4 Ways to Team Build Through Telecommunication How does your work team build through telecommunication? The work norm for many companies, including Foster Love - Together We Rise, just took a hard shift. Our in house team of 30 people is now working from home indefinitely. We now are internally dependent on technology to communicate. So how does…

March 23, 2020

7 Fun Activities for Kids at Home During the Coronavirus Outbreak

7 Fun Activities for Kids at Home During the Coronavirus Outbreak With the kids at home during the coronavirus outbreak, life is feeling tense. The health and wellbeing of foster children is our number one priority as an organization. We send our deepest condolences to those families impacted by the coronavirus outbreak. With so much…

March 20, 2020

5 Ways COVID-19/Coronavirus is Impacting Foster Youth

5 Ways COVID-19/Coronavirus is Impacting Foster Youth As we continue to experience the uncertainty of the COVID-19/Coronavirus. We must consider how it impacts a group that so often goes unheard and unseen. Foster youth. As longtime advocates for current and aged-out foster youth, we want to bring to light some of the immediate ways COVID-19/Coronavirus…

March 19, 2020

Be an Advocate for Foster Youth During the COVID-19 Outbreak

Be an Advocate for Foster Youth During the COVID-19 Outbreak Be an advocate for foster youth during the COVID-19/Coronavirus outbreak. This is our biggest ask to our supporters and beyond. Foster youth are a vulnerable group, they are unseen and often unheard. Here are some ways to advocate for foster youth during this uncertain time.…

March 18, 2020

Becoming Parents Through Foster Care

Becoming Parents Through Foster Care Back in 2016, Ami Woodyard and her husband began the journey of becoming parents through foster care. They decided that they wanted to grow their family further. If a child in their care needed someone to fight for them then they knew they could step in and help. They had…

March 18, 2020

Adopting a Teen Through Foster Care

Adopting a Teen Through Foster Care Adopting a teen through foster care is not a common story. This week we chat with Crystal Ivy and her husband about their experience adopting a teen through foster care. Crystal Ivy and her husband are longtime foster parents. They relocated from Alaska to Michigan in support of Crystal’s…

March 16, 2020

JetBlue is Helping Foster Youth with Travel

JetBlue is Helping Foster Youth with Travel JetBlue is helping foster youth with travel home during the COVID-19/Coronavirus outbreak. To help reduce the spread of COVID-19 college campuses nationwide have closed. This includes closing dorms and student housing. Sadly, this is impacting students who are former foster youth. How JetBlue is Helping Foster Youth There…

March 14, 2020

Fertility Struggles Turn Into Adoption Hope

Fertility Struggles Turn Into Adoption Hope For many, fertility struggles turn into adoption hope. This week we chat with Paige D’arpini about her choice to foster to adopt. Growing A Family Starting a family is a huge decision and it can be accomplished through a number of ways. Paige D’arpini and her husband decided they…

March 14, 2020

West Virginia Senate Passes Foster Care Bill

West Virginia Senate Passes Foster Care Bill West Virginia Senate Passes Foster Care bill. The bill allows foster parents who adopt children with special needs may soon get more money. As part of the wide-ranging proposal passed Friday by the West Virginia Senate to reduce the state’s overburdened foster care system. Bi-Partisan Vote Moves The…

March 13, 2020

How Does Foster Care Adoption Work?

How Does Foster Care Adoption Work? Some wonder, how does foster care adoption work? This week we chat with Mandie Francisco and her family about their growth through foster care. How It All Started In 2012 Mandie Francisco and her husband gained the inspiration to foster after their friends shared their experience. It brought a…

March 13, 2020

Important Coronavirus COVID-19 Foster Youth Update

Important Coronavirus COVID-19 Foster Youth Update To All Our Supporters, We are aware of the ongoing issues regarding the COVID-19/Coronavirus outbreak and the challenges it brings for all of us. Our team at Foster Love - Together We Rise expresses deep sympathy for all those who may be affected by the virus. The health and safety of the…

March 9, 2020

Team Building in Dallas with Trintech

Team Building in Dallas with Trintech This week we spent some time team building in Dallas with the Trintech team. One way we help kids in foster care is through charitable team building events hosted by our partners. This allows people to make a difference in the lives of kids who live in their community.…

March 5, 2020

Foster to Adopt Ohio: Gaby’s Story

Foster to Adopt Ohio: Gaby’s Story Gaby Glaser had a unique perspective on how foster to adopt in Ohio works. Growing up she lived in a home with foster siblings and even 5 adopted ones! She is now a supervisor at the Department of Child Services. She’s seen first-hand the hardships that some of these…

March 5, 2020

Greeting Cards For Adoption Community

Greeting Cards For Adoption Community Adoptionly Yours fills the need for greeting cards specific to the adoption community. The Tampa mom team, Stacy Clark and Jayne Alfieri started their company to change the narrative on adoption. The Start of Adoptionly Yours Stacy Clark and Jayne Alfieri both adopted their daughters over a decade ago. With…

March 4, 2020

A Bright Future For Texas Kids in Foster Care

A Bright Future For Texas Kids in Foster Care There is a bright future for Texas kids in foster care. This week Texas First Lady Cecilia Abbott met with employers, community advocates, and the Texas Workforce Commission. The meeting focused on bringing awareness to foster youth. Currently, the TWC provides support to 18 Foster Youth…

March 3, 2020

When Do You Know You’re Ready to Foster?

When Do You Know You’re Ready to Foster? When do you know you’re ready to foster? We recently received a copy of the handwritten letter from a child professing their goal to foster. A beautiful note! One that got us thinking about how others chose to become foster/adoptive parents. So, to help give us more…

March 1, 2020

Corporate Team Building Activities with AIG

Corporate Team Building Activities with AIG Corporate team building activities are a great way to re-energize your team. This week our team flew out to New York City to work with one of our favorite partners AIG. They hosted corporate team building activities to benefit local kids in foster care. Why are Corporate Team Building…

Feb. 27, 2020

Kids in Foster Care Celebrate Their Birthdays with JetBlue

Kids in Foster Care Celebrate Their Birthdays with JetBlue JetBlue is turning 20 this year! To celebrate they are helping kids in foster care celebrate their birthdays too. This week we flew out to Orlando for our first joint birthday party of the year. Not even the rain could damper this party of parties! Why…

Feb. 27, 2020

Foster to Adopting Teens: Casey’s Journey

Foster to Adopting Teens: Casey’s Journey Foster to adopting teens is not as common as it should be. Sometimes the decision to adopt comes naturally just like it came for Casey Douglas and her husband. They knew they did not want to have biological children. Instead, they wanted to start their family through adoption. In late…

Feb. 26, 2020

Outdoor Team Building with Benevity

Outdoor Team Building with Benevity This is our second annual outdoor team building event with Benevity. It is amazing to see how many do-gooders exist! We all gathered in Palm Springs for their 2020 CSR and Sustainability Conference. The 7th Annual Goodness Matters Conference Benevity is the global leader in CSR and employee engagement software.…

Feb. 23, 2020

Foster Care and Adoption Legislation 2020

Foster Care and Adoption Legislation 2020 Foster Love - Together We Rise is always searching for new ways to help lift the voices of foster youth. As we approach election season there are several bills up for vote to help improve foster care and adoption legislation. While we can’t always help kids in care every day. Voting for…

Feb. 20, 2020

Why is Social Responsibility Important?

Why is Social Responsibility Important? Why is social responsibility important? Well, there are several obvious reasons, breaking monotony, lifting spirits, cultivating friendship. But the most important reason is to increase positive culture within an organization. Just think about it. People spend more time at work than with their families!!! The 40-hour workweek is almost a…

Feb. 20, 2020

Foster Care to Success- The Newman Family

Foster Care to Success- The Newman Family One foster care success story is a forever home ending. Sometimes the bigger picture doesn’t happen all at once but instead, it happens in pieces. Sydney Newman and her husband began their adoption journey back in January of 2018. They started with the intention to solely adopt. By…

Struggles with Fertility Turn into Foster Care Adoption Joy

Foster Youth Fighting the Coronavirus

4 Ways to Team Build Through Telecommunication

7 Fun Activities for Kids at Home During the Coronavirus Outbreak

5 Ways COVID-19/Coronavirus is Impacting Foster Youth

Be an Advocate for Foster Youth During the COVID-19 Outbreak

Becoming Parents Through Foster Care

Adopting a Teen Through Foster Care

JetBlue is Helping Foster Youth with Travel

Fertility Struggles Turn Into Adoption Hope

West Virginia Senate Passes Foster Care Bill

How Does Foster Care Adoption Work?

Important Coronavirus COVID-19 Foster Youth Update

Team Building in Dallas with Trintech

Foster to Adopt Ohio: Gaby’s Story

Greeting Cards For Adoption Community

A Bright Future For Texas Kids in Foster Care

When Do You Know You’re Ready to Foster?

Corporate Team Building Activities with AIG

Kids in Foster Care Celebrate Their Birthdays with JetBlue

Foster to Adopting Teens: Casey’s Journey

Outdoor Team Building with Benevity

Foster Care and Adoption Legislation 2020

Why is Social Responsibility Important?

Foster Care to Success- The Newman Family

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