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July 10, 2019Adoption Guidance: Michelle’s Foster Story
Adoption Guidance: Michelle’s Foster Story Adoption guidance is often hard to find. The laws vary from county to county, state to state. So, one of the best ways to learn when looking to adopt is from people who are open to sharing their experiences. Navigating the foster system as a foster parent is not always…
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July 6, 20194 Fun Team Building Activities
4 Fun Team Building Activities Fun team building activities shouldn’t be too difficult to find. Right? WRONG! For some reason, companies are still booking banquet halls to hold trust falls. What year is this, 1985? Don’t fret. If you’ve been feeling like your approach to team building has gotten stale; we are here to help.…
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July 3, 2019PIMCO Corporate Team Build
PIMCO Corporate Team Build PIMCO sponsored a corporate team build with Foster Love - Together We Rise. Every year PIMCO’s staff comes together to give back to their local communities across the US. They have a strong culture supported by corporate and social responsibility efforts. Why Invest in Corporate Team Building? PIMCO as an organization believes that it…
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July 1, 2019Foster to Adopt: Minisode 1
Fostering to Adopt Minisode 1 Foster Love - Together We Rise gets a lot of questions from our readers and community, a majority about the foster to adopt the process. Unfortunately, our knowledge of specific aspects of the foster care adoption process is limited. We are not an adoption agency. However, with the help of interviews from our…
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June 28, 2019CSR Matters, Especially If You’re A Millennial
CSR Matters, Especially If You’re A Millennial CSR matters, especially if you’re a millennial. By the year 2025, 75 percent of U.S. workers will be Millennials. (Dun dun Dunn!) That is a whole lot of avocado toast loving people. Let’s start by acknowledging that the term “Millennial” is more often than not, met with negative…
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June 19, 2019Congrats Family Fellowship Scholar Taylor
Congrats Family Fellowship Scholar Taylor We are extremely proud of our Family Fellowship Scholar Taylor! This spring she graduates from the University of California Irvine with a degree in Biology. Taylor is a recipient of our first Family Fellowship cohort. The Family Fellowship is the largest scholarship program for current and former foster youth in…
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June 19, 2019Julie’s Foster Care Adoption Story
Julie’s Foster Care Adoption Story The foster care adoption journey is not always a road easily traveled, but despite the difficulty, helping children in need of a home, and love is well worth the possible challenges. This week, Julie, a mother and foster advocate, shares her life-changing adoption journey with Foster Love - Together We Rise. Beginning of…
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June 18, 2019Jen Lilley’s Adoption Story
Last week we helped photograph Jen Lilley’s adoption. The name Jen Lilley may sound familiar because she is one of Hallmark Channel’s stars. Jen and her husband Jason Wayne are ecstatic to officially adopt their son Kayden. They are now parents of two and currently pregnant with child number three. Adoption Ceremony We met Jen…
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June 11, 2019Foster Father Shares His Journey
Foster Father Benjamin Shares His Adoption Journey Foster Father Benjamin, a father of 7, shares his inspiring fostering-to-adoption experience with Foster Love - Together We Rise. Every family’s foster to adoption is different, some start with the goal of adoption. Other’s have opened their hearts so fully as foster parents that they can’t continue without making their temporary family…
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June 10, 2019Katie’s Foster to Adopt Story
Katie’s Foster to Adopt Story Choosing the foster to adopt path is a decision that has powerful potential. Potential to positively impact the world of a child. Everyone that chooses to become a foster parent does so for various reasons. Katie, a mother of two, as well as an adoption advocate, shares her foster to…
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June 10, 2019Company Team Building With Kilroy Realty
Company Team Building With Kilroy Realty Company team building is an important tactic used to inspire positive corporate culture. Unfortunately, some people still think that company team builds should be a weekend retreat with motivational speakers and “trust fall” activities. Thankfully, there are organizations like Kilroy Realty that recognize the benefit of making team building…
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June 6, 20193rd Annual Bike Build During Ali Week
3rd Annual Bike Build We at Foster Love - Together We Rise are experts when it comes to charitable Bike Build programs. Our friends at Fourth Street Live! and the local Louisville Metro Police Department invited us out for the third annual A Kid, A Cop, A Cause event during Ali Week celebrating the life of Muhammad Ali. Celebrating Muhammad…
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June 1, 2019Group Activities With Disney
Group Activities With Disney VoluntEARs We love group activities. Especially when we are helping our Disney VoluntEARs friends! A lot of us at Foster Love - Together We Rise have a special place in our hearts for Disney. Our Brea HQ is right up the street from Disneyland. We literally jumped for joy when the Disney VoluntEARs asked…
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May 30, 2019Charitable Team Building: Superhero Box
Charitable Team Building: Superhero Boxes Foster Love - Together We Rise is a leading expert in charitable team building events. We’ve been working with individuals and companies nationwide to make a positive impact in their communities for over a decade. Our goal is to help educate individuals and teams about the foster care system, while providing support to…
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May 28, 2019Foster Care Awareness Month 2019
Foster Care Awareness Month 2019 Did you know that Foster Care Awareness Month and National Bicycle month are both in May? To help us raise awareness our friends at Huffy Bikes helped us donate bicycles to foster and adoptive families across the U.S. They shipped bikes to our Austin, TX and Brea, CA offices and…
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May 24, 2019Kids Helping Kids- Our Cool Friend Clayton
Kids Helping Kids- Our Cool Friend Clayton Kids helping kids is one of the greatest things. When a child sees an issue and wants to make a change, that brings us hope. Hope in our future and hope that in our lifetime we will be able to change the way children experience the foster system.…
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May 17, 2019Corporate Bonding With Alexandria
Corporate Bonding With Alexandria Group Corporate bonding is an essential part of creating a positive corporate culture. As experts in corporate team bonding, we are always excited to help organizations flex in this arena. Our friends at Alexandria Group reached out to us for help with implementing a team bonding event. Alexandria Group’s Corporate and…
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May 15, 2019Activities for Team Building with Channel Bakers
Activities for Team Building with Channel Bakers We love developing activities for team building and team bonding events. Our friends at Channel Bakers in Anaheim Hills, reached out to us to help inspire their team with a charity team build. Of course, we leaped at this chance! Who is Channel Bakers? Why Charitable Team Building?…
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May 14, 2019Janeris's Foster To Adoption Story
The Beginning All foster-to-adoption stories begin at different places. For our friend Janeris and her family, it began with doctors telling her not to get pregnant. Adoption became a possibility until learning that there is a true need in the foster care system. Janeris shared, “when we realized the huge need in the foster care…
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May 10, 2019How to Choose a Philanthropy
How To Choose A Philanthropy Philanthropy comes in many forms, and with so many different causes, it can be difficult to choose a philanthropy and determine which one you want to dedicate yourself to. Each cause is important and worthwhile, but some may speak to you more than others. Philanthropic Health Causes There are plenty…
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May 8, 2019Alison’s Foster to Adoption Story
Every adoption story is different. This story belongs to Alison B. from Atlanta, Georgia. Alison can’t remember when her desire to be a mom first manifested. It was always part of her being. Sadly, after having complications with PCOS and difficulties conceiving, Alison suffered a stillbirth at 36 weeks. “Life didn’t go as I had…
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April 28, 2019Superhero Boxes Have Landed
Foster Love - Together We Rise is excited to announce the release of our latest program, Superhero Boxes. Together, with the launch of the Superhero Box, we’d like all children in foster care to feel supported and empowered. The Problem According to Speakupnow.org 25% of foster children experience PTSD. A rate comparable to that of U.S. war veterans, both…
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April 27, 2019New York Life- Bring Your Child To Work Day
Bring Your Child To Work Day April 25th is Bring Your Child To Work Day and our friends at New York Life relished in the day. To celebrate they hosted a Birthday Box Build to benefit children in foster care. Bring Your Child To Work Day, is one of our favorite “holidays” of the year.…
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April 27, 2019Amanda’s Foster to Adoption Story
Every foster to adoption story is different. They each have a richly diverse background but we hope that all these stories have happy endings. Today’s adoption story is that of Amanda Baber and her newest son Xakry Cameron Johnson. The Babers are not new to the parent game before Xakry they had three children of…
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