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    Oct. 13, 2018

    Southern Glazer Volunteer to Help Kids

    Team Building with Southern Glazer Foster Love - Together We Rise is based in Southern California. But thanks to companies hosting charity events all over the country, we get to volunteer to help kids and improve the lives of children in foster care thousands of miles from our HQ. Southern Glazer’s Wine and Spirit invited us to Miami,…

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    Oct. 5, 2018

    Disney Days – 350 Siblings Reunited at Disney!

    Last weekend was one to remember as the Foster Love - Together We Rise team reunited over 350 siblings separated in foster care at “the Happiest Place on Earth,” Disneyland! Disney Days started when founder Danny Mendoza shared his birthday with children in foster care and take them to Disneyland. Disney Days 2018 took place in Anaheim, CA…

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    Oct. 4, 2018

    JetBlue – Foster Children Charity Swing for Good

    On October 3rd, Foster Love - Together We Rise partnered with JetBlue to host Swing for Good, a foster children charity golfing event to raise funds for kids in foster care! Over 400 golfers and donors came out to Bethpage State Golf Course in Farmingdale, New York to participate. Whether they got eagles, birdies, or par for the…

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    Sept. 29, 2018

    Volunteer Fosters Care with CH Robinson

    Bike Team Building with CH Robinson Foster Love - Together We Rise helps with lots of charitable team building events volunteer fosters care across the country. But some of the best ones are right in our own backyard! CH Robinson held a charity bike-building event at their corporate office in Claremont, California. That is just up the freeway from…

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    Sept. 26, 2018

    Build a Board: Making Friends at Facebook

    Foster Love - Together We Rise is lucky to have charitable partnerships and friends all over the nation. Over the years we have made friends on Facebook. Now we can say that we have made some friends at Facebook through our build a board event.  On September 16th, we visited Facebook’s Headquarters in Menlo Park, California to work on…

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    Sept. 26, 2018

    Team Build Volunteer Helping Kids with Grainger

    Here in California, we have a lot of different terrains: beaches, deserts, and mountains. Just to name a few. It’s always nice to have the opportunity to visit someplace new. Especially when it is to help with a team-building service project. We were happy to visit Grainger at their campus on the plains of Lake Forest, Illinois.…

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    Sept. 16, 2018

    OCTLA event with a Bike Build

    Foster Love - Together We Rise prides itself on the support we receive for our Bike Build event in Orange County. Groups like the Orange County Trial Lawyers Association remind us of our OC pride when they hosted a philanthropy team-building event at their office in Brea. Thanks to their generosity, we worked with some members to build bikes, skateboards,…

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    Sept. 15, 2018

    Building Bikes and Boards with Lotte!

    Foster Love - Together We Rise loves welcoming volunteers into our Brea, CA office for building bikes, boards or our other programs. Whether we’re helping with Girl Scout service projects, community philanthropy events, or company team-building activities. Luckily for us, some wonderful people from Lotte were kind enough to visit us. They participated in three different programs right here…

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    Sept. 14, 2018

    Bike Build Charity with NAIFA

    Here at Foster Love - Together We Rise, we’re experts at hosting team-building activities! We have a decade of experience working with amazing teams across the nation. Having traveled the US several times over, it is always a pleasure to visit Texas with Bike Build charity.  This September we built bikes with the National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors (NAIFA)…

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    Sept. 13, 2018

    Building Bikes and Boards with Citizens Bank

    Building Bikes and Boards with Citizens Bank With our Bike Buildand Build a Board programs, we help volunteers build bikes and skateboards for children in foster care. Sometimes not everything goes as planned but no matter what happens. We know we’re making a positive impact in the world. In Stamford, Connecticut, we had the opportunity…

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    Sept. 10, 2018

    Myth Monday #4: Kids In Foster Care Move Homes Due to Behavioral Problems

    Moving from home to home can be a difficult experience for a young child to go through. Though we do all we can to improve their lives, they still face challenges that non-foster children will never encounter. Unfortunately, due to these challenges, there’s a lot of negative stigma surrounding the mental wellness of foster and…

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    Sept. 4, 2018

    Myths About Foster Care: Birth Parents

    The road from foster care to adoption can be confusing, especially to those unfamiliar with the foster care system. One of the most common myths about foster care and misconceptions is that birth parents can reclaim their child, even after another family adopts them. While the overarching goal of foster care is to reunite children…

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    Aug. 7, 2018

    Foster Mother Volunteer Team Building Activity

    Although all of our programs at Foster Love - Together We Rise improve the lives of foster children, we enjoy brightening the lives of foster parents and families as well! Parenting a child in the foster care system is extremely rewarding, but it also has its own unique challenges. Foster moms and dads deserve recognition and appreciation just…

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    Aug. 6, 2018

    Foster Care Myth: Do You Have to be Married to Become a Foster Parent?

    We’re here to disprove another foster care myth! When people think of a traditional family, an image of a married couple with children comes to mind. Some people think that they have to fit into this mold in order to become foster parents because foster agencies want children to be raised in a “traditional” household.…

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    July 31, 2018

    All The Feels Comfort Bags for Foster Care

    Though Foster Love - Together We Rise is based out of Southern California, we love traveling across the country to give groups the opportunity to help out in their own communities. So when All The Feels invited us to St. Paul, Minnesota for a Sweet Case event, we packed our bags, hopped on a plane, and headed to…

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    July 27, 2018

    Foster Care Kits Team Building with Saban

    With our HQ just minutes away from sunny Los Angeles, California, we’re lucky to be able to visit the city of stars as often as we do. We’re also lucky to work with companies like Saban, whose wonderful philanthropy makes foster kids feel like stars! We love every team-building activity, but this one was especially…

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    July 27, 2018

    Foster Care Community Services with Worthe

    Of all the things to do in Los Angeles, California, our absolute favorite is helping people make a difference in the lives of children in foster care and participating in foster care community services. Whether it’s small groups or huge companies, we love giving people the opportunity to give back to their communities. Philanthropy can…

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    July 27, 2018

    Foster Care Myths: Adoption is Expensive

    Like Bigfoot and Nessie, most people have heard of foster care, but they’ve also heard lots of myths about it. The foster care system can be a bit mystifying, so Foster Love - Together We Rise is here to bust some common foster care myths! Foster care and adoption require patience, effort, and care, but what stops many…

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    July 19, 2018

    Team Build Volunteer in Foster Care with AIG

    Team Building With AIG Insurance The best parts of being a nationwide organization are all the friends you make along the way. We travel across the country to help companies build Sweet Cases, which are bright blue duffle bags full of comfort items for kids in foster care. We also have a program called Bike…

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    July 14, 2018

    ZipRecruiter Team Build Donate to Foster Care

    Los Angeles County is full of great companies and we’re fortunate to work with so many of them. Our HQ resides close to many of our partners, we love getting out of the office to connect with them as often as we can. Especially when there are 28,000 foster kids in Los Angeles alone, it’s…

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    July 13, 2018

    Volunteer Opportunities with Foster Care in TX

    Since day one, our mission has been to help improve the lives of foster children in America. We strive to help in any way we can through our team building activities, scholarships, volunteer opportunities for foster care, and our partnerships that we’ve built over the past ten years. This time, we packed up our equipment…

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    July 12, 2018

    Birthday Box Service Project with AIG

    In February, Foster Love - Together We Rise visited the Big Apple! AIG hosted a charitable team building event at the Marriott Downtown Financial Ballroom. AIG wanted to bring a fun corporate service project to their training conference for their international offices. Our Birthday Box event was the perfect level of fun! Employees from all over the world…

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    July 3, 2018

    A Bike Build- Corporate Service Project with Disney VoluntEARS!

    It’s always great when we’re able to host charitable team building activities in Los Angeles. Disney VoluntEARS reached out to us to boost morale while also making a positive impact on their local community. Our programs are perfect for fun high-energy corporate team-building activities. So in June, we headed to Long Beach for a couple…

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    July 3, 2018

    Sweet Cases Corporate Team Building with FOX!

    We love visiting Los Angeles, especially when we’re hosting charitable team building activities in the city. So when FOX Studios reached out to us looking for a corporate team building activity to boost morale and volunteering for foster care, we jumped in the car and headed straight for their studio lot. FOX employees spent a…

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    June 11, 2018

    Build Bikes for Charity at “I Am Ali” Festival

    “I Am Ali” Festival Bike Build Most corporate team-building projects at Foster Love - Together We Rise involve groups or companies working together. Typically, to assemble duffle bags, skateboards, or build bikes for charity and children in foster care. Every once in a while, we get to work with foster families directly. The “I Am Ali” Festival is one…

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