Back to School

It was the sixth time these brothers had been removed from their home and put into foster care.

Obviously there is never a convenient time for a child to be put into foster care, but this happened to be on Friday night of a holiday weekend, and the first day of the new school year was on Tuesday.

The boys showed up to their foster placement with just the clothes on their backs - nothing else. Our Case Manager went school shopping with the foster mom the next day, accompanying her on the two hour car ride. They bought the clothes the kids would need and gathered their school supplies. 

Fostering families don't have to do this alone - a Love Box group who had walked alongside this family before was reactivated. By that evening, meals were being delivered and the load was being shared. All for one purpose- that the children were seen, felt safe, and got to be kids on their first week at school.
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One of the volunteers ended up driving the boys to school every day that week while the caregiver got the bus arrangements worked out with the school. They even got one of those first-day-of-school pictures as well - and this was particularly meaningful because it was the little one’s milestone first day of Kindergarten.

Now this sweet boy will have this photo as part of his story.

We can all feel how important this is - for these kids to have people who will catch them when their family falls. To make sure they have a safe bed to sleep in, warm food in their bellies, and people who care about their first day of school.

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 🎓 Only 50% of kids experiencing foster care will graduate from high school.

Through community-supported foster care, volunteers are matched with kids and families in care.
They are fierce friends who:

• attend parent-teacher conferences alongside caregivers,
• help drive children to school,
• facilitate tutors when necessary,
• go to their school events...

They're there for foster parents when they get overwhelmed, keeping kids in place longer - at their same school, with their same teachers and friends. 
Volunteers show up the way a family would. 💫
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