Please find a TARGET link for a "wish list" of items for the support homes and children.
Each child will receive at least one of the gifts they request. It is heartwarming to see the generosity people have for children they have never met. This is truly the magic of Christmas!
We are so appreciative and thankful for all the support.
Dear Friends,
At FOFC, we are in the business of building HOPE. For many foster children and youth, HOPE often doesn’t exist. The statistics show how many things are stacked against them.
• 40-50% of former foster youth become homeless within 18 months after leaving care.
• 25% of foster youth will be in prison within two years of emancipation.
• Only 1-3% will graduate from college.
How does FOFC work to turn these tides? It brings HOPE to foster children and youth for the future.
We bring HOPE to children and youth that have often been in dozens of foster care placements and just as many schools by the time they arrive at a residential care facility. FOFC brings HOPE for success by providing a full cache of school supplies that each student needs to start at a new school. This year, we gave over 8000 items.
We provide HOPE to children and youth in residential facilities by providing Special Activities funds which for opportunities for the kids to experience positive activities. This year, we helped homes to provide enrichment activities to give them HOPE for a normal life including bowling, beach trips holiday celebrations and the movies.
We deliver HOPE through our Sugar Plum gift drive at Christmas to deliver new holiday memories from years when violence or hunger or neglect were what Christmas brought to their lives, We deliver Joy, Celebration and wishes for a gift selected specifically for them can come true.
We support HOPE for those seeking a college education through our scholarship program for emancipated youth. We support HOPE for those who want to enter a trade school program. We support HOPE for those who are attending Pasadena City College. We support HOPE for those working to complete a Bachelor’s, Master or Doctorate Degree and have seen on average 5 students graduate each year.
Your support will bring life changing HOPE to Foster Children in the San Gabriel Valley. Please consider making an end-of-the-year tax deductible donation to Friends of Foster Children to help us continue our work in the next year.
Thank you in advance for your consideration.
Ginger E. Loesch
President
Please take a moment to help support FOFC
If not a member we welcome you to our community of HOPE for Foster Children. If you are already a member, don't forget to send in your annual membership! Below is a QR code that you can scan and send your membership via Venmo.
If paying by Venmo, please click on the membership form, fill out the form and email it to [email protected]
Committee members gathered in June to finalize plans for the annual Education Celebration.
There were 7 graduates this year (2 MA, 5 BA).
Junely, an activist and advocate for youth issues recently graduated with her Masters from Cal State University Fullerton watch her story below on profiled on Fox LA.
https://www.foxla.com/news/former-foster-teen-mom-gets-masters-degree-from-csu-fullerton
Thank you to the Asian Real Estate Association of America (AREAA) who donated 25 Easter Bags to Trinity and ALL of our other WONDERFUL DONORS who generously gave MANY $10 gift cards to target, socks, card games, body wash and LOTS and LOTS of Easter candy that was used to create Easter Bags for Hathaway/Sycamore and Eddie Lee.
United Way Donation Program
Designate your United Way contribution to Friends of Foster Children, San Gabriel Valley
Used printer cartridges
Cartridges are turned in for store credits, which are used to purchase school supplies.
Ralphs Community Contribution Program
Register your Ralphs Rewards card to our organization, and Ralphs will donate a percentage of your spending to FOFC. Our non-profit organization (NPO) number is 92558. You can click the link below.
FOFC is proud to have the support of our local communities. However, with the vast turnover and ever-increasing number of children, there is always a need.
Monetary donations are always welcomed and appreciated.
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Welcome to Friends of Foster Children (FOFC)! We have been serving foster children in the San Gabriel Valley since 1976. We are always looking for new members to join us and help make a foster child's life a little brighter.
FOFC is an all-volunteer 501(c)(3) organization. We have no paid staff and no facility, so less than 6% of our annual budget is spent on operating costs. A total of 94% of every donated dollar is applied to the children's needs.
Various fundraisers and gift collections throughout the year are designed to help foster children in residential treatment centers in the San Gabriel Valley. We also assist newly emancipated foster teens as they learn to set up their own homes, continue their education, and begin their journey of being self-supporting.
