All Saints Church Foster Care Project
Mission Statement
All Saints Church Foster Care Project provides community education, public policy/advocacy and direct services for
children and youth who have been removed from the care of their parents to the supervision of the state.
The Project recruits and sustains volunteers who serve in public and private agencies or work on special projects
designed to enhance the lives of foster, homeless, transitional and incarcerated children and youth.
For information about
Community Resources for Youth, Current Opportunities,
and Coming Events.
HELP A MARYVALE HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR IN FOSTER CARE PREPARE FOR A LIFE ON HER OWN.
Maryvale, a foster care facility for girls in Rosemead, is looking for mentors for senior high school girls. Volunteers for Maryvale Senior Friends join a therapeutic team of counselors and group
home personnel who work together for the benefit of each foster youth.
Each volunteer will stay with an assigned girl through her entire senior year and for six months after emancipation, helping her establish her place in the community. Depending on her individual needs, the mentor may decide to work with her on survival skills, help with job hunting skills and practice, look for further educational opportunities, and assist her in setting up her new living environment. It is important that the mentor and her senior girl are in contact regularly, at least once a week, either by visit, phone call, or off-campus excursions.
There will be an orientation during the first two weeks of September, exact time and date TBD.
Contact: inbox@fostercareproject.org
NEEDS BACK-TO-SCHOOL-BACKPACK-STUFFERS
The East LA-based Violence Intervention Program (VIP) is seeking volunteers in mid-August to help stuff back-to-school backpacks for over 300 children who have been victims of abuse or are in the foster care system. This is a great one-time event for busy volunteers and those who want to get to know VIP. Back packs will be dispersed August 26, so VIP needs volunteers in the weeks leading up to that day to help stuff donated supplies into backpacks. Exact date and times are flexible throughout mid-August, so please express your interest now and VIP will get back to you.
Contact: inbox@fostercareproject.org
HILLSIDES NEEDS TUTORS FOR SCHOOL YEAR
Hillsides is recruiting volunteer tutors for the coming school year (September through May). Tutors are asked to commit one hour a week in the evening to provide one-on-one help with homework for youth who are residents at the center. Ages for students range from 7 to 18-years-old and a tutor can pick the age group that he or she feels most comfortable with. The tutor will work with the same student throughout the school year.
Contact: inbox@fostercareproject.org
FCP WANTS TO THANK EVERYONE FOR A SUCCESSFUL BACK-TO-SCHOOL SHOPPING SPREE
On Saturday, July 31, twenty foster youth were able to get spruced up for school, loading Target shopping carts with jackets, shoes, sweaters, jeans ---even pajamas. Twenty-two volunteers help the children with sizes and selections. The generosity of our donors provided the $4000 needed for the day, which ended with stuffed shopping bags and smiling faces.
GIVE A BIRTHDAY GIFT TO A FOSTER CHILD
The many upheavals that a foster child experiences can result in his
or her birthday getting lost in the shuffle. You can play a very special
role in a child's life by joining the Birthday Club and providing a
birthday gift for one of these children ages 1-19. Many of the children
and youth in the Birthday Club are expected to be in foster care for
several years, so if you continue in the Club, you can celebrate his or
her birthday each year.
Contact: inbox@fostercareproject.org
YOUR BIRTHDAY GIFTS CAN SUPPORT YOUNG ADULTS WHO HAVE LEFT FOSTER CARE
For foster youth, turning 18 means transitioning out of state care to
self-reliance, often without any support system. The first years of
independence can be very daunting. Help show these young people that
they are special; that somebody out there cares about them and wants to
celebrate their birthday milestones. When you join the Celebrate a Youth
Birthday Club, you will receive the names of three young adults who
attend a support center for former foster youth, ages 18-25, who are
struggling to find their way toward self-sufficiency. During the year
you will give a gift and card to each of them. A list of gift ideas will
be provided.
Contact: inbox@fostercareproject.org