He couldn't afford to give

He couldn't afford to give...

Recently, I was having a conversation with some of our amazing kiddos who happen to be in foster care through no fault of their own. They had to be uprooted and move to a foster home right before the holiday season. Like most children in care they have several needs: warm winter clothing, medical care, adjusting to new schools and afterschool care. Yet the topic of this conversation was their plan to give gifts for Christmas to their foster parents!

It was humbling to hear these children thinking about how they can express their love at Christmas to the foster parents they have just met two weeks before. He could not afford to give but he was determined to find a way.

How are you looking at your giving opportunities this holiday season? Are you caught up in yoru own struggles, challenges or disappointments or are you looking to give even from a place of need? I daresay very few of us can identify with the disruption of moving from a hard place in crisis to a new home just weeks before Christmas. 

During a season when many of us look forward to being home for the holidays consider how you can give to support our foster children and foster families who provide healing homes, even over the holidays. Your gift this Tuesday will continue to move us toward our goal of 50 HUGS at $100 a hug. We are already half way there!

Take time on Giving Tuesday, November 28th, to give to Fostering Family Ministries. Help our foster families in their vital work of giving a home to foster children for the holidays. Your gifts provide resources and support to foster families, material needs for foster children as well as training volunteers who help with meals, transportation, mentoring and childcare.

Together, we can give a H.U.G. to Help Us Give to the needs of foster families and children from hard places.

Blessed Thanksgiving Weekend!

Sherry M. Bouquet
Executive Director