We love it when our families get to go to an amazing and fun Halloween block party. Our Foster Fams with kids 4-12 got to kick off the spookiest night of the year at this free, family-friendly Carnival! They enjoyed games and arts & crafts and movies, too!
What a fun Street Party it was. We don’t have permission to use faces. Our silly face-blocking technique is in the spirit of the holiday! BOO and thank YOU!
Many thanks to Dewonnie Frederick for making sure our kids are always invited!
Our Brooklyn Foster Families Enjoyed a fun filled 3 days of dance performances and the colorful and wildly popular Dance Africa Bazaar. More photos to come. Meanwhile we say THANK YOU to Dewonnie Frederick and Timothy Dugger for inviting us and getting all the families there!
Our Angel Candy Martinez and her group of amazing creators crochet and knit hats! So in the throes of winter our children are delighted by the warmth and colors of these vibrant hats and a scarf or two!
It’s so special because they are HOME MADE. It is interesting to watch as the kids understand and cherish that someone cared enough to MAKE SOMETHING BY HAND and GIVE IT TO THEM. Perhaps it’s because each one looks unique (like they are) and feels like love and a soft hug!
We can’t show their faces because their parents would have to consent and the children are not living with their parents….hence their journey thru foster care! But all agreed to this fun picture. I think you can see their joy thru the yarn! 🙂
Thank you so much to all the kind folks who make these and donate them to our fantastic children. You’re amazing!
We are raising money to CRUSH this years donations in anticipation of our 10th ANNUAL toy drive next winter! Wanna help? DONATE HERE! THANKS THANKS THANKS!
Over 300 toys were donated to Foster Your Dream this year for children IN foster care, transitioning TO foster care (a super scary time) or working with highly at-risk families to help them keep their children from being TAKEN to foster care! It could never have been done with out all of your generous donations … FAR and WIDE. Strangers and friends! Special thanks to Sandra Garni and Mark Carson for hosting our toys!
It was out 9th Annual Toy Drive! Next year? I have a feeling with your help, we will break all our Toy Drive records. MANY THANKS TO ALL.
We don’t have our box out at the address yet BUT …. WE WILL RECEIVE BY MAIL FOR ANOTHER WEEK OR TWO!~
We gather toys during the holiday season but we give the kids your toys when they get pulled out of their homes and go in to the foster system. It gives them some smiles during a scary time.
Won’t you give as much as you can by sending toys (unwrapped) to:
FOSTER YOUR DREAM
36 West 44th Street
Suite 1412
New York NY 10036
It’s kind of fun to shop online especially on Black Friday Deals?!?!?!
We will tell you when the box is in the Lobby and this year there might be other places to drop off.
Stay tuned. Stay involved. Stay happy and healthy!
MANY THANKS to all who have done this for years.
And WELCOME to new generous souls.
We are so grateful for you!
STAY TUNED FOR DROP OFF LOCATIONS FOR OUR 9TH ANNUAL 2023 TOY DRIVE!!!
Once again we rallied the toy-magical-givers and filled our toy boxes!
Thanks to Sandra Garni and Tim Dugger we were able to collect, inventory for ACS and deliver our bounty to kids who could use a smile ALL YEAR LONG.
We always collect during the Thanksgiving, Christmas, Chanukah, Kwanzaa and New Year’s holiday time because that’s when folks enjoy giving. But our mission is to provide a smile and a happy moment when a child gets pulled out of his or her or their homes and folded in to child protective services!
It’s often scary and sad for them. We let them chose something to have when they get moved to a foster home. So THANK YOU.
Won’t you give next year!
THANKS to all who help. Including the staff at 36 West 44th street, Klotz and Gould, Mark Carson Selman, Brikener Jean Gilles, Gwendolyn Carroll, Tim Dugger, Sandra Garni.
