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"I AM NOT SOMEONE’S SAD STORY;  I am a foster kid that is going to grow up to be someone great!”

I like cheeseburgers but only if they are without pickles or mustard. My best friend is Branden ... but I don’t get to sit next to him at lunch anymore. I used to like school but now not so much. My teacher’s name is Mrs. Anderson, and she is nice and all, but I still miss Ms. Clark ... she was funny.  I love to play baseball. ... but they told me that I got here too late this year to sign up for a rec team.                     

All the kids here have chores, me too. My job is to feed the cat in the morning, help with the dishes, and push the two gray garbage cans to the end of the driveway on Wednesday nights. They tell me I need to try and make new friends ... but I tried that before and I just end up having to say goodbye ... anyway I feel safer by myself. Everyone always asks me if I have brothers and sisters and I just say “no” cause its easier.  I don’t know where they are anymore anyways and that’s just too hard to explain. I have a couple of scars on my left arm near my elbow, but they are too hard to explain too. I sometimes wonder how long I get to stay in this house.  The last two times I got moved they told me it wasn’t my fault it was something called “cuts in aid” …..  I think that has something to do with money. I am not someone’s sad story; I am a foster kid that is going to grow up to be someone great!” 

The VF was created to stand in the critical resource gaps for fostering families whether traditional Foster families or Kinship. Since our founding we have been able to help with critical resources when everyone else said “no,” all thanks to our donors.

Our deepest desire is that no foster kid grows up to be someone’s sad story.