Program Coordinator
CurrentFostering Hope's mission is to affirm and support foster parents in our community. We recognize that foster parents play a vital role in our community by selflessly taking on the challenge of nurturing, educating, disciplining and creating positive memories for kids who have been abused and/or neglected, often feeling that nobody cares about them. In my role I recruit and train volunteers to assist foster families, interact with church leaders to generate excitement and commitment to our vision (to include addressing their congregation to explain Fostering Hope) and manage and motivate 11 groups of volunteers (65 people) to meet the needs of 11 foster families. The types of practical support that volunteers offer as foster family include: transporting the foster children to some of their many appointments, providing childcare to give the foster parents a much needed break, helping school aged foster children with their homework, and providing meals on days that foster parents have a packed schedule. I thoroughly enjoy the challenges that come with this position, as well as the rewards of seeing lives changes!