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FOSTERING FUN TOY DRIVE
Thank you to everyone who was so generous and contributed at HOB Brewing Company in Dunedin, Florida for our annual Fostering Fun Toy Drive! This is one of our favorite events of the year as it is always a great time for all! We raised hundreds of toys for the local foster youth in the Tampa area! This event was held in partnership with HOB Give Back. |
HOLE LOTTA HOPE AT WESTCHASE GOLF CLUB
New Date Announced - Friday, January 31, 2025
Hello Fostering Hope Village,
Thank you for your patience and understanding regarding our postponed golf tournament. Great news...we have secured a make-up date! Our Annual Hole Lotta Hope Charity Golf Classic will now be held on: FRIDAY, JANUARY 31, 2025. The event will still be held at Westchase Golf Club with a tee time of 12:30pm.
We will be keeping sign ups open for our rescheduled golf tournament until mid January as we still have team and sponsorship opportunities available. If you would like to sign up, please visit our event site (below) and select your option.
Thank you for your support and we look forward to a wonderful golf event in a few months!
Warm regards,
Fostering Hope Florida
Making a difference in one child may not change the world, but it will change the world for that one child.
Here are some ways that Fostering Hope Florida is making a difference for foster children in the Tampa Bay Area:
Meeting Urgent Needs
Retaining Current Foster Parents
Recruiting New Foster Families
Mobilizing Volunteers
Raising Awareness
Advocating for Foster Children
Gathering Community Support
Here are some ways that Fostering Hope Florida is making a difference for foster children in the Tampa Bay Area:
Meeting Urgent Needs
Retaining Current Foster Parents
Recruiting New Foster Families
Mobilizing Volunteers
Raising Awareness
Advocating for Foster Children
Gathering Community Support
Our Mission
Fostering Hope Florida is partnering with the community to create a compassionate system of foster care that honors and protects the rights of children. Join us in finding solutions.
Here are some of the things we're working on:
Here are some of the things we're working on:
- Keeping siblings together - Many children only get to see their brothers and sisters during scheduled visitations
- Preventing placement disruptions - Often children in foster care move from home to home, some live in 20+ different places
- Raising children in families - Due to the shortage of foster parents, many foster children are growing up in facilities instead of homes
- Aging out foster youth - Many foster young adults age out of the foster care system with no support or mentors in their lives, leaving them up to their own devices. This lack of a support system leads to high rates of drug addiction, homelessness and incarceration.
- Recruiting and retaining foster parents
Stories from foster care
Did You Know?
- There are more than 35,000 children in foster care in Florida today.
- Sixty-six percent are under the age of 10, spending their critical early development years in an institutionalized setting.
- Many children remain in foster care for three years or more.
- Due to foster home shortages, children can be placed in up to 20 foster homes, until a permanent place for them is found. Many go to a different home each night, carrying their belongings in a garbage bag.
- Siblings are often separated from one another indefinitely. The foster home shortage plays a large role in this unfortunate fact.
