For the first time in their lives, students experienced a visit to a Therapeutic Horse farm. Students learned horsemanship, and ground work. During this time, students engaged individually with the horses and learned how they provide emotional comfort to others. The kids had a great time and many said they would like to go again. It was […]

Our kids had a very cool visit to CNTV recently where they had had the opportunity to learn about careers in video production and even experience working with a Green Screen themselves.  Here are some of the great photos from the visit.  Thank you Carrie Ferenac and all the CNTV team.

On July 26th we had our Next Chapter party to celebrate graduating kids in our Education Plus program, and their remarkable accomplishments this year.  Hosted at the beautiful home of our incredible supporters, Garry and Isis Jones, the day was all about the kids.  Special guests included Grammy award winner mix engineer Leslie Brathwaithe, and […]

After breakfast, all the families had front row seats to an exclusive seating area to watch a SpaceX rocket launch out of Kennedy Space Center. There were many oohs and aahs as the night sky lit up when the SpaceX burst into view. The kids and families cheered and expressed amazement at the incredible sight. Following […]

Gleden Oaks Hits the Shelves This week, we’d like to congratulate one of our foster youth, turned author! After years of working on his own book, Jeremiah has successfully published his own work. Soon, his book, “Gleden Oaks”, will be on shelves here in Orlando. As you can imagine, having a book published is a big […]

Foster Family Receives Playground from FFC With the help of our wonderful supporter, Leslie Hartog from Community Seal, our kids have a playground! The Foundation successfully coordinated with Castle & Cottage Realty to help make sure the kids have a safe place to play together. Castle & Cottage has a rich history of giving back […]

From a foster mom: “I have two very excited girls today! Thank you so much for the opportunity for them to participate in gymnastics class. Watching them it is easy to see how positive this is for them both physically and emotionally, they are happy and healing here as they get to forget big worries […]

Flower Cookies for Foster Care Orlando, FL (May 10, 2018) – Covelli Family Limited Partnership, part of the largest franchisees of Panera, LLC, is partnering with the Foundation for Foster Children to kick off their annual Flower Cookies for Foster Care campaign. The campaign will take place in over 30 bakery-cafes throughout the Central Florida […]

SeaWorld Aquatica 2018 The Foundation for Foster Children would like to thank Seaworld for hosting our eighth annual Fostering Fun at Aquatica 2018 extravaganza. 900 foster kids and families had so much fun in the sun and created countless memories that they will remember for a lifetime. Whether sitting out in the lounge chairs by the […]

Thank you Panera Bread and the Ford and Ricci family for your tremendous investment into the lives of local kids in foster care.  You are shining examples of true community partners.  You share your “dough” with those in need and change lives as well as the entire community.  We are so proud to have you […]