Each week we feature one of the many ministries that make up the work and witness of All Saints Church. This Sunday, May 21, we feature Foster Care Project.

The Foster Care Project partners with local agencies to connect volunteers with meaningful opportunities to mentor foster children and transitioning youth, monitor families in reunification, donate services and gifts, and advocate for legislation that supports foster children and youth. Please stop by their lawn table Sunday or contact us at inbox@fostercare.org or fostercareproject.org.

Check out this Personal Witness to the work of Foster Care Project:
Thomas Nolan is a social worker in Pasadena’s Department of Children and Family Services. He works with youth aging out of foster care, and as a caseworker who has been “adopted” by the Foster Care Project, he gets support for his clients. “The Foster Care Project has been a lifesaver in many ways,” Mr. Nolan observed. “The young people I work with have ongoing needs, such as supportive housing, strong connections to appropriate adults, better job opportunities, and further financial support for educational endeavors. A gift card for food or clothes, a Christmas present to let them know somebody cares about them, or a backpack full of school supplies to prepare them for the academic year means so much to these youth, who would otherwise not have these items. At times, the youth go hungry or have to choose between paying for food or new clothes. These youth are legally adults, but we know they are not fully independent. Without the generosity of the donations I receive, I honestly don’t know what I would do, and I don’t know what the youth would do. As I continue in the work, I know at times that I would not be able to do so without the support of All Saints Church.”

For more information visit our All Saints web page at https://allsaints-pas.org/ministries/foster-care-project/.