19 Oct, 2016

I Want to Foster, but I Can’t Right Now: Four Ways to Help Abused Children in Collin County When You Can’t Become a Foster Parent (Yet)

waiting to foster

When my husband and I tell people that we are foster parents, we are always delighted by how many people respond that they’ve considered fostering too! Usually, the families that tell us this are waiting for the right time to start– they’re waiting for all their youngest to ditch...

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Record Numbers Attend Foster Friends’ 2016 Storybook Family Day

One hundred sixty-two foster children and substitute caregivers turned out for Foster Friends’ 2016 Storybook Family Day event in September.  Foster Friends hosts the event annually at Storybook Ranch in McKinney.  Feedback from foster parents has indicated that Storybook Family Day is a favorite among Collin County kids in...

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08 Oct, 2016

Have you Ever Thought about Fostering?

have you ever thought about fostering?

It’s a Monday night at 8 pm, and that heart wrenching email subject line pops up in my inbox again: “Do you have openings?”   Two babies risk spending the night in a Plano office building unless CPS can miraculously find two open beds in a foster home.  Emails circulate...

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Collin County Child Abuse by the Numbers

We here at Foster Friends know all too well that Collin County, despite being an affluent and wonderful place to live, indeed has a problem with child abuse. However, this is something that most folks are simply unaware of. Case in point, at our latest fundraiser, I approached an...

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