As you can imagine living in the foster care system can be a challenge, to say the least. Just an average day for a foster child or teen can cause anxiety or depression. (Not to mention that most kids in foster care already have both of those.) But the holidays can be some of the worst times for foster kids. Click Here to Help a Child or Teen this Holiday! Around this time of year depression skyrockets throughout the foster care systems. The system is a scary place for childr

Aging out is American popular culture vernacular used to describe anytime a youth leaves a formal system of care designed to provide services below a certain age level. There are a variety of applications of the phrase throughout the youth development field. Aging out is a real and scary process for many a youth in the united states, especial here in North Carolina. Hundreds of foster kids are not getting the critical help they need despite the fact that the state is spendin

Children are in foster care because they or their families are going through a crisis. Often these children — from babies to teens — have been removed from their parents because they are unsafe, abused or neglected, or their parents are unable to care for them. Foster care is intended to be a temporary situation until a parent can get back on track or a relative, guardian or adoptive family agrees to raise a child. By law, children are supposed to have contact with family — t

Congrats to the lucky 50/50 raffle winner - Jerry Long from Sherrills Ford! We had an incredible time and met so many wonderful people. Join us next Saturday at Steele Creek Campground for another fun day!

Thank you for all the school supplies you donated to the kids!