Youth Villages wrapped up their annual Holiday Heroes campaign. In 2024 they set a new record, making sure nearly 3,000 foster kids had gifts to open on Christmas morning.
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Beaverton mother grateful for holiday gifts from non-profit
Youth Villages, a nonprofit organization, helps children and young adults as they age out of foster care. Through the Holiday Heroes Campaign, the organization fulfills holiday wish lists for families who may not be able to afford gifts.
Youth Villages looking for more foster families to help with holiday seasons
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) – Youth Villages encourages families to consider becoming a foster home for children during holiday seasons.
Former foster youth partner with Youth Villages Oregon to pay it forward
PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) – Youth Villages Oregon worked to wrap 800+ gifts through their Holiday Heroes Campaign, Wednesday night.
From screaming fights to planning graduation, Intercept program helps families in crisis heal
In desperation last spring, Robin Barquest called the school asking if there was anything that might help her daughter. There was, she was told – a program called Intercept.
Solutions to keeping Oregon foster children in stable homes
With a recent federal class action lawsuit settled over the safety of children in Oregon’s foster care system, one of the issues addressed is the quality and number of foster care placements a child experiences.
Tennessee Titans Kicks Off Holiday Heroes!
Youth Villages kicked off its annual Holiday Heroes campaign this week with the help of the Tennessee Titans. Players, staff and their family members joined the organization to transform an empty office space into a holiday workshop, which will be filled with thousands of donated toys over the next few weeks.
Local nonprofit aims to spread holiday cheer, lighten financial burden for foster families
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) – Youth Villages kicked off their annual “Holiday Heroes” campaign on Tuesday morning. Youth Villages is a non-profit that helps foster families.
He’s fostered dozens of teen boys, leading them toward success and stability
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — A man tells us his story puts him in a unique position to help others in the most formative years of their lives. The number of people he’s helped is nothing short of staggering.
Tennessee law provides stipends for relatives caring for children to reduce state custody placements
More relatives of children needing homes have the chance to keep them out of foster care and under their own roofs, thanks to a new state law that removed the income cap to qualify for reimbursement from the state.