Tag Archives: Foster Care

Home of Champions Founder Judith Halbreich is Today’s Honoree

Posted on January 21, 2021 by Today's Honoree

Home of Champions (HOC) Founder, Judith Halbreich, LCSW is a youth activist and social worker who has had a successful executive career in social services, mental health, and clinical research, serving on many Boards of Directors. Ms. Halbreich created one … Continue reading →

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Author and Foster Care Advocate Keri Vellis is Today’s Honoree

Posted on December 10, 2018 by Today's Honoree

Keri and her husband Ted became licensed as foster parents about five years ago after Ted, who is in law enforcement, had a particularly grueling night on the job. He came home from work and told Keri about a very … Continue reading →

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Children’s Rights Supporters Swizz Beatz and Comedian Monroe Martin are Today’s Honoree

Posted on May 10, 2017 by Today's Honoree

May is a month marked by students celebrating academic feats and achievements. However, May is also National Foster Care Awareness Month, and for the more than 670,000 who spend time in U.S. foster care every year, the month of May … Continue reading →

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Kinship Center Co-Founder Carol Bishop is Today’s Honoree for Monday February 29th, 2016

Posted on February 28, 2016 by Today's Honoree

It was just over 30 years ago that Carol Bishop, LMFT and Carol Biddle, MSW co-founded California-based Kinship Center, an organization that helps children and families face and overcome life’s most difficult challenges. Now part of Seneca Family of Agencies, … Continue reading →

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Foster Care Father Dione Mason is Today’s Honoree

Posted on June 12, 2014 by Today's Honoree

Dione Mason is an unusual young man who turned difficult early life circumstances into a life of giving back while still in his mid-20s. Dione, from Oakland, California, was a foster child through Seneca Family of Agencies for more than … Continue reading →

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Poverty Advocate Aimee Elizabeth Is Today’s Honoree

Posted on August 13, 2012 by Today's Honoree

Aimee Elizabeth Aimee was a broke and homeless teenage girl. A throwaway kid at age fifteen. She was never in foster care, never received any government or charitable or assistance, and no money from family or friends. Aimee had many … Continue reading →

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Today’s Honorees are Wade and Virginia Lynne Walsh

Posted on August 3, 2012 by Today's Honoree

Hello, I’m nominating my foster mother Virginia Lynne Walsh and Foster Father Wade Walsh of  Wake, VA. They gave selflessly to my upbringing when I was 10 yrs old and even though I had to move from their home as … Continue reading →

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Today’s Honoree is Patrick Foster

Posted on January 19, 2012 by Today's Honoree

10 year-old Patrick Foster suffers from Diamond Black Fan Anemia and Tetrology of Fallot, a congenital heart defect. Although He faces surgery in the future and a possible bone marrow transplant, Patrick is determined to make a difference in the … Continue reading →

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