✨SPARKLING JOY✨

WITH SPEAK UP FOR KIDS

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THE JOY COUNTDOWN STARTS NOW!

The time to give is now. The time to join us is now. This is the moment to brighten a foster child’s holidays before time runs out.

 Mitigating Trauma

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Cultivating Self-Worth

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Empowering Foster Families

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Impacting the Everyday challenges of Foster Kids and Parents

OUR INITIATIVES

At Speak Up for Kids, we mitigate the trauma and cultivate the self-worth of kids living in foster care.

Here’s how we do it.

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    Students Speak Up for Kids

    Student-led advocacy and peer support initiatives.

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    Milestones & Essentials

    Providing what every child needs—dignity, comfort, and celebration.

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    Life Skills

    Equipping foster youth with tools for adulthood and independence.

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    Homes of Hope

    Supporting and celebrating caregivers to stabilize placements and strengthen families.

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    Advocacy

    Strengthening child welfare systems through support, education and engagement.

2025/2026 ANNUAL REPORT

IMPACT. ADVOCACY. OPPORTUNITY

YOUR IMPACT

 It may take a village to raise a child

- but a united community with heart

is required to support a foster kid

OUR EVENTS