May is Foster Care Awareness Month!
This month, Village of Hope invites you to Be The Village and support Maui’s foster community. This can take many forms, whether you can volunteer, donate, or share with others!
Please find the opportunity that suits you best below!
Volunteer!
From Journey Bag Drives & Work Parties, to Mentoring, and Volunteering at events with keiki in foster care, Village of Hope has many regular opportunities to serve. These events offer the keiki and the caregivers who care for them, much needed support and community. The Foster Community is always in flux, with emergency placements, visitations, reunification, and simple, daily living. This ebb and flow creates many needs, most of which cannot be planned for, and it can take a heavy toll on those involved.
Village of Hope seeks to fill these gaps with our programs. However, these programs are not possible without your help! Click the link below to get involved in an area where your gifts will shine.
Share!
It's no secret that "it's not what you know, but who you know." How many of us can credit those we love and trust with helping us find the things in our life which carry the most meaning? That's why word of mouth is so important- it's raw and personal, and it opens doors in a way traditional marketing never can.
One of the easiest ways to become the Village is by sharing our mission with people you already know! It can look like sharing our posts on your instagram story, forwarding our newsletters to your family members, or talking about the important work we do over a coffee. It can, and most likely will be, completely free- but you never know the impact it could have!
#MauiCaresforKeiki
Donate!
Perhaps the simplest way to support a nonprofit is through financial generosity and giving. Donations keep us afloat, create new programs, and bless those we come into contact with. Village of Hope is committed to financial stewardship and integrity, and can assure that everything we receive is used to future our mission: Supporting Maui's Foster Community.
The programs that benefit from our monthly giving Village Builders, alongside our generous one-time, & Major Donors include:
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The Journey Bag Program: including supplies, drives, distribution, and development.
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Monthly Nights Out & Support Groups: dinners for caregivers and their keiki, along with our volunteers, games and activities, education & training resources to inform caregivers who are facing trauma & burnout, and more.
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Our Mentor Program: weekly activities for a mentor team of over 20 to do with their mentees, special events and group activities for community
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Basic Needs Outreach: a love offering fund for foster families to provide for things like unexpected bills, surprise placements, household needs, and more
Your generosity keeps our doors open and blesses the lives of dozens of families on Maui. Without you, Village of Hope would cease to exist.