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Raising Hope

Raising Hope

Benefiting children & young adults experiencing foster care

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benefiting children & young adults experiencing foster care

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our mission

RaisingHOPE empowers teens and young adults experiencing foster care through mentoring, life skills, financial support and advocacy.

services we provide

youth mentoring

RaisingHOPE’s mentoring program connects trained, background-checked mentors with youth to give the youth a reliable, stable, caring adult connection for a lifetime.

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life skills

Children in the child welfare system have many needs beyond food, shelter and clothing. RaisingHOPE teaches youth the relationship and life skills to succeed.

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financial support

We want them to have opportunities that all children have: to participate in extracurricular activities, visit relatives, and have books for college.

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🩺The nurse asked, “Does anyone in your family 🩺The nurse asked, “Does anyone in your family have a history of chronic illness?” - I didn’t grow up with my family. 
🧬“What is your family history of heart disease?” - I’m sorry I don’t know. 
🌡“Was your heart murmur ever treated?” - I remember being diagnosed but I was in foster care and I moved around a lot and no one really followed up. 
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“Yesterday was a first for me. After years of working with youth in the system I was asked to support a youth in the urgent care. Heart palpitations coupled with some other issues and she was told to go to the ER. She chose urgent care so that she could have me with her in the room. 🤝I realized the challenges and the pain of being raised in the system go on and on into adulthood. Foster care ends but the impact does not. I’m so glad that RaisingHOPE is here to support our youth into adulthood when they may actually need it most. Even if it is just a trip to urgent care.” ♥️- Tami Barnett, Executive Director

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Trivia Night is next Saturday 2/27! Last day to re Trivia Night is next Saturday 2/27! Last day to register is 2/25 by NOON. Have fun, win prizes (not just for trivia) all for a great cause! Gift box included. Link in bio.
Our PREPARE Life Skills course tonight was on tran Our PREPARE Life Skills course tonight was on transportation. A very important part of independence for our youth especially in SoCal. Brian Lamb from Toyota shared about how to make the best choices when shopping for and purchasing a vehicle. Then Jeff Roberts, owner of Reino Mobil on Borchard and Reino, shared about car care and maintenance. He showed the youth how to check the oil and other fluids, how to measure tire pressure, change a tire, and read warning lights. It was a really fun night and as usual even the adult helpers learned some things! Special thanks to @living_oaks_church  for the space and to @reuniontoaks for the yummy dinner! 
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Trivia Night is coming up on 2/27! Register today Trivia Night is coming up on 2/27! Register today as a team or just yourself to win prizes and to support a great cause! 🏆
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You know we love to support kids in the foster car You know we love to support kids in the foster care system BUT did you know we also love keeping kids OUT of foster care? This weekend we were asked to provide urgent beds and bedding for 5 children who had the opportunity to reunify with their mom after spending time in foster care. We worked all weekend with some incredible volunteers to get two new sets of bunk beds delivered and put together, one twin bed, mattresses, 5 brand new bedding sets and pillows. With your help these children will be out of foster care and back with their sweet mama tomorrow. Now THAT’S a love story! ♥️
Join us for Trivia Night at the Pub (Your Living R Join us for Trivia Night at the Pub (Your Living Room Pub!) on 2/27 at 8:30pm. 🍻 4 rounds of trivia with prizes for winners, for donors, and for best team name! 🏆Support youth and young adults transitioning out of foster care. ♥️Register before 2/24. ▶️ Link in bio. 

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A young couple is taking PREPARE Life Skills toget A young couple is taking PREPARE Life Skills together so that they can give their daughter the best life possible. #raisinghope #preparelifeskills
We have some exciting things planned for our Caree We have some exciting things planned for our Career and College Planning session of PREPARE Life Skills tomorrow. Thank you to the generous donors who donated and loaned tablets and iPads for the course! #raisinghope #preparelifeskills
Save the Date for our virtual Trivia Night fundrai Save the Date for our virtual Trivia Night fundraiser for RaisingHOPE. February 27th - put the kids together, grab your team of 5-6 and jump online to show your trivia skills! More details to come!
We trained Mentor Cadre 10 this morning! What an We trained Mentor Cadre 10 this morning!  What an incredible group of caring, insightful, thoughtful people. We can’t wait to match them with youth and see amazing relationships form!

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Creating pathways for youth to achieve their dream Creating pathways for youth to achieve their dreams is a key part of our #preparelifeskills program. Some of our youth have spent so long surviving that they don’t know their dreams. We help them discover their dreams and set goals for the future.
PREPARE Guest speaker, Greg Spaulding of Turnkey A PREPARE Guest speaker, Greg Spaulding of Turnkey Advisory illustrates credit reporting using student metaphors!
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You certainly have raised my hope for the human race with your kindness and generosity.

Thank you so very much for the fridge and microwave oven that she desperately needed! I’ve been a CASA volunteer for more than 18 years now and have seen so much. It’s nice to see the goodness too.

Court Appointed Special Advocate | Volunteer

I just wanted to take the time to thank you for your understanding and for paying for me to have my [dental] crown done.

This has helped me in a huge way especially for being a full time college student and a mother of two children so once again thank you so much.

Foster Youth | 18 years old

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1534 N. Moorpark Road, Suite 213 Thousand Oaks, CA 91360

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