Feb 1, 2024 | 40th Anniversary
Mercedes first entered foster care when she was 15 years old, just two weeks shy of her 16th birthday. As a single mother, she lives paycheck to paycheck just trying to survive. She is going to community college full time to get an associate’s degree and had been...
Feb 1, 2024 | 40th Anniversary
Rich is an Arizona Friends of Foster Children Foundation scholar who is currently attending Arizona State University. Below is their story in their words about the AFFCF Post-Secondary Scholarship. “When I aged out of foster care in 2018, I no longer was certain...
Feb 1, 2024 | 40th Anniversary
Even though Annie has been in foster care since she was seven, things have been going pretty well in her life. This amazing 17-year-old has a great placement in Central Arizona and is an active participant in school. Not only does she play for her school’s volleyball...
Feb 1, 2024 | 40th Anniversary
Thirteen-year-old Brady loves basketball so much that his dream is to be a professional basketball player one day. Playing basketball motivates him to keep his grades up and school. With his end goal in mind, he really wants to increase his basketball skills. Making...
