Fostering Youth Independence Service Project

Dear Peachland Ward Members,

Please help! Three more men/able-bodied women are needed for a quick half-hour project this Thursday, Aug 17 from 9:30-10 pm. Most volunteer slots are already filled (thank you!) we just need a few more for clean up.

FYI Foster Youth Back to School Event

Aug 17, Thurs, 9:30-10 pm

25816 Tournament Rd, Santa Clarita 91355

Event clean up needed: Breaking down tables and chairs, moving supplies back to office

Please contact Stacy Baker if you can help with this: 661-714-0599 or stacybaker66@gmail.com

For those who have already signed up for either this Wednesday the16th or Thursday the 17th, THANK YOU! This is such a rewarding experience & can give these teenagers and young adults hope in their future. Please double check your time slot on the attached Volunteer List. Let me know if there are any changes.

I wanted to share more about the purpose of this program. Fostering Youth Independence is a program for those who have "aged out" of the Foster Care System without being unified with their family or being adopted. This often results in a life of loneliness, despair and crime. They have few people to love them and emotionally or financially support them.

Here is their Mission Statement:

FYI Mission: Our mission is to equip foster youth to complete post- secondary education and become successful, independent adults.

FYI Vision: FYI envisions a future in which every youth leaving the foster care system feels safe, connected and loved. We believe that with a consistent, nurturing community foster youth can become successful, thriving adults. We understand that the past does not define them and trust that with guidance and support, foster youth will re-write their story.

FYI Beliefs: We believe that every child in the foster care system deserves a chance for a better life. We believe that every child has the potential to break the cycle of poverty and abuse from which they may have come. We believe that higher education is the bridge between an unstable past and a successful future. We believe that foster youth will be best served by obtaining a post-secondary education at low or no cost, incurring minimal or no debt.

Thank you all so very much,

Stacy Baker

Ward Just Serve Representative

661 714-0599

stacybaker66@gmail.com