Not many people relish diving into financial issues and educating themselves on the finer details of interest rates, detailed approaches to saving, or the fees attached to a credit card. However, this lack of knowledge can easily lead to a series of progressively difficult events. In “Financial Literacy, Beyond the Classroom,” New York Times writer […]
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Be the Difference in Lives Of Students Who’ve Experienced Foster Care
You are the difference – the difference between being an overwhelmed, underprepared student starting college or a job training program and a successful student graduating with a plan. What makes the difference? Foster Care to Success (FC2S), its donors and volunteers are the dinner table conversation where parents relay important information to their children that youth […]
Report Examines How Young Black and Latino Males Succeed in New York City Schools
Today we have a guest blog post by Maria Archuleta of the Open Society Foundations. Study includes interviews with 400 high school students and 90 recent graduates NEW YORK — The most comprehensive, qualitative report of academic success predictors among black and Latino high school students in the U.S. was released today by the University of Pennsylvania […]
Foster Care Hero Danielle Gletow
Everyone wishes for something. Danielle Gletow’s organization One Simple Wish works to fulfill the wishes of foster children, at-risk youth and vulnerable families around the country. Founded in 2008, One Simple Wish helps others become heroes as well, by letting them make children’s dreams come true. One Simple Wish donors contribute everything from tickets to […]
You May Be Committing Check Fraud and Don’t Know It: What You Need to Know
Did you get a check in the mail from an organization or person you don’t know saying that you’ve won a lottery or contest or asking you to deposit it as a favor to them? If you have, do not deposit into your account. It is a scam. “The lottery angle is a trick to […]
College Admissions: Avoid the 7 Deadly Sins on Your Personal Essay By Alison Cooper Chisolm and Anna Ivey
We hope you enjoy this guest blog post. College Admissions: Avoid the 7 Deadly Sins on Your Personal Essay By Alison Cooper Chisolm and Anna Ivey, Authors of How to Prepare a Standout College Application: Expert Advice that Takes You from LMO* (*Like Many Others) to Admit Working on your personal essay for the Common Application? Want […]
“It’s Not About How Smart You Are; It’s About How Disciplined You Are”: A Student Success Story
Classes don’t start until next week at Franklin University in Ohio, but Domonique Chapman is going through her course syllabi and working on assignments already. She wants to be prepared for the first day of classes and to make sure she knows in advance what questions she may have for her professors on the first day. […]
Artists Across United States Knit for Foster Students
Starting in August, knitters across the country began crafting scarves for the Red Scarf Project, which sends care packages to college and training program students who have experienced foster care. Every Fall, Foster Care to Success (FC2S) relies on the red scarves to fill Valentine’s Day care packages that are mailed to its students. FC2S began mailing its […]
Rosie O’Donnell to Guest Star on ABC Family’s Series “The Fosters”
Episodes to air in January 2014 Story by ABC Family staff Burbank, CA – Rosie O’Donnell has signed on for a recurring role on ABC Family’s hit drama series, “The Fosters.” O’Donnell will play Rita Hendricks, a tough yet compassionate woman who works in the foster care system and becomes a mentor to a member […]
Meeting a Red Scarf Project Volunteer in Person by Whitney Emke
My name is Whitney Emke. I was an Orphan’s Foundation of America/Foster Care to Success recipient from August 2008 to June 2012. About a year ago, I moved from my hometown of Randolph, New York to Brandon, Vermont to accept a job in Middlebury, Vermont. I found a wonderful, rewarding job as a Behavior Interventionist […]
