Ten Things (and more) You Can Do….
1.
Sign up to attend a monthly Resource Family Orientation to learn more about becoming a foster parent or a Friend of the Family, someone who is vetted to care for a foster child on a temporary basis when a foster parent is unavailable.
Contact Leslie Fields at 415-473-6418 or Leslie.Fields@marincounty.gov
7.
Volunteer with us.*
10.
Raise awareness of the needs of foster kids by inviting a speaker from one of the organizations represented above to a work or church gathering.
2.
Hold a drive at your work, church, or school to help stock our Community Resource Center with supplies, clothes, diapers and toys for foster families.
5.
Enlist your company to match donations or underwrite special activities for foster youth or opportunity fund grants.
8.
Support AdvoKids. www.advokids.org
3.
Learn more about Big Brothers/
Big Sisters.
(About half the children waiting for a mentor are foster kids.)
www.bbbs.org
6.
Become a CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocate).
www.marincasa.org
9.
Donate your special talents to MFCA operations, like grant writing or web design. Contact ashley@marinfostercare.org
*Due to confidentiality laws, MFCA cannot connect volunteers directly with foster children. Volunteer opportunities center around our fundraising and community events, and our Community Resource Center. Please email us for more information.