Last year my husband and I adopted our amazing son from foster care. This year our family is hiking to raise awareness and be a part of a solution supporting older kids in foster care here in the US and in orphanages around the world.

My personal goal is to raise at least $500 to support Kidsave’s amazing programs. Over 440,000 kids in the US and 8 million worldwide are in child welfare systems like foster programs and orphanages. 

I want to give kids the chance to start a new chapter and live a life of hope, love, and acceptance.

Kids like Luna who was adopted in January 2024 after being in foster care for years. Luna met her Mom and Dad, Stuart and Sydney, through KidSave's Weekend Miracles program at the Hike with Your Heart event in 2022. It was an instant connection. We are so happy to see them celebrating every day together as a forever family. Read more about Luna’s adoption story.

Celebrate Family | Celebrate Love | Hike With Your Heart

Your support enables Kidsave to find forever families for all kids, everywhere. Because of people just like you and me, who care deeply about kids who need families, Kidsave has been able to train governments and social workers in the US and abroad in implementing the Family Visit Model. 

Kidsave is a registered 501(c)(3) that gives older kids in foster care an opportunity to find connections their way. By shining a light on them and giving them the opportunity to meet and get to know adults who will become lifelong mentors or adoptive parents, we empower them with a voice and a choice in who they connect with and who becomes their family.

These kids form meaningful, trusting, and lasting connections with adults who commit to being there for them, no matter what.

Since 1999, this work has positively impacted the lives of well over 560,000 children worldwide.