I am a CHAMPION FOR KIDS!
❤️? This one is especially close to our hearts.
When we first got involved with KidSave, our intention was simple: we wanted to mentor a young person and hopefully make a difference in someone’s life.
We had no idea just how much that decision would change our lives, too.
Through that journey, we met an incredible young man named Makyhi. What began as mentoring grew into a relationship none of us could have anticipated. We got to know him, care about him, and before long, we realized just how deeply we had fallen in love with this amazing kid.
That journey eventually led us to open our home and our family to Makyhi through foster care, with the hope of making what we already feel in our hearts official through adoption. ❤️
So this year, participating in Hike With Your Heart means something very different to us. We know firsthand what can happen when people choose to show up for a young person. Sometimes you enter a child's life hoping you might make a difference in theirs—and discover that they have completely changed yours.
We’re hiking for Makyhi, for the young people still waiting for someone to show up for them, and for the possibility that another connection might grow into something no one ever expected.
If you’d like to support our hike and this work, we would be incredibly grateful for a donation of any amount. And if you can’t donate, sharing our fundraising page means just as much.
Thank you for being part of our journey. ❤️
? We’re hiking with our hearts because one very special young man found his way into ours.
This year I am hiking to raise awareness and be a part of the solution supporting older kids in foster care here in the US and in orphanages around the world!
My personal goal is to raise $300 to support Kidsave’s amazing programs. Over 365,000 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 just 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 our Weekend Miracles program at our Hike 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.
Working in partnership with governments and local non-profits, Kidsave’s model inspires communities to become part of the solution and is at work on four continents.
In the US, we are helping older, forgotten kids in foster care in Los Angeles and Houston find adoptive parents and lasting connections to caring adults.
Since 1999, this work has positively impacted the lives of over 1 million children worldwide.
