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Worthdays is a 501(c)(3) organization in Virginia whose mission is to mobilize the community to ensure that those impacted by the foster care system know they are important, worthy and celebrated.

We are incredibly grateful to Ebenezer Baptist Church in Beaverdam for hosting a suitcase drive benefiting our organizat...
06/10/2026

We are incredibly grateful to Ebenezer Baptist Church in Beaverdam for hosting a suitcase drive benefiting our organization! Through the generosity of their congregation, approximately 50 suitcases were donated to help replace trash bags for young people navigating foster care.

With 5,760 children and youth currently in foster care in Virginia—and 868 having experienced more than six placements—many young people face many moves. Too often, their belongings are carried in trash bags.

A suitcase is more than a way to transport belongings; it is a reminder of dignity, worth, and care. Thank you, Ebenezer Baptist Church, for helping make those messages a little louder for the young people we serve. ❤️

It’s a great day to celebrate a birthday! It is officially July birthday time and we would love for you to join us in en...
06/05/2026

It’s a great day to celebrate a birthday! It is officially July birthday time and we would love for you to join us in ensuring a young person in foster care is celebrated! No need to do it alone - sponsoring as a group or creating a wishlist and sharing it on your socials usually results in a great group effort!

We have birthdays in RVA (Richmond, Chesterfield, Henrico, Hanover, Goochland), TriCities (Hopewell, Petersburg and Dinwiddie) NOVA (Alexandria) and James City Co that need to be celebrated this month! Our organization ensures kids in our local foster care system are celebrated on their birthdays. We’d love for you to join us this month by creating a birthday box for one of our July birthdays.

Here’s how it works - in the comments you will find a document with all of the birthdays we need help celebrating along with all the information about our birthday box program! Check it out and then come back here and let us know which birthday you’d like to help celebrate (ex. I’d like to celebrate RVA, C) by commenting on this post. All birthdays crossed out have already been assigned to someone (and this post is cross-posted)! Please ensure you are selecting a birthday in your area and are able to drop off at the corresponding drop off location.

Once you’ve selected a birthday and commented, we will confirm with you that you’ve been assigned the birthday and will send additional information within the next 24 hours!

Have questions? Please us know below! By simply loving this post or sharing it with someone who might be interested in ensuring kids in our community know they are so incredibly worthy, you are helping us to spread the word! 🎉

We often ask people to care about children in foster care — and they should. But one of the most important things we can...
05/21/2026

We often ask people to care about children in foster care — and they should. But one of the most important things we can do for those children is support the people working to keep them safe, connected, and stable every day.

The truth is, many child welfare workers in Virginia (and many parts of our country) are carrying impossible loads while navigating enormous responsibility, public scrutiny, secondary trauma, and systems that have long been stretched beyond capacity.

This is not just a workforce issue. It’s a child and family outcome issue.

The encouraging part? The path forward is not a mystery. We know that when workers are better supported and retained, children experience more consistency, stronger relationships, and better long-term outcomes.

Virginia has made strides, and there are people across the state fighting hard for better systems and stronger support. But we cannot continue responding with short-term fixes to challenges we have understood for decades.

If we truly want to impact foster care, family stability, homelessness, trafficking, mental health, and so many other interconnected issues, investing deeply in child welfare has to be part of the conversation. When we advocate for young people in care, may the workforce never be left out of the equation because it matters more than you probably think.

Most people don’t realize this about foster care.Not because they don’t care—but because the system is often invisible u...
05/18/2026

Most people don’t realize this about foster care.

Not because they don’t care—but because the system is often invisible unless you’re directly connected to it.

In Virginia alone, thousands of young people are growing up in foster care right now. Some are experiencing stability. More often than not, many are navigating constant change—new homes, new schools, new routines, and new people they have to trust again and again.

This is National Foster Care Awareness Month, and we wanted to give you an idea of exactly what it looks like right now. Because when the kids in care become more than just numbers or a distant idea, some of us will be moved to do more.

If you want to get involved, we’ve shared ways to support in the comments. It truly takes a village and will take far more than the government stepping in to make positive change.

And if you’re someone who has been part of this work already, thank you. The impact often shows up in ways that don’t always make headlines—but matter deeply in a young person’s life.

This is why we do what we do. And jf you’re trying to figure out where to begin, we’re here as a place to start! Reach out to us and we are happy to get you connected to an organization that is the best fit for you!

It’s a great day to celebrate a birthday! It is officially June birthday time and we would love for you to join us in en...
05/07/2026

It’s a great day to celebrate a birthday! It is officially June birthday time and we would love for you to join us in ensuring a young person in foster care is celebrated! No need to do it alone - sponsoring as a group or creating a wishlist and sharing it on your socials usually results in a great group effort!

We have birthdays in RVA (Richmond, Chesterfield, Henrico, Hanover, Goochland), TriCities (Hopewell, Petersburg and Dinwiddie) and James City Co that need to be celebrated this month! Our organization ensures kids in our local foster care system are celebrated on their birthdays. We’d love for you to join us this month by creating a birthday box for one of our June birthdays.

Here’s how it works - in the comments you will find a document with all of the birthdays we need help celebrating along with all the information about our birthday box program! Check it out and then come back here and let us know which birthday you’d like to help celebrate (ex. I’d like to celebrate RVA, C) by commenting on this post. All birthdays crossed out have already been assigned to someone (and this post is cross-posted)! Please ensure you are selecting a birthday in your area and are able to drop off at the corresponding drop off location.

Once you’ve selected a birthday and commented, we will confirm with you that you’ve been assigned the birthday and will send additional information within the next 24 hours!

Have questions? Please us know below! By simply loving this post or sharing it with someone who might be interested in ensuring kids in our community know they are so incredibly worthy, you are helping us to spread the word! 🎉

We’re really grateful to the Junior Federated Women’s Club of Chester (JFWCC) for showing up for those we serve.They cre...
05/05/2026

We’re really grateful to the Junior Federated Women’s Club of Chester (JFWCC) for showing up for those we serve.

They created over 100 of the sweetest cake kits, donating 10 to us and the rest to local Communities in Schools programs, and also made a financial gift to support our work.

Something we hear from social workers a lot is that, because of our birthday boxes, this is sometimes the very first cake a young person has ever had or made. That’s the kind of moment that sticks.

Thank you for showing up with so much heart (and a side of sprinkles 💕)!

Ten years into this role, every single month we pack up birthday boxes headed out the door to one of our ten partner age...
04/30/2026

Ten years into this role, every single month we pack up birthday boxes headed out the door to one of our ten partner agencies for a young person in foster care who ‘otherwise won’t be celebrated’.

You’d think after 122 months, I’d be used to it by now. That it might start to feel routine.

It doesn’t.

Because every once in a while—actually, more often than you’d think—a young person gets that one exact thing they asked for. And for kids in care, that might be the only time that happens.

And it gets me every time.

This month, it was the exact braiding rack for a young woman in a treatment center. Her social worker shared that braiding hair is her escape, something that helps her regulate and feel like herself.
“She also braids her own beautifully. She is very talented. Thanks for helping her to follow her passion.”

It was also:
• The exact pair of shoes a young woman wanted, along with art canvases she asked for—purchased entirely by another teen in our community.
• A 100% cotton bean bag chair—the #1 wish of a young man—carefully researched by a sponsor determined to get it right.
• The exact book, water bottle, and game a youth hoped for.
• The Beats headphones they asked for, plus the viral toys that are almost impossible to find.
• Cooking books and true crime games that fit a young woman’s interests perfectly.
• A Dave & Buster’s gift card—exactly what he wished for.
• A Squishmallow, a radio, skincare, a Minnie Mouse stuffie, MrBeast Feastables.

It’s not about the items.

It’s that someone remembered them.
Paid attention.
Got it right.
And followed through.

And every time it happens, my faith in people is restored all over again. Thank you to each and every person who helps make this possible each and every month.

[If you’re moved by the goodness of this community, please consider a $5 or more monthly recurring donation in support of our work to meet the needs of foster youth. THANK YOU! https://givebutter.com/joycollective]

Right now, a young person in foster care living in a residential center is having a particularly hard time.Her social wo...
04/24/2026

Right now, a young person in foster care living in a residential center is having a particularly hard time.

Her social worker has asked us to help by sharing some hope with her by meeting a few tangible needs. She request simple things like a few books, braiding hair (to keep her busy and fuel a passion), a journal, markers and sticker by number books.

This is what our Circle of Support program looks like.

Over the past month, we’ve helped to meet needs when there were no other options—and each one has looked a little different. After one of those needs was met, we received an email titled “Thank you” that simply said: “Thank you very much for helping my family in this difficult time.”

Every request is different. Every situation is personal.

Through Circle of Support, we respond to individual, child-specific needs when no other resources are available—sometimes by meeting the need directly, sometimes by connecting families to trusted partners, and sometimes by inviting this community to step in.

Here’s two direct ways to help: in the comments you will find a link to an Amazon wishlist with a few items that have been requested for her. If you feel led to help, you can purchase directly from the list. You will also find a way to tell us you want to be alerted when these needs arise in the future in the event you are able to help.

This wouldn’t be possible without those who support us - we are so grateful for everyone who believes in those we serve!

At Worthdays, we celebrate birthdays, graduations, and holidays, but we also show up in the in-between. That’s where con...
04/24/2026

At Worthdays, we celebrate birthdays, graduations, and holidays, but we also show up in the in-between. That’s where consistency matters most. 💛

Monthly donors help us say “yes” when a young person needs:
- Essentials
- Opportunities
- A reminder they matter

Join the Joy Collective, our monthly giving community, and help us care for youth in foster care, all year long. Link to join or more information in the comments!

Earlier this month, we had the honor of celebrating local child welfare staff at our annual Social Work Appreciation Eve...
04/22/2026

Earlier this month, we had the honor of celebrating local child welfare staff at our annual Social Work Appreciation Event hosted at River City Roll This event would not be possible without our village so we are so incredibly grateful to everyone who makes what we do possible. Because of you, social workers from 8 different agencies who carry so much felt seen.

In our opinion, supporting the child welfare workforce is the single most impactful way we can make a positive change in our local child welfare system. Researchers studying vicarious trauma of child welfare social worker's said so well - “There is a cost to caring.” And in Virginia, we’re seeing that cost play out in real time.

Up to 40% of frontline family services workers leave each year, many staying less than 11 months in these roles. At any given time, around 650 family services positions are vacant across Virginia. When these workers leave, caseloads grow. When caseloads grow, more workers burn out and leave. It’s a cycle that doesn’t fix itself and ultimately impacts the children and families that the system is intended to serve. For a child who has already experienced loss, a caseworker isn’t just a professional… it’s a relationship. What we know well from research is that if a child has more than 2 social workers, their likelihood to achieve permanency (return to parent, placement with kin or adoption) plummets to 3%.

To make matters worse, the need is growing. In 2024, 95,000 reports of abuse/neglect were reported in Virginia (up 27% since 2020), there were 38 child fatalities and there are currently 5,876 kids in foster care in our state (up 19% since 2021).

This work is heavy. And too often, the people doing it are carrying it without enough support. That’s why celebrating the people who carry out this work every day is important to us.

A huge thank you to our friends at:

- Swig Life who supports this event, year after year ,by donating a gift for each attendee
- The Salty Plum for donating a weekend stay at this incredible Cape Charles beach house that was used as our grand raffle prize

- Blanchard's Coffee
- Abbey Wright, Realtor
- Vickie Selph Coleman
- Cooper's Hawk Winery & Restaurant
- Swift Creek Mill Theatre
- Bella Cuttery
- Chick-fil-A Chesterfield Plaza
- Toast, New American Gastropub at Winterfield Place
- Stir Crazy Cafe
- Amy Miller of Seint Beauty
- The Melting Pot
- Altria Theater
- Mar Mar Foods
- Trader Joe's - Richmond, VA
- Kroger Store #523
- Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden
- YardBirds
- Polpetti Italian
- Raising Cane's
- Wehgo
- Regal Nails & Spa - Richmond VA
- Eat 33
.. and to our donors who invest in the work that we do and the volunteers who helped to pull it all of!

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Richmond, VA
23235

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+18045087241

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