01/10/2025
FostAdopt Connection’s 4th Annual Holiday Ball for Foster Youth was a great success!! Due to so many group homes closing last year, we opened up the event to foster teens in kinship, foster and group homes. We had 150 youth, caregivers and volunteers at the event who got to enjoy delicious food, receive Christmas gifts, play games, meet Santa, watch a performance and win some awesome raffle prizes!!
We had many unlicensed kinship families attend the Holiday Ball and here are some of the things we heard:
“Our grandson wanted a bike and needed new shoes and we weren’t going to be able to get either one for him. He won a new fancy bike and Nike shoes! You made his Christmas!”
“Our granddaughter had a great time. This is the first place she was able to be herself and not have anyone judge her.”
“This definitely was one of the best nights of our year, an event unlike any other!”
“She doesn’t know what was better, the dancing or the wonderful Christmas gifts!”
“There was no way we were going to be able to get them a bike this year, so this was such a blessing!”
This event could not have happened without the support of amazing organizations, businesses, individuals and volunteers - who have continued to support this event since inception!
~Thank you Oscar Campos from Thoroughbred Nissan for allowing us to use the gorgeous space!!
~Thank you Arizona Friends of Foster Children Foundation, Law Office of Jessica C. Graves, PLLC, Erica Jones, ABLE Nutrition & Fitness and their members, Lori Carroll and Associates, CLV MOPS members, Toni Ransbottom, Nansi Lent, and Gabe Arriaga for providing financial support and donating awesome raffle prizes!
~Thank you The Coffee Cure, Daniela's Cooking, Brother John's Beer, Bourbon & BBQ, Native Grill and Wings, Domino’s Pizza, Panda Express, ABLE Nutrition & Fitness, OMG Desserts and Spreading Threads Clothing Bank for donating delicious food and drinks! As an adoptee who has experienced food insecurity, making sure we have enough food is one of my obsessions! Thanks to these amazing businesses, I never have to worry!!
~Thank you Aviva Children’s Services and Spreading Threads Clothing Bank for providing new underwear and socks for every teen! Partnering with you is always a joy!
~Thank you Guardians of the Children for providing Santa and security!
~Thank you to all those who volunteered at the event! Our small organization could not do this without you!
Thank you Tucson Community for your support for this amazing event!!
