Foster Love Ministries

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Our Mission is to provide ministry and support to our local foster care community.

11/03/2026

🎄 Be a Christmas Sponsor with Foster Love Ministries! 🎁

Help us make Christmas special for teens in foster care and young adults who are aging out of care. A gift picked just for them is a simple way to say, “We’re thinking of you, and you matter.” ❤️

🎁 Want to give one gift or a few? Shop our Amazon Christmas wish list. To ship your gift straight to us, select the Foster Love Ministries shipping address at checkout.

https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/3L9GWGZ2Y7VS4?ref_=wl_share

🛍️ Prefer to shop in person and sponsor a young person’s entire Christmas list? Please message us, and we’ll help you get matched with a list!

🏷️ Wrapping gifts yourself? Please label each gift with the young person’s name as it appears in the Notes section of the wish list so we can get every gift to the right person.

📅 Please have gifts delivered or dropped off by Thursday, December 3, 2026. We know it’s a quick turnaround. If you need a little more time, please message us so we know when to expect your gifts.

Thank you for showing up for our older youth this Christmas! If you know someone who’d love to help, please share this post. ❤️

11/02/2026

🎅🥞 Tickets are almost SOLD OUT! 🎄❤️

Join Foster Love Ministries for our 5th Annual Pancakes with Santa—a magical morning filled with pancakes, hot cocoa, cookie decorating, ornament crafts, and professional photos with Santa!

📅 Saturday, November 21
📍 First Baptist Church in Waynesboro
⏰ 9:00–10:30 AM or 11:00 AM–12:30 PM

🎟️ Tickets are pay what you will, and reservations are required. Grab your family’s spots before they’re gone!

https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/2026-pancake-breakfast-with-santa-a-foster-love-ministries-event

Want to help make the magic happen? Put on your festive gear and join our volunteer crew! 🎁
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60B044EAAAA2EA2FA7-51966049-flm3rd

We can’t wait to celebrate with you! ❤️

10/27/2026

Foster Love Ministries’ Pancakes with Santa is coming to First Baptist Church in Waynesboro on Saturday, November 21! Join us for a festive morning of pancakes, holiday activities, and photos with Santa all while supporting children and families in our community.

The 9 a.m. seating is almost sold out! Seatings are at 9 a.m. and 11 a.m., and tickets are “pay what you will.” If you’re planning to join us, grab your tickets before they’re gone!

Tickets includes:
🎁Pictures with Santa Sillyshotz Photobooth Company
🎁Mrs Clause
🎁All you can eat pancakes and sausage
🎁Cookie Decorating
🎁Craft station
🎁hot coco station
🎁Craft station

🎟️ Tickets:
https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/2026-pancake-breakfast-with-santa-a-foster-love-ministries-event

🎄 Calling all elves! We’re also looking for volunteers to help create a magical morning. This is a wonderful opportunity for students, friends, families, and church groups to serve together. Put on your favorite Christmas sweater and join the fun!

🙌 Volunteer signup:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60B044EAAAA2EA2FA7-51966049-flm3rd

Please share with friends and family! Everyone can do something. ❤️

Pictures from last year’s magical morning🎄🎅🤶

10/26/2026

❤️ Look what love can do when a community shows up!

Through Foster Love Ministries and CarePortal, our churches, responders, social workers, and community partners are turning everyday needs into opportunities to love our neighbors.

Together, across our two service areas:
✨ 586 children served
✨ 218 requests met
✨ $276,401 in economic impact

📍 Staunton, Augusta & Waynesboro
Since February 2026:
💙 160 children served
💙 74 requests met
💙 100% of closed requests met
💙 $75,422 in economic impact

📍 Harrisonburg & Rockingham
Since January 2025:
💚 426 children served
💚 144 requests met
💚 92.9% of closed requests met
💚 $200,979 in economic impact

Behind every number is a child, a family, and someone who chose to help. A bed to sleep in. A car seat for a safe ride. Help with rent so a family can stay in their home. Additional support for foster families welcoming a new placement—providing beds, clothing, diapers, and other essentials so they can focus on helping a child feel safe and welcome.

These acts of kindness help keep families together, support reunification, and ensure foster and kinship families don’t have to navigate new placements alone.

To everyone who has given, delivered, prayed, shared a need, or invited someone to get involved THANK YOU! Your generosity is helping children and strengthening families throughout the Shenandoah Valley. ❤️

Want to be part of this? Send us a message to learn how you, your church, or your business can get involved!

Everyone can do something. 🌈

10/20/2026

✨ Meet Lauren Yoder! ✨

Lauren is one of our incredible CarePortal Network Leaders, a foster mom, and a passionate advocate for children and families throughout our Valley.

Her energy is contagious, her wisdom is invaluable, and her commitment to the foster care community is truly unmatched. Lauren understands firsthand both the beauty and the challenges of foster parenting, and she brings that lived experience into the way she encourages churches, supports families, and leads others to take meaningful action.

Lauren has a remarkable ability to inspire people, strengthen connections, and remind us that meeting a tangible need can become the beginning of something much bigger.

We are incredibly lucky to have her leadership, passion, and heart as part of the Foster Love Ministries team. Lauren, you inspire us more than you know! ❤️🌈

Everyone can do something—and Lauren helps others discover what their “something” can be.

10/13/2026

Virtual Support Group 🙂

Tuesday, October 13, 2026 | 8:00–9:00 p.m.
Behavior Is Communication

We will explore how trauma, grief, fear, and disrupted attachment can influence behavior. Caregivers will discuss identifying the needs beneath challenging behaviors and responding with connection while maintaining healthy boundaries.

All meetings will be held through Zoom. Registration is free but required. Families may attend one meeting or register for all three.

Register here:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60B044EAAAA2EA2FA7-65232196-foster

The private Zoom link will be emailed to registered participants before each meeting.

10/10/2026

🎅🥞 Tickets are LIVE for Pancakes with Santa! 🎄✨

Get ready for a morning filled with Christmas magic! Join Foster Love Ministries for our 5th Annual Pancakes with Santa on Saturday, November 21, at First Baptist Church in Waynesboro.

Bring your family for pancakes, photos with Santa, cookie decorating, holiday crafts, and hot cocoa. Wear your favorite Christmas sweater and come ready to make sweet holiday memories! ❤️

✨ Choose your seating:
• 9:00–10:30 AM
• 11:00 AM–12:30 PM

Tickets are “pay what you will.” Your generosity helps us meet local needs through CarePortal and provide Journey Bags filled with essentials and comfort for children entering foster care.

🎟️ Reserve your tickets here:
https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/2026-pancake-breakfast-with-santa-a-foster-love-ministries-event

Tag your Santa-loving friends and help us spread the magic! Everyone can do something and this time, it starts with pancakes. 🥞❤️

10/09/2026

🎄 CALLING ALL ELVES! 🎄

Grab your ugliest Christmas sweater, your favorite holiday hat, and your biggest smile, it’s time to help create a magical morning for children in our community! 🎅🥞

Foster Love Ministries is looking for volunteers for our 5th Annual Pancakes with Santa on Saturday, November 21, at First Baptist Church in Waynesboro!

National Honor Society students, community groups, friends, and anyone who loves spreading holiday cheer—this is a wonderful opportunity to serve together and support the foster care community. ❤️

Every helping hand makes the magic possible. Pick a volunteer slot, bring your festive spirit, and join our elf crew!

✨ Sign up here:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60B044EAAAA2EA2FA7-51966049-flm3rd

Tag your favorite elves and help us spread the word! Everyone can do something. 🎁

10/06/2026

🚨 URGENT NEED: HELP RESTOCK A FOSTER CARE VISIT ROOM! 🚨

Due to unforeseen circumstances, our local agency harrisonburg Rockingham DSS must remove all the toys from a room where children in foster care visit with their parents. We need your help filling it with opportunities to play, connect, and make memories. ❤️

This room serves multiple families, so donations will support many children not just one.

We urgently need new or gently used toys for all ages and interests, including:

🧸 Baby toys, dolls, and stuffed animals
🚗 Cars, trucks, and action figures
🧩 Large-piece puzzles, blocks, and magnetic blocks
🏡 Dollhouses, Barbies, and play kitchen sets
👶 Toddler ride-on toys and activity tables
🖐️ Fine motor, fidget, and sensory toys

Please donate items that are clean, complete, and in good working condition.

For a child and parent spending precious time together, a simple toy can help create moments of laughter, comfort, and connection.

📩 Message Foster Love Ministries if you can donate or would like to coordinate a collection!

Can’t donate right now? Please share this post to help us reach someone who can.

Everyone can do something. ❤️

https://system.careportal.org/request-engagement/requests/327986

10/06/2026

✨ Meet Julia! ✨

Julia has been part of Foster Love Ministries for over three years, and we truly cannot imagine our team without her!

Affectionately known as our “Excel Queen,” Julia has an incredible gift for keeping countless names, lists, donations, and details organized. During the holidays, she helps ensure that every child in care on our list is remembered and every gift need is met.

Much of Julia’s work happens quietly behind the scenes, but its impact is felt by children and families throughout our community. Her dedication, reliability, and heart for serving others make her such a gift to the Foster Love Ministries team.

We are so grateful for you, Julia! ❤️🌈

Everyone can do something and Julia helps make sure every “something” reaches the child who needs it.

Address

105A Lew DeWitt Boulevard #165
Waynesboro, VA

Telephone

+15402565464

Website

https://www.fosterloveministries.org/

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