Tanya Goode had already been married and raised two adult sons, when life threw the New York resident an unexpected curve ball that made her a new ‘mommy’ again.
After a relative was unable to care for her brood of six children, Goode was asked in 2005 to step in as a “kinship” foster caregiver, and later decided to adopt.
While eager to provide the youngsters a stable, safe environment, the journey initially seemed daunting. Click Here to read the full story.
Picture yourself at home for the holidays, the smells of dinner coming from the kitchen, the sound of laughter throughout the house, family members on the sofa watching TV. Perhaps old friends are coming by for a visit – maybe gifts will be exchanged. You’re surrounded by people who love you.
Now imagine that none of that exists. Imagine how that would feel. Imagine how that would impact a child.
The New York Foundling has placed thousands of children in stable and loving foster homes over our long history. Brett is one of these young people. In foster care for many years, he found it hard to form long-lasting relationships and became weary of trusting adults. As he transitioned into different foster homes, he started to believe that parental-figures never stuck around for long. Click Here to read the full story.
NEW YORK (FOX 5 NEWS) – November is National Adoption Month, and perhaps the best way to understand the impact of adoption is to visit a family that’s been changed forever by the decision to adopt.
Meet Tanya Goode and her children 17-year-old John, 15-year-old twins James and Jasmine, and 13-year-old Jalen. These four siblings and their adoptive mother form a unit that developed after years under foster care in Goode’s home led to her finally adopting the four siblings in what she calls a package deal.
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There are several must-stops on a tour of the country’s very best charter schools: In California, High Tech High schools are flat out striking, and Summit founder Diane Tavenner may be personally re-inventing American high schools.
In Texas’s Rio Grande Valley, seeing an IDEA school in action is inspiring (Take your passport; don’t ask why, just do it). Newark’s North Star Academy may have the busiest visit/scheduler in the country. Boston has too many great charters to choose from (Okay, Brooke is a personal favorite) and a KIPP school anywhere warrants a visit just to see its unique student culture in motion.
A new addition to the top of my personal must-see list: New York’s Mott Haven Academy. Who? That’s an understandable reaction. Click here to read the full article.
Tucked away in Putnam Valley is a safe haven for New York City’s children in foster care and the child welfare system. Every summer, the team at The New York Foundling, along with our partners at The Felix Organization, provide a carefree experience to approximately 90 of these children each week who many never have had the opportunity to have travel outside of the City, or even out of their borough.
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Mott Haven Academy’s unique approach to teaching children in the child welfare system includes specialized training for all staff and offering weekly classes on social and emotional skills.
PUTNAM VALLEY, N.Y. — There are approximately 11,000 children in the child welfare system or foster care in New York. Since 2006, The New York Foundling and The Felix Organization have given the gift of Camp Felix, a sleepaway camp in Putnam Valley, to over 1,000 of these children.
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Bethany Lampland is taking action to prove that doing good is great for business. “I’ve seen the magic that happens when human altruism and corporate America’s ambitions fit together, when the tension between maximizing profits and doing good are resolved because doing good is good for business,” says Bethany.
Bethany is the 37-year-old Chief Operating Office of The New York Foundling, a non-profit with a 146-year legacy of providing services to empower disadvantaged children and families — from an abused child in need of a foster home, to a young mother who lacks the skills to care for her child, or a young person lost in the juvenile justice system.
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Many readers have experienced the magic of summer camp–days spent basking in the sun, swimming and splashing around the pool or lake, playing sports, running around, making new friends, and enjoying beautiful summer nights around a campfire telling ghost stories. Those were the days we lived for as children and the joys we hope our children will know as well. In addition, summer camp instills in children a reliance on daily structure and responsibility for the care of personal items and surroundings, lessons that sneak in amongst the fun and friends.
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Telemundo 47 | Street Art Reaches the Bronx
An artist from Brazil came to the Bronx for, alongside students, change the facade of a school with his vision of hope and talent to create urban art. Click here to view the video.