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Shortpix77
09-03-2015, 11:47 AM
Not sure if this is the right place for this, so please move if it's not! Found this today, and it's so cool! Reuniting 200 Foster Care kids at Disneyland. They're looking for donations and volunteers. Think I might be doing both!

https://togetherwerise.org/disney

AVP
09-03-2015, 02:21 PM
I *love* this organization.

Edited to add: Together We Rise received over 1500 offers to volunteer at this event, so they are not seeking any additional people. What they really need are donations to help pay for the transportation, tickets, meals and souvenirs.

To give a little context as to what this event is about, this is an annual event where they take siblings who have been brought into foster care but placed in different houses, and bring them to spend a day together at Disneyland with their brother(s) / sister(s). While siblings in foster care may see each other more often through visitation orders, it's usually just for a few hours a week, and it's usually in a very controlled social services setting.

This lets them just be KIDS together for a day, and it's HUGE.

They are trying to raise another $15,000 for this event. If you can help, please visit their event page (https://togetherwerise.org/disney) and click DONATE.