"I wish a place like OVC was around when I was in foster care. I could have used it. I dig what you are doing here." - Former Foster Youth

Our Village Closet (OVC) improves outcomes for youth impacted by foster care by providing essentials, support, and community connections. We believe foster care is a community story, one where everyone has a role to help improve outcomes. We ALL should care about youth and caregivers of foster care.

The OVC Resource Center, our main program, is where connections to support and community are fostered as youth of foster care (ages 0-25), and/or their caregivers, come and "shop" for essentials and comfort items. This may include everything from socks and underwear, shoes, clothes, toiletries, blankets, small furniture, baby equipment to toys, books, art supplies, sensory tools, fidgets, bedding, sporting equipment, and special requests...all at no cost.

Our Village Closet proudly hosts two giveaway events each year as well: Back to School and our Holiday Gift Event. We have given out 100's of new backpacks, lunch boxes, water bottles, new shoes... and 1,000's of gifts and stocking stuffers at the events over the past two years.

Not only are we providing essentials for the care of these foster youth, we are also showing them and their caregivers there is a village here for them that cares about them and their needs. ❤️ When our OVC Resource Center opened in June of 2021, we were serving around 30 youth each month. Now we serve around 300 youth each month and the programs are growing!

Now, we need the support of our community, near and far, to grow the village! Funds are critical to support our mission and continue to stand in this gap!

Your donations keep our Resource Center running, the shelves stocked, and creates expanded hours. Your donations give youth in crisis the essentials to meet their needs, comfort to help them regulate, and opportunities to feel like a typical kid. Your donations allow caregivers nurturing those kids to breathe easier, feel supported, and be more present so they can focus on the HEART work and CONNECTION needed for HEALING.

Right now, we have the power, together, to say THIS IS NOT HOW THEIR STORY ENDS.

Our Village Closet - Year End Giving 2023

FUNDING ESSENTIALS, JOY, CONNECTION, SAFETY, AND BELONGING FOR YOUTH OF FOSTER AND KINSHIP CARE

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