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With 2022 now in the rear-view mirror, we want to take a moment to look back and reflect on the successes you made possible last year, which allowed us to support children entangled in the foster care system and continue our mission of helping to break generational cycles of abuse. During that time, I had the distinct honor of growing our team and working alongside a remarkable board of directors who has worked tirelessly to raise the bar for our organization.

Today, there are 1,500 children in foster care in Miami-Dade County and you played a huge role in showing up for them during this year’s Give Miami Day event! Thanks to your support, we nearly doubled our goal and raised over $96,000!

On Nov. 3, Voices For Children, together with Genesis Hopeful Haven, collaborated to give over 40 Miami-Dade County foster youth the gift of learning more about the city they live in and their place in the world.

Comfort Crusaders is a nonprofit consisting of teens who help those in need, as well as the less fortunate to find solace, comfort and support through planned activities and projects under the guidance of an executive board of directors. On this particular occasion, they gave our youth in foster care a chance to enjoy an afternoon learning a new game while having fun socializing and bonding with other youth their age.

Imagine walking into a store and being greeted with the message that you can pick out anything you wanted. Where would you go first? How would you make your selection? Thanks to Ticket to Dream Foundation, this is exactly what played out for 58 of our children.

This month marks the end of a very important chapter at Voices For Children Foundation as Vince Castro, our longtime supporter and Board Chair, completes his term with the organization. As Vince finishes up his time with Voices, we would like to honor and thank him for his dedication as Chairman of Voices For Children’s Board of Directors for the past 3 years.

Four weeks ago I had the privilege of being selected as the next President and CEO of Voices For Children Foundation (VFCF).