Care Packages for Foster Youth
By dsprei
Doug Sprei, Director of Communications
Orphan Foundation of America
(703) 581-2498
dsprei@orphan.org
http://orphan.org
Care Package Program Unites Girl Scouts, Oracle Corporation, and Orphan Foundation of America
A unique community partnership between two national non-profit groups and a Fortune 500 corporation will benefit thousands of former foster youth striving to succeed in college without family support.
Volunteers from the Orphan Foundation of America (OFA), troops from the Girl Scout Council of the Nation’s Capital (GSCNC), and employees of Oracle Corporation will join forces on April 25 and 26 at Oracle’s headquarters in Reston, assembling care packages full of Girl Scout cookies and items donated by the business community for thousands of college students aging out of the U.S. foster care system.
The event, called CARE & COOKIES, will tap the energy and creative talents of scores of Girl Scouts from the region, who will prepare handmade notecards to accompany a huge quantity of cookie boxes donated by the community to Girl Scout troops and by GSCNC for this unusual outreach effort.
OFA stages three care package events each year with business and community partners, assembling more than 7,500 care packages for students who receive college funding through its scholarship programs and/or the Education Training Voucher (ETV) support it administers.
“Thanks to Oracle’s generous corporate citizenship and the Girl Scouts’ outstanding community commitment, over 2500 students who have no families to return home to during semester break will receive a powerful reminder that people care about them and celebrate their success in school,” said Eileen McCaffrey, OFA executive director.
Event information:
When: Friday, April 25, 4:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, April 26, 9 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Where: Oracle Corporation, 1910 Oracle Way, Reston, VA
Founded in 1981, the Orphan Foundation of America (OFA) is the only national organization focusing solely on education, mentoring and workforce development for teens aging out of the foster care system. OFA awards nearly $14 million annually in funding to thousands of foster youth across the country who attend college and specialized training programs. Visit http://orphan.org.
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