Fostering Family Traditions

When children are placed into foster care, they often lose their connections to family, friends, and their familiar environment.

Spread Awareness By Sharing Your Family Traditions - New or Old

Help us shine a light on the importance of having a permanent family by sharing your holiday traditions on social media and help spread the word about the 400,000+ children in the US foster care system. Click a button below to share your stories.

Need Help Getting Started?

Get Social and share your favorite holiday family tradition. It’s a super-easy way to make an impact!

  • Post a photo or video depicting your favorite holiday tradition.
  • Hashtag #FosteringFamilyTraditions and #ConnectOurKids
  • Include the link to this page
    https://connectourkids.org/traditions
  • Challenge 3 friends to share their family traditions

Sample Content

“I remember when my family….”

“My favorite family traditions are…”

“I challenge {NAMES} to share your holiday traditions. Help by #FosteringFamilyTraditions and #ConnectOurKids to families and traditions to call their own”

Other Ways To Be Involved

This campaign seeks to inspire hope in the lives of these children without a family to call their own this holiday season. Join the movement to bring modern technology to the process of finding families for every child who needs one.

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