What Does It Take To Make Your Business Foster Friendly?
- For the coffee shops that keep parents going…
- For the day spas, nail salons and hair stylists who help busy moms find some “me time”…
- For the dealerships that sell large-capacity vans…
- For the photographers who specialize in capturing meaningful moments and seasons…
- For the family-friendly recreation and entertainment destinations…
If your business relies on kids, families and parents to grow, you have the opportunity and privilege to show up for kids and families in foster care by creating an exclusive offer or discount to support foster families.
It is an absolute joy for my employees to be able to serve foster families in the community. After hearing about creative ways to serve families and children, it was a no-brainer to donate our company’s services. It is such a small ask for us financially, but makes a huge difference for each family. What a gift to be able to use our resources in this way.
Jasmine McClarney, CEO and Founder
We are great at finding homes for families, and we love supporting this nonprofit that helps find families and homes for vulnerable children in our state.
This has become part of our company culture, and we are involved now supporting financially and numerous other ways.
Stuart White, CEO
MEASURABLE IMPACT
You likely get requests every day to sponsor this or promote that. It’s hard enough to remain profitable these days, so how do you discern what to say yes to?
It really comes down to understanding your why. Here are three reasons that a commitment to support foster care makes good business sense.
- Non Controversial Social Responsibility – caring well for kids in foster care is one issue everyone can get behind that garners broad-based support.
- Generational Impact – Investing in foster families has the power to create generational change. Businesses that support foster care are helping create sustainable change in foster care.
- Significant Community and Economic Impact – When kids in foster care age out (at age 18) without a stable, loving family they are at greatly increased risk for 10 social wounds that directly impact our communities and they’ll require an average of $300,000 in social services over their lifetimes.
KIDS WHO AGE OUT OF FOSTER CARE ARE AT A FAR GREATER RISK FOR THESE TOP 10 SOCIAL WOUNDS
