Rachel Ewald
Rachel M. Ewald is the founder and chairwoman of Foster Care Support. The Foster Care Support Foundation is a non-profit organization that provides clothing, equipment, and toys to foster children throughout the state of Georgia, free of charge for those raised on basic state per-diem. In 1997, Ewald began collecting and distributing clothing and toy donations from neighbors to local foster children in need. The donations and need grew to such a large amount that the Foundation was incorporated in 2000. Ewald, a foster parent herself of fourteen years and mother of four biological children, understood the difficulty of raising a child on fifty to sixty cents per hour. The center allows for more foster parents to afford to raise state children, while also allowing the children to wear new clothes, and have new toys, just like any other child. The organization's donation center, located in Roswell, Georgia, is set up like a retail store, fully stocked with new clothing, toys, cribs, bikes, highchairs, and other necessities, where foster parents throughout the state can come, by appointment, and shop for free. Rachel Ewald has also written a set of transition guidelines for foster care and adoption, with the intent of reducing disruption and trauma in foster and adoptive homes.
The Foundation also provides an event called Prom-A-Palooza in late winter where teen foster girls from all over Georgia attend to select prom dress, jewelry, accessories and make up consultation with make up so that they can be a part of their own high school proms with their friends. This is a wonderful event that is always rewarding for all involved. The annual All Kids Count Benefit gala is help on the last Friday evening in the month of February to raise funds needed to operate the foundation and continue to fund the needs of thousands of children needing FCSF's services.
The Foster Care Support Foundation has recently moved into a lease/purchase 20,000 sq ft (1,900 m2) facility to fine tune its operation and meet the needs of the children of the foster care system more effectively. It is seeking financial help to purchase its new space.
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