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Foster children enjoying new bikes thanks to Together We Rise. October 30, 2021 By Laurie Hanson Collectively making positive changes for hundreds of children daily in foster care nationwide is Together We Rise, an Orange County nonprofit based in Brea. By working with thousands of volunteers, social workers, CASA advocates, and other partners,…
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Woman uses social media to educate on fostering teens so it s not a hidden thing
Brittany Burcham, 35, from Birmingham, Alabama, has a TikTok account with over 800,000 followers where she answers questions about fostering teenagers and gives advice.Brittany Burcham
One woman is using social media to advocate for being a foster parent to teenagers.
Brittany Burcham, 35, from Birmingham, Alabama, became a certified emergency foster parent in October 2019, and has fostered around 50 kids since then. Though she s licensed to foster up to age 21, most kids she takes care of are 10 to 17. It was one of her teen fosters that pushed her to create her TikTok account, fostertheteens, last April in order to talk about what it s like to foster a teenager.
Annette Falkman started as the Escalantes’ Families Together neighbor in May. When a notice seeking volunteer neighbors for Families Together popped up on her Facebook page in April, she thought it sounded perfect. “This was something that I could do, and I love doing it,” Falkman said.
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