Braid Mission
Blog
Chris Chase and Rebecca Edwards
“I’m too busy to volunteer.”
If you’re visiting our website, you likely have a heart for youth in foster care and want to know how you can support them… …but you’re also...
Meet Alice and Jack
As a grandmother, Alice* felt helpless. She couldn’t fix the challenges in her daughter’s life or save her from the consequences of hard choices. And now Alice...
Zoe’s Story
When Zoe* joined the Braid mentorship program as a tween who had spent time in foster care, she thought it would just mean more therapy. But from...
Safe Gathering Guidelines
As state and local guidelines around COVID are being reduced, we no longer have any safety requirements for Braid teams. However, we do urge teams to continue...
Card Drive for Braid Mission
Calling all card makers! Over the years of collecting thousands of Cards of Hope, we have received many beautiful handmade cards with heartfelt messages, and we have...
Reflections on Braid Camp
We knew that a week at camp could hold extra challenges for our youth. Before starting Braid, we had each spent time as chaplains at Camp Stevens,...
The Transformational Work of Listening
In the course of our careers as ministers in the Episcopal Church, there have been moments when we have necessarily needed to have difficult conversations about how...
Responding to Coronavirus
Here is an update on how we at Braid are responding to the coronavirus outbreak. One of our guiding principles at Braid is that of communion, and...
Featured Facilitator: Allegra
1) What made you interested in serving as a facilitator for a Braid team? After meeting several colleagues who came through the foster system and discussing some...
Why We Walk
We are walking because Braid started five years ago this month as a challenge. As we celebrate this milestone, this walk is symbolic of Braid’s earliest days,...