Braid Mission

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“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...
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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...
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Why We Say Goodbye

Making the time and effort for healthy transitions is one of the most important things we do at Braid. [Spoiler alert: If you haven’t watched the second...
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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...
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Sharing the Love

Braid mentor Anne McCarthy and her husband Jupp Gill on their wedding day Foster care inherently includes relational grief and loss, resulting in...
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Jewelry for Justice

When Braid mentor Jeanette Wright was working in downtown San Francisco in the late 1980s, she would often browse through Macy’s high-end boutique stores. One day, she...
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It’s Time for Summer Camp!

Braid has a long relationship with St. Dorothy’s Rest, a wonderful summer camp beautifully situated in the redwoods of Sonoma County. This summer, it will have been...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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