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We’re celebrating TEN graduates this summer! Five high-school students, three middle-school students, and two elementary-school students—all mentored by Braid Mission volunteers—graduated from their prospective schools this year....
“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...
High Paw, Super Sebastian
A few years ago, I was invited to talk to a group of kindergarteners about foster care. It’s one of the toughest assignments I’ve ever had, which...
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,...
Building Trust
Building trust simply takes time. I know this in my head: we say this in every Braid training and reinforce it over and over to almost all...