This Thanksgiving season, we are thankful for so much! Right now, we serve 88 foster families all around mid and northeast Missouri – and we could not be more thankful for their willingness to stand in the gap to help children heal from the trauma they’ve experienced.
Jessica Kempf, Sales Manager with Weichert Realtors, and donors from the Hallsville Optimist Club & Hallsville Masons stepped up this Thanksgiving to make sure the families we serve have turkey, ham, pies, and sides. We could not do any of this without community support, and we are so grateful for everyone who has gone out of their way to ensure this will be a wonderful Thanksgiving for our families!
To kick off this holiday season, we asked our staff to tell us what they are thankful for.
“I’m thankful for a collaborative and kind team!”
Kylie Tilman, Licensing Specialist
“I am thankful for our supporters who are giving Christmas gifts to nearly 200 children!”
Kari Hopkins, Chief Development Officer
“I’m thankful to work somewhere that I feel welcomed and loved every day! Our culture of love and service applies not only to our mission but to each other as well.”
Megan Gillispie, Development Coordinator
“I’m thankful for the relationships, community, and village that God has given me. I’m thankful through these relationships, I am who I am today. All thanks to Him.”
Kyle Peak, Jefferson City Family Advocate
“I am so thankful for the blessing of having a job I wake up and look forward to every day. Not many people can honestly say they love what they do.”
Karcie Clark, Moberly Area Coordinator
“I’m so thankful to be a part of a ministry that has adapted, expanded, changed and grown over the past 30 years without ever losing its focus: serving the least of these, by providing safe homes & families for kids in foster care, so those children can focus on enjoying childhood.”
Lori Kohl, Communications Manager
