May Is National Foster Care Month

On a beautiful spring day in May, it's hard to imagine the difficulties of being a child in the foster care system or the challenges of being a foster parents.

So perhaps it's especially appropriate that May is National Foster Care Month:

May is National Foster Care Month, a month set aside to acknowledge foster parents, family members, volunteers, mentors, policymakers, child welfare professionals, and other members of the community who help children and youth in foster care find permanent homes and connections. During National Foster Care Month, we renew our commitment to ensuring a bright future for the nearly 400,000 children and youth in foster care, and we celebrate all those who make a meaningful difference in their lives.

The Children's Enrichment Committee takes special pride in our commitment to helping Orange County children in foster care. For over 100 years, the CEC has worked to brighten the lives of children in foster care, through holiday presents, financing summer camp stays, school trips, music lessons, college scholarships, and even emergency purchases of clothing.

We salute the foster parents, the family members, the child welfare professionals, and every one else who works to make the lives of these children and teenagers better and more promising.

And we thank you for your continuing support of the CEC in this most important work.