Check out these great stories of youth helping youth in foster care.
Because of his experience in the system, Tim Dennis is on a mission to recruit adults who will support teens in the foster care system by becoming either foster parents or mentors. Dennis is now a Maryville College freshman who dreams of becoming a mental health nurse.
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Middle school girls from Johnson County came away from this year’s Odyssey of the Mind World Finals honored as Odyssey Angels — creating an impressive real-world community service project. The girls launched their Odyssey of the Mind community service project — an Odyssey Angels project — to donate and decorate 100 canvas bags and fill with socks and underwear for 100 foster kids. They have already made and donated 300 blankets to kids in care.
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Nicki Sanders, MSW, Chief Visionary Officer
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