Alternative Family Services
YOUTH IN CARE EDUCATION DRIVE
A virtual back-to-school drive to ensure that youth in foster care are fully equipped with the tools and resources necessary for an equitable education.
Choose an age group to donate
A Virtual Back-to-School Drive for Youth in Care
- Individuals, community organizations (churches, community groups) and businesses can support a youth in care by donating funds, backpacks, and school supplies.
- There is no limit to how many tags you can fulfill.
- Share this webpage with your network and on social media.
- Questions can be emailed to Director of Development, Simone West - swest@afs4kids.org.
Adopt a Tag
- Choose age group you’d like to adopt a tag for.
- Click "new tag" to browse requests. Hitting the back-arrow starts the tag search over.
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Once you choose a tag, select:
Donate Money for Supplies
OR
Buy & Ship Supplies
Purchase the requested item from the tag from any online retailer and ship to:
AFS Development Department, 401 Roland Way #150, Oakland, CA 94621
Donate Directly to the AFS Foster Learning Fund
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Funds will be used for the highest educational priorities for foster youth.
Examples of how your donation may be used to foster learning with AFS clients:
$5,000 - Tuition support for two Transition Age Youth (TAY)
$1,000 - Tutoring expenses for one Youth
$500 - Laptop/Chromebook for school
$250 - School clothes/shoes for two Youth
$100 - New backpacks for three Youth
$75 - Haircare kit for Black Youth
$50 - School supplies for one Youth
Buy and Ship Items from the Youth in Care Wishlist
- Instead of “Adopting a Tag” or donating money, you may choose to purchase and ship any items from the Youth in Care Wishlist
- AFS receives 0.5% of the proceeds from items purchased from AmazonSmile.