TEN YEARS!!! It’s hard to believe it has been 10 years of 4Montgomery’s Kids providing the children in Montgomery County’s foster care system with things no one else could pay for. We helped more than 2,000 children and youth over those ten years by providing things like gifts for birthdays that might have been forgotten, paying for summer camps and after-school activities, furnishing apartments and assisting with rent, rewarding major accomplishments, helping families reunite, and so much more.
n our first year, we could only afford to help 36 children; by our tenth year, that number soared to an astonishing 364! All while ensuring that 100% of your donations go directly to helping those children, teens, and young adults who are the most vulnerable among us.
In 2017, we expanded to giving partial scholarships to those going on to college or trade school. Since then, we’ve awarded 48 scholarships, increasing from just two in 2017 to an impressive 15 in 2023.
And we kept at it when the nation was hit by a pandemic. As our amazing county social workers continued to stay in touch with these children, 4Montgomery’s Kids bought them laptops, books, school supplies, and more so they could stay connected to school.
Thanks to you, our generous donors, we have been able to better meet the needs of these children each year. In the beginning, we had to limit our grants to a maximum of $250 each. Today, we fund every deserving request we get.
As social workers have told us:
“4MK provides social workers with a rare opportunity to say ‘yes’ to needs that enhance a child’s well-being in a tangible way.”
“My work (and all of Child Welfare Services) is so much better because of 4MK!”
But we have more work to do. So long as children remain in foster care, their needs will persist. The power to make a difference lies in your hands. Let’s keep the momentum going! Please give generously and here’s to the next 10 years of hope and change!