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You Made It Happen: 2,500 Kids Supported and Counting
Because of you, dear donor, 2025 was a record-breaking year for 4Montgomery's Kids! We have supported over 2,600 children in foster care since our founding. That milestone is a testament to your generosity and belief in our mission. Children and families in foster...
“Fall” for Kids
What do you do if you’re a foster youth stuck in a bus station with no way to get home and no money for food? You call 4Montgomery’s Kids. Within an hour, we had an Uber card on its way. Or what if you suddenly need transportation to get to a family emergency? Once...
Spring Forward with 4Montgomery’s Kids
4Montgomery’s Kids has just closed the books on our ninth year, and what a year it has been! We provided resources for over 300 children and we are closing it by awarding scholarships to fifteen students. We could not be more grateful to you, our amazing donors, for...
We are Thankful for You
4MK Excellence Awards for Graduating Seniors This year 4MK gave $500 and $1000 grants to deserving graduating seniors in foster care to help launch the next phase of their lives. We have been awed by the creative ways these young adults have used the funds to help...
10 Years of Helping Children
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...
How scary must it be to have to leave foster care at age 21?
You have been in foster care for years - removed from your biological family because of abuse and neglect. You’ve rotated through multiple placements, through group homes and residential treatment centers. Suddenly you find yourself out at 21 with only the support you...
Spring Arrives for Children in Foster Care
What if a baseball bat wasn’t just a baseball bat? What if it was a chance to get involved in a new community and new school after your father passed away and you recently moved? What if it was an opportunity to be part of a healthy, fun sport where you could learn...
Donor Spotlight: the Ammerman Family Foundation
Joy Ammerman is a long-time resident of Montgomery County where she raised her three children and taught school. She manages the Ammerman Family Foundation to give back to the community that has been so good to her family. In deciding what organizations to...
Fall 2020 Update
We are living in a difficult time, one that has forced all of us to rearrange our lives. Children and their families in Montgomery County’s Child Welfare System have been particularly hard hit. In September there were 436 children in foster care in the county....
Workout for Good
Workout for Good What an amazing evening. On September 22, 2020, in the midst of a global pandemic, we hosted a virtual exercise class, led by one of the premier trainers in the DMV, Jennifer Blackburn. Forty five minutes of heart pumping exercise was preceded by a...
Thank you!
For over five years now and with the generous support of donors like you – THANK YOU SO MUCH! – 4 Montgomery’s Kids has helped close to 700 foster kids in the county’s Child Welfare System. But today these kids are more vulnerable than ever. Their schools, from...
Moving to Independence
A high priority for 4MK has been helping youth move towards independence. Each year, with the assistance of Montgomery County social workers, we offer scholarships to a few students who are moving on to higher education after high school. This year, Kayla and Carson...
Over 550 in 5 years!
More than 550 in less than five years! That is how many children and youth have been helped by 4Montgomery's Kids (4MK) and we can’t thank you enough! In 2015, 4Montgomery’s Kids began this incredible journey of helping Montgomery County’s neediest...
Foster Children Need Summer Camp Too!!
We are particularly excited to be sending more than 35 children to summer camp this year. Summer camp can change a child's life in so many ways. As a social worker told us: "this young lady had a number of issues, including an inability to make friends. She went to...
Get to Know our Social Workers
This month we are saluting the social workers in the Transitioning Youth Services Unit, headed by Shari Zouhairi. These social workers develop and implement plans for youth who must leave the Child Welfare system at age twenty-one. The youth they work with have some...
Fall 2018 Update
“I want to thank you all at Montgomery Kids for all the help. When I was down on the floor, you all came to help and stretched your hand.”These are the words of a young person we have helped . There are over 400 children who have been removed from their homes because...
Donor Spotlight: Diane Burch
Diane Burch is the owner of a small business in Montgomery County. She cares deeply about its residents, particularly the four-legged ones. While Diane has been a consistent donor to 4Montgomery’s Kids, she has also been a major supporter. Diane has trumpeted the...
Peewee Football Champions
The peewee football team that Jeff, a nine year old boy played on, was going to the national championships in Florida. Jeff's foster parent was unable to afford the cost of this trip and he would have been unable to accompany his team,Due to your generous...
Donor Spotlight: Gail Maidenbaum
As a Montgomery County mother and a Montgomery County employer, Gail Maidenbaum feels a dual obligation to the foster kids in our county. Her belief is that "we have to take care of our own" and these kids are the responsibility of all county residents and companies....
Spring 2018 News
Spring is here and with it comes our new name, 4Montgomery's Kids. All your generous support goes for the children and youth in our county who have been abused and neglected. Spring also brings news of our efforts during the past few months. We do this though our...