Our guiding principles are to give foster youth consistency, experiences, relationships and hope in everything we do.

These principles are based on the rationale that:

1. Every child needs consistency and stability in their lives. For foster children, this is not a luxury due to the fact that their environment is always changing. Experiencing these dramatic changes and loss makes it difficult for any child to attach, connect or trust in anything.
2. “Wisdom is not born, it is created through experiences.”
   Foster youth have been exposed to more negative then positive. For many, when they turn 18, the only life they have known is one of dysfunction and instability. It is unreasonable to expect these youth to achieve their full potential in the absence of those experiences that guide them to shift their perception of themselves and the world around them.
3. Too often foster youth do not have the relationships or community surrounding them that is vital to their development. A lack of awareness, resources and opportunity shelters them from any sort of life outside the foster care system.
4. 4. All children need hope and a reason to look ahead. Unfortunately, many foster youth lose this hope, begin to accept and expect less and lose faith in their dreams.

‘The grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love and something to hope for.’
-Joseph Addison.