This year, Fostering Hope turns 10.

What began in 2016 with a few simple Bags of Hope has grown into a statewide mission serving children and families across more than 50 counties in Oklahoma.

In the past decade, we’ve delivered more than 4,000 Bags of Hope, launched Birthday Bags to ensure every child feels celebrated, opened the Hope House to provide dignity and essentials, and built a Teen Board that empowers the next generation to lead with compassion.

Ten years ago, the goal was simple: meet immediate needs with care and dignity. Today, the mission is stronger than ever — and still growing.

If the first 10 years have shown us anything, it’s that when a community shows up, hope multiplies.

Now we’re inviting you to help write the next chapter. To celebrate this milestone, we’re launching a month-long campaign with a bold goal: $50,000 by March 31.

Our Impact

When a foster or kinship family opens their home to a child, the state stipend intended to meet the child’s basic needs can take anywhere from 2 weeks to 2 months to arrive.

In the meantime, many foster children arrive with only a trash bag containing what little they were able to gather when removed from their homes. Clothing, favorite toys, books, and even treasured keepsakes are often left behind—sometimes forever.

At Fostering Hope, our goal is to bridge the gap between a child’s placement and the arrival of the state stipend. Each child from any county in Oklahoma receives new and gently used clothing, age-appropriate toiletries, new underwear, and socks. Through partnerships with our community and the state, we work to replace the term “trash bag kids” with dignity, care, and hope. These children are valued and validated—because they truly are.

3,644

Bags full of hope given to children

8,962

Shoes

112,708

Bottles

120,000+

Diapers

709

to-Go Birthdays

700

served at FH House

2,664

Volunteers

57

Oklahoma Counties served

Get Involved

We believe every foster child deserves hope and to have their immediate needs met. With the help of our community and Oklahoma, we can do just that. Our goal is to ensure children are no longer referred to as Trash Bag Kids. Fostering Hope empowers children who have previously felt powerless.

Learn more about us

Read more about the heart and faces behind Fostering Hope, and how your support has impacted foster kids through testimonials from foster mom’s and dad’s.