At our San Antonio foster care agency, we've compiled a comprehensive Recommended Resources page filled with suggestions specifically designed for foster and adoptive families, but applicable to all families. Here are four outstanding resources that have been making a significant impact in our community.
Pray for our foster families. Pray that more answer the call to make disciples of orphans. Pray boldly that every child finds a safe, loving home where they can hear the gospel of Jesus Christ.
Pray for biological families to succeed in their court-mandated services so they can be reunified. Pray for a legal system that prioritizes the well-being of children.
Children in foster care often come from traumatic backgrounds. At 1HOPE for Kids, we believe that building trust through connection leads to healing relationships. That's why we've partnered with equine-assisted therapy (EAT) providers to support our foster kids in the San Antonio area.
EAT is a unique form of therapy that builds patient connection and trust through its treatment program with horses. We're proud to partner with three organizations offering EAT ...
School is out and that means summer is here! Every parent, whether foster, adoptive, or biological needs to have a plan for restless kid syndrome. Here are seven free things you can do with your kids to explore, cool off, or learn.
The things we cultivate now will be harvested later. For many of us, family worship is one of those quaint, idealistic visions of families eating around a dinner table, reading the Bible, and doing catechisms with our kids. While it is easy to blame Netflix and Disney+ for distracting us from connecting as families, it is also unlikely we experienced family worship ourselves, and we don’t know what it is, why it is important, or how to do it.
The shepherds left their visit glorifying and rejoicing about what they had just experienced. It was all true, the angel’s song was true!
In the midst of everything going on around her, Mary treasured and pondered all that she had heard in her heart. Imagine her expectation about her son’s life! She was already preparing to meet Him and see everything that Jesus would do.
Seeing the angel at the altar must have terrified this priest—no one else was allowed into this special place. This must be a divine act. Yet even more divine was the promise that God not only heard his and Elizabeth’s prayers (they were childless) but that their son would one day lead people back to God. There was hope for the people of Israel!
Based in San Antonio, Stakeholder operates in the energy sector and has organized a clay shoot fundraiser for the past seven years to support local charities. This year, on the occasion of the 8th anniversary of their unique event, Stakeholder selected 1HOPE for Kids as the beneficiary.
For the past couple of years, a heartwarming tradition has graced the Monday of Thanksgiving week for our 1HOPE community. Thanks to the generosity of our dedicated partner, Valcor Commercial Real Estate, Urban Air at North Park opened its doors exclusively for our families. In this exclusive three-hour experience, over 100 adults and children enjoyed a morning filled with laughter, adventure, and cherished memories.
Giving Tuesday follows the post-Thanksgiving Christmas shopping spree that starts with Black Friday. Most non-profits run a campaign on the Tuesday following Thanksgiving to kick off their end-of-year giving. Each year 1HOPE uses Giving Tuesday to focus on our sister organization, The New Braunfels Foster Closet.
