Central Texas Table of Grace continually provides updates on the progress of our mission to serve foster children and young adults aging out of foster care. We love when our community follows us on social media to stay up-to-date on what’s new, as well as provide support to the kiddos, employees and volunteers. Click below to go to one of our many social media channels. Thank you!
You know it takes a village to raise a child.
This Mother’s Day, we celebrate every person who steps into that role for foster youth. The caregivers, mentors, staff, and supporters who show up every day.
With gratitude, from all of us at Central Texas Table of Grace.
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All week, we have been telling you the story of David Church.
The kid who wanted to be a CEO grew up to lead. He has been showing up for displaced youth since 2003.
We asked him what Foster Care Awareness Month means to him. Listen.
On Monday, we will share his message in writing, directly to foster youth.
Tag a young person who needs to hear someone in their corner today.
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Yesterday, we showed you a kid in a baseball cap. Today, we are telling you what he wanted to be.
He always wanted to be a big corporate CEO. He told us so himself.
Years later, when we asked him to describe himself in three words, he said: loyal, grounded, intentional.
Some kids dream big and follow through. Some of them grow up to lead.
Tomorrow, we'll tell you who he became.
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Last week we introduced you to one of the Hearts Behind the Mission. This week, meet another.
We start with this kid. Big smile. Baseball cap. A dream he was already serious about.
Tomorrow we will tell you who he became. And why he shows up for foster youth in Central Texas.
Stay with us this week.
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We know it takes a village to raise a child.
Foster youth do not have that village. That is the hard truth. Here is the hopeful one. We are building it. A comprehensive campus where children in our under 18 home and young adults in our SIL apartments will live side by side with the support every young person deserves.
An anonymous supporter just gave $2 million toward that vision. Another is matching every dollar
you give up to $50,000 total.
Join the village.
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All week we have been telling you the story of one of the Hearts Behind our Mission. We met a kid with a list. She grew up and did almost all of it. Yesterday she shared the six words of advice she got along the way.
Today she is passing those words forward.
This is what the village looks like in motion. Someone gives you something. Years later you turn around and give it to the next person who needs it.
If you have a Dear Foster Youth message of your own, leave it in the comments. We will be reading every one.
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We’re excited to share this KXAN story featuring our CEO, Stacy Johnson, who was interviewed live at our Doris property by Tom Miller. Stacy shares the vision behind our future campus, a space designed to support and uplift foster youth as they transition into independence.
This moment reflects how far the mission has come, and where it’s headed next. Grateful to everyone who continues to believe in and support this work.
#CTTG #FosterYouth #CommunityImpact #NonprofitLeadership #BuildingFutures #CentralTexas #RoundRock #GiveBackStacy Johnson entered foster care when she was two-years-old, and by the time she was 16, she’d been in 10 different placements. Now she's working to prevent local children from having the same inconsistency she had growing up. www.kxan.com/news/local/round-rock/former-foster-child-plans-15-million-round-rock-campus-to-help... ... See MoreSee Less
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We asked Carrie what was the best piece of advice she had ever received.
Here is what she said:
"Keep going. It will be important later."
Six words. Someone said them to Carrie once. She carried them through a career in public health, mental health, nonprofits, and now her own writing. They turned out to be exactly important enough.
Tomorrow she is passing them forward to foster youth.
Tag a young person who needs to hear this today.
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𝐌𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐞 𝐁𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝.
She was the kid with the list. Writer, physician, actress, Olympian. She did almost all of it. A career in public health leadership at scale. A theatre degree from USC. A novel in progress. (Olympic medal still pending.)
Today she serves on our Advisory Council at Central Texas Table of Grace. When we asked her why this work matters, she said it shapes the world to come. When we asked her what she would change about how the world sees foster care, she said this:
"𝑬𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝒇𝒐𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒅𝒆𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒆𝒔 𝒂 𝒄𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝒑𝒂𝒕𝒉. 𝑾𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒘𝒆 𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎 𝒐𝒏𝒆, 𝒎𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒐𝒖𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒏 𝒖𝒔. 𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒕'𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒚. 𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒕'𝒔 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒋𝒐𝒃 𝒂𝒔 𝒂𝒅𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒔."
Tell us in the comments: who in your life believed in YOUR list when you were eight years old?
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