This week we got a great letter addressed to: “The Caring Individuals at the Red Scarf Project”. It was from Abigail Miller and enclosed was a $50 check to honor her mother on her birthday. On July 18th, her mom turns 50 and she told us: “Please accept my gift of $50 to honor my mother on her 50th birthday. I know that a donation to her cause will bring her far more pleasure than a pair of earrings.”

Many of you probably have never heard of “Now Norma Knits”, but to those of you in the knitting world, you know that she’s an unsung hero to thousands of former foster youth across the country. Norma and a nationwide band of knitters, knit red scarves for aged out foster youth and OFA includes them in the more than 2,500 care packages we send out three times a year. It’s a hand made scarf, made from the heart and sent with love to youth who have no families of their own. They’re made by grandmothers, mothers, daughters, sisters and regular people, just like Norma who care enough to knit scarves and fund the Red Scarf for Foster Youth Fund.

The RED SCARF FUND FOR FOSTER YOUTH provides emergency aid because life happens and foster youth don’t have the safety net most people call ‘family.’

Red Scarf aid has paid for:

· medical bills

· eyeglasses

· musical instrument repairs

· new tires to pass inspection

· and sadly, funeral expenses

All the things a traditional scholarship fund doesn’t cover, all the things a parent would – our young people count on the Red Scarf Fund to help them. Will you join us in wishing Norma a happy 50h birthday and fund the Red Scarf Fund for Foster Youth in memory of someone you love?

Learn more here.

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