On Saturday December 12th, the Adeona Foundation sponsored a holiday party and gift exchange for over 200 foster care children on Staten Island. With the help of the Children’s Aid Society of New York, our organization was able to give $10,000 worth of gifts to socially and economically less fortunate children in hopes to brighten their holiday season. In coordination with the case workers from CAS, each child received a personalized gift that was on his or her holiday wish-list.

The Children's Aid Society's very first program in 1853 sought decent homes and families for the thousands of homeless, abused and orphaned children living on the streets of New York City. That program, called the Orphan Train Movement, is recognized as the foundation of the United States' modern-day foster care system.

Today, Children's Aid finds homes for more than 500 children each year. Our foster care program provides specialized services including Family Foster Care, Medical Foster Care, Therapeutic Foster Care and services for teens "aging out" of foster care.

Children’s Aid ensures that these temporary homes are safe and nurturing by training foster parents and supervising the families while the children are in their care. But because children need a permanent home, either with an adoptive family or their birthparents, our work focuses on providing tremendous support to the children, their foster parents and their birthparents.

The Adeona Foundation was pleased to make such a high impact donation during the holiday season, directly benefiting a number of less fortunate foster care children in the New York City area. As always, we are very grateful for the continued support of our donors.