Agape Villages – Shaping Lives for a Lifetime

Events

November 1 – December 15, 2023

We have made it really easy to brighten the life of a kid in foster care. Our kids have told us what they want for Christmas and we put some of it on our Amazon Wish List. You buy it and it ends up under their tree for Christmas!

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Wills and Trusts

Looking to leave a legacy? Join the movement and leave a planned gift to Agape Villages Foster Family Agency in your will or trust.

A planned gift is simply a gift made through your will or estate plan. It can be as simple as an outright gift, called a bequest. A bequest is the easiest planned gift to make — and the most popular!

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Agape Celebrates 65 Years!

In October 2023, Agape reached 65 years of service to abused and neglected children and youth in Northern California. How we wish there wasn’t a need for our service but we are grateful to our many donors, foster parents, staff and volunteers over the years who have supported us in this vital work…

Please click the button below to read more and see some of the kids we’ve been able to help through the years.

Be A Resource Parent*

Children in foster care are in desperate need of a stable, loving home where they can be nurtured and begin to realize their full potential.

Agape Villages is seeking foster families who feel equipped to provide that kind of environment to a foster child.

* Formerly Foster Parent

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Stories

Ally Baca’s Story

Ally was only 5 when she entered foster care for the first time. She was able to reunify with her parents after her first placement, but things only got worse for her when she went back home… Ally is now an incredible young woman who has graduated college from Cal Poly with a 3.5 GPA!!

Ally’s Full Story

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Finding a Forever Family

Joey (age 5) and Tommy (age 4) were placed in foster care because of serious problems within their family. At first, because of behavioral issues, they rebelled against and struggled with the structure and disciplinary rules of the foster home. With firm discipline and loving and consistent care, both boys have developed a strong and healthy attachment to the foster family. Joey and Tommy became eligible for adoption some months ago, and without hesitation, their former “foster family” is now their “adoptive family” (and “forever family”).

Healing For All

Mary’s mother, a habitual user of illegal substances, verbally abused her infant child, Mary (now 19 months old). When placed with Agape, Mary exhibited no emotion and refused to play with toys. That all changed under the loving and tender care of her foster parents. Now her mother, attempting reform under a drug rehabilitation program, is working with the courts toward reunification with her child, and if and when successful, has asked Mary’s foster parents to become Mary’s “grandparents.”

Beating the Odds

Aaryn graduated from high school and is now in college, financed solely by student aid and seeking a degree in nursing. She is self-supporting, a remarkable achievement insofar as she had first come to foster care as a child of nine. She spent eight years in various foster homes, and became an Agape foster child when 17. She has remained close to her Agape foster family, and frequently babysits for them. Here’s what Aaryn says about her Agape experience: “I never would be here without the love and support of my Agape foster parents.”

We Need Your Help

We can provide the services we do for kids in foster care because of help from you. We always need donations. The funds received help us run crucial programs that benefit these kids.

We also need volunteers to help us with our events, general office tasks and more. We can pass on more of the money directly to the kids by you giving of your time.

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