We are small on purpose. That only works with help.

What actually helps

• Goods and products

  Blankets, bedding, hygiene supplies, backpacks, kitchen basics, work clothes. The ordinary things somebody needs to furnish a first apartment and cannot buy all at once.

• Services and expertise

  Trades, legal help, tax preparation, driving lessons, haircuts, a mechanic who will look at a first car honestly. Skills are as useful to us as stock.

• Employers

  A real first job matters more than almost anything else we can arrange. If you hire entry level and you are willing to be patient through a rough first month, tell us.

• Mentoring

  People who have built something and can spend real time with someone who is starting from nothing. We coordinate mentoring through the providers already working with a young person, so it fits their situation rather than cutting across it.

• Agencies and caseworkers

  If you work with young people approaching their exit date, we would rather hear from you before they age out than after. There is no referral form and no waiting list.

Agencies we work with

We are not the only people doing this, and we are better when we are not doing it alone.

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  Thrive Arizona

  Prevention, reunification, and aged out. We go out together: they reach young adults we never would on our own, and we can move fast on the practical things.

  thriveaz.org

Special thanks to

Thank you

• Craig

  Pearson Southwest Marketing

  A long-time supporter.

• David B.

  A very generous heart.

• The Rhoads Family

  Tucson

  A widow’s answered prayer.

• TLM

  Became a supporter for aging out foster kids.

• Mr. William

  Became a monthly supporter.

• April Elliott

  Became a supporter.

• Marcie

  For coordinating many gifts.

• The Substack Fam

  Readers who became supporters!