| Name of Non-Profit Organization * | Warm Welcomes Foster Care Outreach |
| Today’s Date: * | Sunday, August 11, 2019 |
| Organization’s website | http://www.warmwelcomes.org |
| EIN / 501(C)(3)Number * | 46-4075328 |
| What year did your organization receive it’s non-profit status? * | 2012 |
| Address * | 
6230 Centre Park Dr. Suite DWest Chester, Ohio 45069 United States |
| County * | Butler County |
| Your Name * | Krista Lorenz |
| Your Title * | Director |
| Your email address * | krista@warmwelcomes.org |
| Your Phone Number | (513) 526-3980 |
| Executive Director’s Name * | Krista Lorenz |
| Executive Director’s email address * | krista@warmwelcomes.org |
| What is the mission of your organization? | |
| Warm Welcomes Foster Care Outreach’s mission is to partner with community members of all ages to encourage, empower, and enrich the lives of youth in foster care.
Warm Welcomes Foster Care Outreach is a volunteer organization which directly impacts children in foster care and their families by offering necessity items as well as enrichment opportunities to help children become more fully integrated into their communities. Warm Welcomes Foster Care Outreach seeks to promote a lasting sense of self-worth and healing for youth in foster care. We also provide community member involvement, promote volunteerism, provide service and empowerment opportunities for children in foster care to use their own talents within the community, as well as, raise awareness to address the critical issue of foster care in Southwest Ohio. |
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| Which social causes (up to 3 choices) does your agency address through its programming? * |
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| Any comments about your selections you would like to share with the student philanthropists? | |
| Warm Welcomes Foster Care Outreach was started in 2013 by Krista and Howard Lorenz and their five young children after having their eyes and hearts forever opened to the needs of children in foster care during their time as a foster family. Scripture is clear about the call to serve, protect, and WELCOME children, especially, those most vulnerable.
LUKE 9:48 (NIV) Each child, family, adult, business, and small group can answer that call in simple, tangible, and lasting ways. Warm Welcomes FCO, was built out of the need to raise individual awareness of the estimated 399,546 children in foster care in the US (as of 9/2012) and to develop connections between children and their communities, schools, and churches. It is the hope that simple signs of support, encouragement, and being loved and valued by those around you, will help build children up in a positive way that has brought us to this very moment. WWFCO currently serves foster children ages 0-18 from local agencies in Butler, Hamilton, and Warren Counties of Ohio. |
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| Does your organization have volunteer opportunities available for students? * | Yes, Grades 6 – 12 |
| List possible volunteer opportunities -or- a link to where they can be found on the web. | We schedule groups of 10-12 people to assemble Welcome Bags with new comfort and necessity items for local children entering foster care in 6 neighboring counties. We also need volunteers to make no-sew blankets off site, or help sort and organize donations at our office. |
| Volunteer coordinator | Krista Lorenz |
| Volunteer coordinator’s email address | krista@warmwelcomes.org |
| Volunteer coordinator’s phone number | (513) 526-3980 |
