Get Involved
There are many ways that you can help young people exiting foster care in Wake County create a brighter future.
Volunteer
There are many ways to help young people aging out of foster care at The Hope Center. You can become a tutor, mentor, a host home participant, sign-up to provide transportation assistance to our young people, or volunteer to help us with special events. Please go to our volunteer page for more details!
Attend an Event
We host events, including our Raising Hope Gala and Cycle for Hope, as well as other fundraisers, throughout the year that we’d love your participation in. Check out our events page for updated information on our fundraising events.
Provide a Work Experience
Young people aging out of foster care need help building their resumes and exploring potential careers. Our Career Development Program offers young people an internship opportunity so that they can get the coaching and support they need to increase their employment skills. To find out more about our internship program and how your organization or business can help, please go to our internship page.
Donate
We appreciate donations of any size:
$36 buys a monthly bus pass to get one young adult to school or work.
$300 pays for enrollment in a GED course that will help ensure the opportunity to earn a living wage.
$500 is a stipend for a young adult who takes an unpaid internship to gain more work experience.
$1,000 is enough money for a deposit and the first month’s rent to prevent a young adult from becoming homeless.
Please click on the Donate button to make your tax-deductible contribution.
“The hardest part of aging out was molding myself to self-independence. Learning to go look for jobs, that was the big thing, looking for houses, I’m still thrown for a loop on that. Looking for jobs, basically figuring out where I’m going to lay my head at…those were the two things I knew I had to get up on ASAP. When I aged out I stayed in my car, lived at a friend’s house, and I was homeless for 4 months. I didn’t like it. I always told myself that I put myself in this situation, but I still didn’t like it one bit.”
The Hope Center helps our participants find the safe, stable housing they deserve upon aging out so that these young people can continue to focus on their education, employment and their health–all essential pieces to being able to live independent, healthy lives.
“The hardest part of aging out was molding myself to self-independence. Learning to go look for jobs, that was the big thing, looking for houses, I’m still thrown for a loop on that. Looking for jobs, basically figuring out where I’m going to lay my head at…those were the two things I knew I had to get up on ASAP. When I aged out I stayed in my car, lived at a friend’s house, and I was homeless for 4 months. I didn’t like it. I always told myself that I put myself in this situation, but I still didn’t like it one bit.”
The Hope Center helps our participants find the safe, stable housing they deserve upon aging out so that these young people can continue to focus on their education, employment and their health–all essential pieces to being able to live independent, healthy lives.