Every year nearly 500,000 children, impacted by abuse, neglect and trauma, spend time in the foster care system.    This holiday season, through Together Rising, you made 97 wishes come true for children in foster care. The wishes totaled $20,0000 and reached kids all over the US through One Simple Wish: Here are just 10 wishes…

Please meet Laura and her four daughters — Kendall, Taylor, Emmaline & Ava.   Two years ago this month, they lost their beloved husband and father, Chris, when he collapsed and died in their home. His daughters were the first by his side.   Laura was a stay-at-home mom, and even with Chris working, money…

Thousands of families, women, children and men, who have walked hundreds of miles fleeing in-country violence and persecution, are now at the southern border of the U.S. prepared to do the difficult work of presenting their petitions for legal asylum.   The shelters in Tijuana are overflowing, rain has caused much of the area to…

Hi All! Meet Audrey. Audrey’s neighbors call her “the mayor of Minneapolis” because she is constantly serving mamas and children. This is from her friend, Jessica:   “Each year, in between acting as a year-round clearing house for clothes and kids’ items, Audrey singlehandedly organizes a love-yourself-first Valentines’ day celebration, a school supplies drive, a…