Mission

To provide foster children growing up in San Diego County residential care, with photographs and scrapbooks to permanently document their childhood memories.

Organization Status

Fostering Memories is a registered 501(c)3 nonprofit collaborative organization of professional staff, volunteer photographers, and volunteer scrapbookers who care about preserving the childhood memories of foster youth.

Accomplishments

We have photographed foster youth at many events, including:

Group Home Events

County graduation events

Youth Empowerment Symposium Through the San Diego County Office of Education (with support by the Commission on Children, Youth and Families & Casey Family Programs) and featuring Jaiya John (see more at the Jaiya John/SoulWater Rising Website).

Camp Connect San Diego A partnership of Promises2Kids, the County of San Diego, and United Way of San Diego County Read this great article recently posted regarding Camp Connect: Camp Connect article by the North County Times

Holiday events and other special requests.

"Having your own pictures provides you with a sense of self and security even when everything around you changes."