Please read the Agape Villages Newsletter, “The Love Letter,” to learn more about all of the people and programs that are changing the lives of foster children each day!
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Printed Newsletter October 2024
Please read the Agape Villages Newsletter, “The Love Letter,” to learn more about all of the people and programs that are changing the lives of foster children each day!
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20th Annual Golf Tournament
Our 20th annual Fairways Fore Foster Kids Golf Tournament was a great success this year with 87 golfers playing in beautiful, yet slightly windy 78 degree weather. We celebrated the life of our friend Randy “Bud” Metcalf who passed away July 4, 2024 with a moment of silence. He was a devoted golfer who played in our tournaments and always supported our kids. Tom Clarke, Bob Allendorf, Danny Perez and Chad Nascimento won First Place Gross while Ernie Yoshino, Jose Rodriguez, Evan Yoshino, and Ethan Yoshino won First Place Net. Congratulations gentlemen and thank you for supporting Agape Villages.
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Printed Newsletter July 2024
Please read the Agape Villages Newsletter, “The Love Letter,” to learn more about all of the people and programs that are changing the lives of foster children each day!
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CHEF Gift Match Challenge
Thank you so much for your generosity. We hit our goal because you gave! Agape will now receive your donations over the month of October ($20,000) plus an extra $10,000 match ($30,000 total) from our friends at the Community Health & Education Foundation (CHEF) without fees. These funds will go to the programs that benefit kids in foster care we support, helping them to feel safe and stable in such a difficult time. Thank you!
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Fairways Fore Foster Kids
Thank you for those attending the 19th Annual Fairways Fore Foster Kids Golf Tournament at the Manteca Park Golf Course. We had 23 foursomes join us for an awesome day of golf. The weather was perfect, everyone had fun. Thank you to Lisa Penn for the Bloody Mary Bar. The food was really great, thanks Mark and Patty Anglin & crew for the delicious – (come back for more) BBQ hot dogs on the course and the delicious box lunches from Chez Shari.
Jerrold Kennedy, Rudy Marquez, Tristan Jaramillo and Mark Ackerman won First Prize -Gross and Second went to Steve Keifer, Nick Mueller, Frank Souza and Brian Smith. Congratulations to both teams and see you next year!
And thank you to the Manteca Advisory Council – they are the best crew ever!
Thank You Sponsors
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65th Anniversary Celebration
October 2024, Agape reached 66 years of service to abused and neglected children and youth in Northern California. How we wish there wasn’t a need for our service but we are grateful to our many donors, foster parents, staff and volunteers over the years who have supported us in this vital work. The more than 6,600 children directly touched, and families and others indirectly touched, will never be able to express their appreciation to you personally, so we do. Thank you!
We need more resource parents. Help us help more kids like these. Please visit our resource parent page and learn what it takes to become one.
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Ally’s Story
Ally was only 5 when she entered foster care for the first time. She was able to reunify with her parents after her first placement, but things only got worse for her when she went back home. Beatings were more intense than before. She was locked in her room, starved, never being able to play outside. This is not the life a child should have. School was a place Ally loved to be, it was the only safe place for her, a place where she could distract herself from the reality of what was going on at home. Ally got good grades in school despite all the abuse she was experiencing. Her parents would pull her from school as a punishment, taking away her only sense of safety.
Thankfully Ally was removed from her home a second time at age 14 and she was placed with Betty, one of Agape’s resource (foster) families. Betty took Ally in as her own and gave her the love and care she deserved. She was able to process what she had gone through in her past and focus on her goals for the future.
Ally is now an incredible young woman who has graduated college from Cal Poly with a 3.5 GPA!! She made the Dean’s list, has applied to the Peace Corp and is looking into a Master’s program in International Apparel Management. She has a love for learning and is excited to see where her passion will take her. Not only is she a kind and caring person, but she has overcome so many obstacles and is thriving.
This is the kind of story we love and are proud to tell you about! We know Ally is going to make a big impact in the world. She already has, and a big part of that is the love and care she had from her foster, now forever, family. However the costs to help kids like Ally are high and we cannot do what we do without YOUR financial support!
It is because of donors like you that stories like Ally’s are possible!
Ally recently said, “I was able to have great social workers from the start with Agape Villages because of the advocacy I got while in care. In Agape Villages I was able to have a great foster home where I was able to find my forever home. Through the staff members and resources I was able to get the guidance I needed. They always made sure I was well taken care of. The social workers and foster parents work very closely to make sure they are both advocating for the child.”
This is what YOU make possible!
Watch Ally’s Video
A Former Child In Foster Care Through Agape
Ally speaking at Spring in the Valley, an annual dinner hosted by Agape Villages. Make More Stories Like Ally’s Possible! Donate Now
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Family Builders Shared Toys
Family Builders is a nonprofit foster family and adoption agency dedicated to building permanent, loving and committed families for children and youth in foster care. They generously shared the gifts they received this holiday season with Agape families. We received some wonderful toys and coloring books.
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Thank You To All Who Attended Tri-Valley Jail n Bail
A huge thank you for all the people who attended the Tri-Valley Jail n Bail in Pleasanton at the SideTrack Bar + Grill this July. We had a great turnout and brought in over $10,000 to benefit the kids in foster care that Agape supports. We look forward to doing it again next year!