Fostering Memories began when Laurie Campbell – then a social worker at a San Diego psychiatric hospital heard a thought provoking request from a foster youth who was about to turn 18 and be released from the system. The girl asked if she could keep her intake photo as they were the only photos she had of herself. Though Laurie knew that foster children lacked for many things, she’d never thought about the fact that they might not even have childhood photos. This particularly resonated with Laurie as she’s almost lost her own childhood photos in the Crest fires and, though everything else in the house would have burned as well, photos were the thing her family was most upset about losing.
Horrified that children were going without this most precious resource, Laurie checked around and found that this was quite common. And so Fostering Memories was born.
Donate $25 and send us a picture of you, or a loved one, and we’ll post it on this webpage as a reminder of how important memories of our childhood can be. Please email the picture to info@fosteringmemories.org.
