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Foster Village East Tennessee (FVETN) was founded to create a community of support for families involved in the foster care system. Tennessee has significantly more children in foster care than the number of homes open to house foster children. Many families stop fostering within the first year due to burn out, citing lack of support as the number one issue. FVETN aims to bridge that gap by serving & supporting foster/kinship families in a four (4) county region that includes McMinn, Monroe, Meigs & Rhea Counties. Our number one program is providing welcome packs to foster families within 48 hours of a new placement. A welcome pack contains 5 new outfits, socks, pajamas, underwear, toiletries, a blanket, & a toy as well as other age specific items if needed such as diapers. We also host monthly events for foster/kinship families to bring them together for support as well as community building. We host caregiver gatherings/support groups as well as family activities for fun & relaxation. We also have quarterly giveaways for foster/kinship children, for example, this year was our third year of giving new sneakers to foster/kinship children for the new school year. Our next giveaway will be in late Autumn 2024 when we will give each child registered new winter clothing. All of our programs are designed to support & serve these families so that they will continue to do the hard work of fostering the most vulnerable children in our community. All of our programs/events are funded solely through donations. Since we are only three years old, we are still trying to bring awareness to our community that we are here & active in the work that we strive to accomplish in hopes to obtain more financial support from community members. We host several fundraisers every year including a golf tournament, a banquet, yard sales, pancake breakfast & an online auction in October each year.
