Ways to Give to HFS

Thank you to The Rev. Rachael Nyback and her now husband Chad Druten (pictured with family and friends,) whose wedding took place on October 28 of this year.  Rachel and Chad designated HFS as one of their wedding gift beneficiaries.

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Episcopal Parishes asked to support HFS during Advent 2023

Thank you to Executive Director Julie Brown and her husband Peter, who tabled for HFS at the Episcopal Convention this year at the Riverside Convention Center on November 10th and 11th.  Thank, too, to board members John Thies, Marianne Wright and Joseph Zanetta, who also attended.

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HFS and Closet Factory Unite to Support Kids in Foster Care

In a heartwarming partnership that embodies the spirit of National Adoption Month, Closet Factory, a renowned provider of custom-designed organizational solutions, joined hands with HFS Adoption & Foster Care, Southern California’s oldest adoption agency, to help transform the lives of foster youth in Los Angeles.

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HFS Making Miracles Happen

In 1949, something magical took place in downtown Los Angeles.  A newborn baby was handed to a couple in a car – an “adoption” in the streets if you can imagine. The miracle was that Dr. George Piness of St. Anne’s Maternity Hospital, and Dolores Hope (yes, Bob’s wife) witnessed it, and felt there had to be a better way to facilitate an adoption. Together, they created the agency now known as HFS Adoption & Foster Care.

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Celebrating 75 Years of Creating Forever Families

On May 23, 2024, HFS will celebrate seventy-five years of creating forever families. It’s an amazing accomplishment, and a testament to the agency’s resilience, that HFS has continuously provided high-quality adoption services to birth parents and adoptive parents for almost eight decades.  HFS’s origin story began when Dr. George Piness, then associated with St. Anne’s…

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HFS 2023 Circle of Hope

Thank you to all who attended the Circle of Hope celebration on Thursday, May 4th , at the Oakmont Country Club in Glendale. The event began at 6pm with guests greeted by volunteer and HFS adoptee Viki Battaglia and her daughter Phyllis.  Attendees then circulated at the lobby bar or proceeded into the Bistro Room…

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Thank you to our Paddle Raise Donors!

The special Paddle Raise opportunity, held during the 2023 Circle of Hope event at the Oakmont Country Club on May 4th, benefitted one of HFS’s greatest needs, which continues to be outreach to hospitals and clinics.

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