Ways to Support HFS

Currently HFS is in need of the following items:

Contact us to make an in-kind donation

HFS is proud to provide many of our services free of charge to our clients with the wonderful support of our donors.  Here are some of the items that you can provide support for:

Nurse Care and Counseling Support ($100 and up)

Our nurse, Connie O’Neill, RN, has been serving our birth mothers and adoptive parents for over 20 years.  Connie specialized in pediatric care and uses her years of experience to provide in-home support for our new adoptive parents, including bathing, burping and baby massage.  For our birth mothers, especially first timers, Connie, as a certified doula, educates them on their body changes and on warning signs and labor techniques. Her services cost $100/hr which is all paid for through generous donations.  Consider donating an hour or even several to support our birth mothers and new parents.

Birth Mother Support ($50 and up)

At HFS, we have a birth parent fund that helps support our birth mothers financially while she is pregnant and recovering pospartum.  This fund pays for very specific, pregnancy related support (such as food, rent, utilities, clothing, medical costs and travel to appointments, social worker time with birth parents, and legal fees related to court termination of parental rights).  All of our adoptive parents pay into the fund, but donations support the fund to keep costs down for our families.

Outreach and Education Support ($50 and up)

Young women in an unplanned pregnancy, potential adoptive and foster parents, and medical professionals are often unaware of the resources and support services available to them and their clients. HFS’ Outreach and Education team connects with the community and builds relationships by sharing an informed, clear, meaningful message about the option of adoption and our lifelong services. Support our team with your donation of $50 or more to help provide out community with this important information.

Christmas Presents for our Foster Youth ($40 and up)

All children love the wonder and excitement of Christmas.  Help provide a special gift under the tree to one or several of our foster youth.  With your donation, our staff/volunteers, will select a personal gift for our children in care. Make a gift to support a particular HFS program that resonates with you by donating now

What could be more joyful than leaving a legacy that perpetuates your values? Consider a legacy gift to HFS Adoption & Foster Care when you are evaluating your personal, family and financial needs as well as your long term charitable giving. Bequests, Beneficiary Designations, Life Insurance, Securities. Gifts both large and small are important. Take the time to consider your options carefully and plan your gift in consultation with family, lawyer or financial advisor. What legacy would you like to leave the world? Please contact us for more information.

Tribute gifts are a meaningful way to honor a friend, colleague or loved one, while helping to continue the HFS mission. CELEBRATE a birthday or anniversary. HONOR a family members accomplishment! REMEMBER a loved one by making a donation in their memory. When you make a tribute gift, a personalized card will be sent to the person you wish to honor. In a memorial gift, the card is sent to the family of the individual being honored. This notification includes your name as the donor but does not include the amount of the gift. To make a Tribute Gift, please contact us.

Love Grows Here Sponsor:  $5,000

Pays for rent for four birth mothers, 25 fully supplied diaper bag for birth mother who decides to parent or five months rent in our office in Orange County.

Circle of Hope Sponsor:  $2,500

Pays for 3 months of groceries for a birth mother or 10 trainings for hospital/clinic social workers & nurses.

Platinum Sponsor: $1,000

Pays for a year’s worth of foster orientations, monitor five post-adoption visits between birth parents and adoptive family or a month’s stipend to short-term foster parents to give birth mother time to think about parenting or adoption.

Gold Sponsor: $500

Pays for five car seats, 20 hours of birth parent counseling, four in-home nurse visits for new adoptive parents or 10 rides for birth mother’s prenatal doctor visits.

Associate Sponsor: $250

This is the group that started it all! The original core of support for HFS, started by Dolores Hope! Be part of this powerful legacy. Pays for six weeks of baby formula or 10 hours of post adoption counseling to birth parents.

To learn more and to make a donation, please contact us.