Our RFL Family came Home for the Holidays thanks to YOU

“I wish someone had told me what it would be like to spend the Holidays alone. When you’re in foster care, someone has to take you. When you age out, no one does.”

- These words were from a Ready for Life former foster youth years ago

Thank you to all who helped make our life changing Home for the Holidays event possible. Because of you, the former foster youth at RFL and their children know they are very loved, and that they belong. Thanks to you, no youth was left hungry or without a gift, they made fun memories to outshine the hard ones from their childhoods, and they started their own family traditions that will go on for many generations to come.

It takes a LOT to create a warm memory to help fill in the hurt in the hearts of former foster youth.

• Hundreds of volunteers

• Thousands of hours shopping, wrapping, and checking lists (twice!)

• Tens of thousands of dollars in donated gifts and sponsorships

A very special thank you to Mike Brown and all at Santa’s Angels; our RFL volunteers Kate Linde and Lou Ann Lee; News Channel 8 and Fox 13 for sharing what we’re up to; and to each and every one of you for your hearts to help make the Holidays special for those we serve.

And thank you to:

(Please forgive us if we have inadvertently forgotten anyone.)

Charity Quilters of Tarpon Springs Cypress Palms ALF First Presbyterian Church of Dunedin Gamma Omega Master GFWC North Pinellas GFWC Clearwater Harbor Exchange Club Kiwanis Club Seminole Breakfast Lutheran Community Church Mid Pinellas Exchange Club NPI Mid Pinellas Suncoast PCA RBC Capital Markets Rotary Club of Pinellas Park Rotary Club of St. Pete Sunset Rotary Club of Indian Rocks Beach Rotary Rotary Club of Gulf Beaches Rotary Club of Seminole Lake Rotary Club of Seminole Santa’s Angels Town of Indian Shores/Police Department Alex Bugallo Andrea Rockman Andrew Devenbeck Angela Russo Anne Condor Anthony and Angela Russo Awilda Harrington Barbara Backus Becky Kepto Beth Becknell Bonnie Thompson

Carolyn Baum Chandler Luger Christine Schumaker Cori Ryniker Courtney Burt Debbie Forster Deborah Berner Deborah Vasquez Debra Fisher Deidre Fernald Denise Rodriguez Diamond Davis Dionne Sullivan Fawn Moore Flowbird/Cale America, Inc. Fred Haley Gemeka Boatman Helen Feinberg Jacqlyn Bryant-Hall Jamelle Conner Jane Hopkins Janet Waddell Jean Barsky Jeanne Joyner Jeni Mitchell Jennifer Dittman Jennifer Sampson Jerrica Stovall Joyce Keller Julie Santamaria Karalynne Brubaker Karen Navantieri Karen Navautieri Kathy Craig Kelly Mione

Kerry Raynor Kirstin Cady Linda Boyce Linda Dodson Lou Ann Lee Martina Rukstele Mary Mertz Mary Pat McLain Mary Schlier Matthew Sansbury Michael Forster Michael Glover Mitchell Shenkman Nikki Assise Pat Bellcourt Regina Hardin Rhonda Kreitz Rita Becchetti Ron Van Dyke Sandra Lester Sandy Auge Shannon Boylan Sharon Sanchez Shauna Shepherd Shelly Ballard Siera Byrd Suncoast NPI Inc. Susan Burnore Suzanne Elliott Suzanne Zsiga Tammy Leventis Teresa Ducady Teresa Williams Tiffany McMullen Tina Culotta-Glynn