Amazing Grace Academy students help kids in foster care

Every year the students at Amazing Grace Academy in Palmer collect money to shop for holiday gifts for children in foster care. This year they bought $1,100 worth of toys and Target donated an additional $250 gift card.

In addition, they had several other local organizations that provided holiday gifts for Mat-Su children in foster care. Mari Jo Parks and the Special Santa at Alaska Family Services helped foster parents with gifts for the foster children they are caring for. Pump Up the Kids is another program that helped provide gifts donated specifically for older youth in foster care. The Chugiak-Eagle River Senior Center Knit Witz donated beautiful handmade scarves, gloves , hats and afghans for the holiday party children in foster care. In addition, Valley Business Machines and Krazy Moose Sandwich Shop in Wasilla collected gifts for foster children.

For information about foster care and adoption contact www.acrf.org.