Group Sports
The single, working parent of two asked for help paying school group sports fees so the high school freshman could participate in fall football. The child was getting good grades…
Nutritional Intervention
Parents asked for help paying for a program to address their child’s severe disinterest in eating/extremely low weight. They had seen multiple specialists to no avail and hoped Aspiring Sprouts…
Infant Supplies
Parents of a premature infant (born at 28 weeks) asked for help purchasing a breast pump. The family’s insurance would not pay until after the original due date. Mom was pumping…
Safety/Wellbeing
Working parents of a child with special needs asked for help purchasing a tracking device similar to AngelSense, so as to monitor the child’s whereabouts. Concerned for the child’s safety,…
Educational
Single, currently unemployed mother of one asked for help purchasing a laptop for her child who had dropped out of school due to bullying and who was now trying to…
Travel Expenses
Rural Nevada family with a child hospitalized for two weeks in Reno with an unknown illness asked for help paying travel expenses. With only one parent working while the other…
Fall Fundraising Double-the-Donation Announced
With requests for assistance up 30% compared to 2021, our Annual Fall Appeal is more important than ever this year. Northern Nevada children are still experiencing the “fallout” from the…
Shoe/Sock Donation
Soles4Souls reached out to us this past summer, inviting us to receive and distribute 250 pairs of shoes and 500 pairs of Bombas socks to children in transition (children experiencing…
RC Willey Helping Local Nonprofits and Families
Board member Tayona Tate and I met with Scott Landon and office administrator Susan Alexander at RC Willey in Reno last week. Their store chose For Kids Foundation to receive…
Childcare
Newly employed and permanently housed after months in local shelter, working parents of two asked for help paying for childcare. Our Board approved several months to help get the family…