The inspiration for the Fostering Faith Foundation began in 2018 when the Birdsong family learned of a local organization that delivered comfort bags and other essential items to children being taken or misplaced from their homes and put into group homes or foster care. We were shocked to hear the number of children they support throughout the year, and even more shocked to hear about the number of children placed just in one group home within our area.
On meeting with Brent Moore, the Founder at IamJ3 Community Outreach, a very thoughtful and inspiring person, he asked the question, “What are you doing to make the world a better place?”
After what they had learned about the need, the family felt God tugging on their hearts. We asked ourselves, “Honestly, what are we doing to make the world a better place?” They felt God’s call to do more and were put into contact with Julie at the American Children’s Home in Lexington, NC.
The group home provided them with a list of children in need of holiday gifts. The family gifted each child on their list with homemade blankets featuring a verse sewed into each one. They served 60 children in 2018— 26 on campus at the group home, and 34 placed in foster homes, ranging from one month to 18 years old.
In 2019, they felt the calling to go further. They called the group home and requested ALL the children’s holiday lists. Items were needed for 30 on-campus children and 24 children placed in foster homes. That year, the children ranged from 6 months to 19 years old. With the helpWe found families to sponsor 46 children while our family took on the remaining 8.
In 2020 the Birdsong’s with the support and prayers of their family, friends, and church, established a 501(c)3 and became the Fostering Faith Foundation. Since 2020, Fostering Faith has over 300 children in care through necessities and holiday wish grants, and has a goal of granting more than 1000 wishes each year by 2025 with the help of our community elves (local businesses, families, churches, community groups and more).
OUR TEAM
Tiffany founded Fostering Faith Foundation in 2018, and received full 501(c)(3) non-profit status in January 2020. In the beginning she kept hearing the question “are you going to be doing more throughout the year?” and “keep us in mind for next year. Tiffany felt a calling and has since been blessed to give back to children coming into group homes and foster families around the state through the work at the foundation.
Our ultimate goal is to bring Fostering Faith Foundations Holiday Wish Lists to Foster Children throughout the whole state of North Carolina. Throughout the year we are able to provide clothing, assistance with needed items, needed funds, scholarships and more to children in care, foster families and group homes. We also aid in providing resources for those interested in fostering and fostering-to-adopt through community outreach and professional support with our community partners.
Tiffany has a passion for the children in care, having seen the traumatic side of things through a therapy internship, as well as the joy of things through the work done through the foundation. She continues to bring community involvement into the foundation to help spread more awareness about the children in care and the support we can all provide to make their situations a little bit brighter and to show them their community cares and is there to support them.
Nathaniel is the Chairman of the Board, Secretary and backup support for Fostering Faith Foundation. He is a full time real estate agent and investor working in the Triad area of North Carolina. Nathaniel has a passion for helping foster children by way of his connection to his own kids. “Imagining my own children without a family, without parents, is what drives me to see the mission of Fostering Faith Foundation succeed” is Nat’s response when asked about why the charity was founded.
Georgia has volunteered with various organizations over the years. Locally, through her son’s Boy Scout Troop, she found volunteer opportunities with the Clemmons Food Pantry and Bethesda Center for the Homeless where she serves on a frequent basis. She also helps out at No Goats No Glory Farm where she cleans up after and helps train puppies before they go to their forever homes.
Georgia’s primary work is proofreading. Her strengths with Fostering Faith Foundation’s is reviewing contracts, website, blog posts and email notifications as they arise. She is excited to help be the hands and feet of Jesus along with the others on the board of this important foundation in North Carolina’s Piedmont Triad.
Deana lives in Winston Salem, NC with her husband, David and her daughter, Victoria (Tori). She also has a son, Dustin who lives in Raleigh. Deana celebrated over 25 years with Wells Fargo Bank as a Senior Fiduciary Administrator this year and has her CTFA, Certified Trust Financial Advisor certification. Her family has been very involved the last several years with community outreach which started with her daughter’s passion to help children who are affected by food insecurity. Tori’s platform is Fighting Childhood Hunger and she promotes her platform by setting up her traveling lemonade stand, Tori’s Lemon-AIDE and selling lemonade and accepting monetary donations to purchase food. Tori has given over 6,000 pounds of food to community outreach centers.
Family is very important to the Robinson’s and they consider partnering with the Fostering Faith Foundation to be an honor. They look forward to providing outreach to foster children who not only may not know where their next meal will come from, but may not know where they will end up at the end of the day. Deana’s goal is to help as many foster children as possible, to give them a purpose and let them know they are loved and cared for.
Ramona has worked with different organizations most of her life. She has coordinated Girl Scout retreats and events, clothing drives, participated in events with the Kimberly Home and more. Ramona is a U.S. Veteran from the United States Army as well as a full-time minister. Ramona has donated to our cause for the last two years, and is excited to be a part of the team. Ramona will be helping to coordinate volunteers for events as well as coordinating drop off locations for our Holiday Wish Lists.
Junior Board Members
Spartacus is an elementary school student who loves to golf, video gaming and taekwondo. Spartacus gives back to the children in care through his birthday closet.
A foster family/group home can submit a form requesting birthday aid and he will deliver a “birthday party in a box”, a card and a few birthday presents.
The thing he most enjoys about granting wishes at Christmas is being able to stuff each stocking with Christmas treats and knowing the excitement on the children’s face’s Christmas morning.
Magnolia (Nolie) is a pre-schooler who loves her horsey (her favorite stuffed animal), ice cream and chocolate popsicles. Magnolia loves being able to get out in foster communities meeting new people and seeing what their needs are and how she can help through her platform Magnolia’s Foster Friends.
Nolie stocks a little library at our headquarters with books for all ages, so that every child can pick out and discover a world of imagination through stories.
The thing she enjoys most about granting wishes at Christmas is shopping for one of their special wishes.
Victoria (Tori) is a high-schooler who loves playing competitive volleyball and giving back to the community. Through her own non-profit, Tori’s Lemon-Aide, she sells lemonade and accepts monetary donations to support her platform, Fighting Childhood Hunger.
She has contributed over 6,000 pounds of food to community outreach centers and started and stocked our headquarters pantry to serve our care families and aged out youth with meals, snacks and grocery gift cards.
For her hard work, Tori has earned seven Presidential Volunteer Service Awards given by the President of the United States. Her goal is to bring awareness to childhood hunger and encourage others to give back to their communities to help fight childhood hunger.