While Shifting Gearsโ primary focus is supporting young adults as they age out of care without permanency, we also understand the importance of building relationships with teenagers who are currently in care. Trust is difficult to earn, especially for youth who have been let down time and time again.
At Shifting Gears, Ms. Diana and her team make a...
โจ Big News at Shifting Gears! โจ
This weekend, we had the honor of helping a young woman move into her very first apartment โ on her birthday! ๐ What a gift to step into a new home and a new year all at once. After aging out of foster care without permanency and living in a shelter, she now has a place to call ๐ home๐ . ...
๐ Shifting Gears Annual โAdopt-A-Teenโ Event โ By the Numbers! ๐
What an unbelievable show of community, compassion, and collective heart. This yearโs Adopt-A-Teen event was our biggest and brightest yet and the numbers tell a story worth celebrating:
โจ 300+ community members donated at least one item โ many donated more than one!
โจ 20+ groups...
๐ป Huge Thank You to Our Amazing Volunteers! ๐ป
Thank you so much to everyone who came out to support our very first Basket Bingo benefiting Shifting Gears. Because of your generosity, we raised over $18,000 to support teens and young adults aging out of care without a forever family.
As summer comes to an end and a new school year begins, we are reflecting on the meaningful moments and community support that carried us through the season.
Another great Sunday dinner! We enjoyed a nacho bar along with delicious Mexican street corn from Sol Oaxaca Cocina Mexicana. For dessert, we had snowballs and cake. The youth painted rocks to start a rock snake on campus, a fun and creative community project which can continue for years to come. It was a wonderful evening filled with laughter,...
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Shifting Gears hosted a warm and welcoming Sunday dinner with 10 amazing foster teens currently in care. Thanks to the generosity of a kind donor, everyone enjoyed a delicious spread from Red Robin, including burgers, a wing bar, mac and cheese, and crispy chicken salad. Our Monthly Activities Committee Chair did a fantastic job organizing the...
As a fresh new organization, we are certainly speeding right along as we shift gears into spring! We have celebrated some of our foster teens' bodacious birthdays, went pretty prom dress shopping with some of our seniors; delivered pots & pans and bedding & yarn and other needed household items to foster teens living in the cottages at the group...
