by Malcolm Bell | Apr 24, 2025 | Champions, News, Uncategorized
At UMFS, we know the transformative impact that strong, positive relationships with a trusting adult can have on a child. “Relationships are our building blocks,” has been a cornerstone of our culture for over 125 years, embraced daily by our staff, families, donors,...
by Malcolm Bell | Nov 7, 2024 | Champions, News, Uncategorized
Diamond’s Mission to Provide Stability for Youth in Foster Care Diamond has always valued the love and connection that comes with being from a big family. But as an adoptive mother of five children under the age of 13, even she couldn’t expect the path she took...
by UMFS Admin | Nov 11, 2022 | Champions
Photo by Sara Maslyn Photography. November is National Adoption Month, and caring donors and supporters like you are helping UMFS connect children and teens in foster care with their forever families. The Leaheys are one of those families. Foster care and adoption...
by UMFS | Sep 8, 2022 | Champions
One Charterhouse Family Contemplates “What’s Next?” Meet Sophia Beasley, future horticulturist. Or cosmetologist. Or veterinary tech. Actually, at 18 years old, and having just finished her 12th year at UMFS’s Charterhouse School, Sophia is not yet sure what she...
by UMFS | Sep 8, 2021 | Articles, Champions, News
Mackenzie remembers arriving at the Child & Family Healing Center in Richmond at 13 years old. She was confused, frightened and “angry at myself because of why I was there and how I got there,” she said. But what Mackenzie didn’t understand at the time is that her...
by natemadden | Nov 4, 2019 | Articles, Champions, News
When Sherrika Jones learned in 2015 that she had a young cousin in foster care, she and her husband immediately contacted social services and expressed their desire to adopt. “We trusted who Cierra was with,” Sherrika said. “But we wanted her to be with family.” At...
