Our mission is to provide college scholarships to orphans and young adults from foster and out-of-home care environments who remain unadopted. As these students age out of the system, either voluntarily or involuntarily at age 18, federal and state governmental support drops precipitously. Our scholarships enable students who possess personal and academic promise to attend the school of their choosing by bridging the gap between tuition, room and board, and related costs and the financial aid provided by the educational institution, government programs, and other sources.

1.
T
he Year was 1950. The Place New York. The
Immigrant couple was in their mid 40’s and couldn’t
have children, although a little old to begin a family
they decided to adopt. As an immigrant family they
had limited resources. There were other
hurdles they had to overcome as
well. The stigma attached to adoption
in those times carried ridicule and
prejudice with it. Undaunted they
successfully adopted a 6 month old
girl.
G
iven the financial burdens and all the other deterrents they could
have easily said their family was complete but 9 years later they felt
the need to adopt another. In 1959 they went back to Hong Kong
and sought out an orphanage there the one they chose to cherish
was a 2 1/2 year old, under nourished boy badly in need of love. They had to
leave him behind while they returned to the US to file to for immigration, which
was a long and arduous task. Coincidental to his 3rd birthday the baby was
placed was on a plane alone from Hong Kong to travel to his new home in New
York.