SRQ Magazine | Giving Hearts: The Twig

The Twig

THERE ARE CURRENTLY OVER 20,000 CHILDREN in Florida in foster care. Every day in Sarasota County, two children on average, will enter the foster care system. These children have been abused, neglected, and/or abandoned by the adults in their lives and removed from their homes for their own safety. When this happens a child’s whole world is turned upside down with a moment’s notice. They go into their new foster home with very little, and many times only the clothes on their backs. We are here to meet this need for these children and to be a resource for the foster families that care for them. The Twig is here to provide children with much needed clothing items, but it is so much more than that. We are here to provide them with love, with encouragement and to help them have hope for their future. The Twig serves around 300 children every single month from newborns through teenagers. Each of these children are able to choose 7 items of clothing and shoes as well as be provided with socks and underwear and choose an accessory and a book. The Twig’s boutique is only open to children in foster care where they can shop with dignity completely free of charge.

Our WishList

Volunteers for our new Lakewood Ranch/Bradenton location opening summer 2021!

Monthly donors to help us maintain our mission.

Collections of new socks, shoes and underwear.

826 PINEBROOK RD. VENICE, FL 34285 941-220-7958 INFO@THETWIGCARES.COM

SRQ MAGAZINE | SUMMER 2021 :: PHILANTHROPY— DONOR'S GUIDE TO GIVING