Here’s a truism that all can surely get behind: every child deserves a fun, unforgettable birthday.
A JustServe project dubbed “Birthday Buddies” helps ensure that young foster children living in a corner of Southern California can celebrate their birthdays with balloons, banners, birthday cake, and even a few presents.
It’s apropos that a local JustServe opportunity designed to deliver birthday joy to Ventura County-area foster children was largely established and co-coordinated by a fellow youth from their own community.
A few years ago, Rachel Driggs, a 16-year-old Latter-day Saint, was given a school assignment to “think like a sociologist” and develop a fictitious charity. “I thought to myself, ‘Why do a fake charity — why not do something for real?’” she told the Church News.
With the encouragement of her mother, Shawna Driggs, Rachel reached out to the James Storehouse, a local non-profit charitable organization that provides needed supplies and services for foster families, including providing birthday party supplies for the children they serve.
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