ACFPA Member Only Bike Give-Away

This year, once again, ACFPA has partnered with Kids Bike Lane to give out free bikes to children in care. Bikes are available for all children LIVING in an ACFPA member, licensed Resource Family home.

ACFPA members should have received an email with an application form that must be completed by Sunday November 26th at 11:59 PM to be considered for a bike. Bikes will have to be picked up by recipients. If you have extenuating circumstances that make it untenable to pick up the bike, please note it on the application form. An application is required for each child requesting a bike, so if you are applying for more than one child, please complete an application for each of the children. Bikes may be geared towards a certain gender or be gender neutral.

We have a limited number of bikes available. Filling out an application does not guarantee that your child will receive a bike. Once all responses are received, ACFPA will contact you to let you know if you will be receiving a bike.

Happy Holidays!

ACFPA Christmas Event 2022

On December 17, 2022 ACFPA hosted another smashing Christmas party for Resource Parents, including relative, foster and adoptive families, and children in Alameda County. Over 440 families and kids registered for the event. This year, the families were given the option to either drop by and pick up their gifts or walk through the event; more than 300 opted to walk through the event.

Once again this year, the First Presbyterian Church of Hayward allowed the use of their facilities and sanctuary for this wonderful celebration. Families who opted to pick up their goodies received extra large pre-packed gift bags filled with clothing, toys, books and gift cards. Those who walked through had a chance to choose their own gifts from the Toy Room. Babies and teens received Target gift cards, thanks to the generosity of New Life Church, Bay Area Chinese Bible Church and East Bay Orphan Care. There were also bags filled with cosmetics and of course, yummy sugar cookies.  

In addition to the wonderful gifts, Santa was prominently displayed in the Sanctuary this year and families had a chance to take their pictures with St. Nicolas. The Sanctuary was decorated to the hilt by our wonderful volunteers and looked truly magical.

As usual, we couldn’t pull off such a fabulous celebration without the generosity of our donors and tireless work of our volunteers. These included East Bay Orphan Care, New Life Church, Chinese Bible Church of Alameda and San Leandro, Sephora, Mary Kay, Toy for Tots, First Presbyterian Church of Hayward and many individual donors who support this event every year. We are grateful to Rendy Orlando, the ACFPA Fundraising and Donations Co-chair, who led much of the volunteer effort and with her family, dedicated many hours to make this event possible, as well as Carol Graham who spent countless hours organizing the registration. Click on Gallery to see more pictures of the event.

Students Rising Above Scholarship

In addition to ACFPA scholarships, there are many other scholarships available out there. You will find links to some of these scholarships at the bottom of our Scholarship page.

Students Rising Above (SRA) is now accepting scholarships for High School Juniors graduating in Spring 2024. SRA empowers students facing systemic barriers to define and find success through education, career, and in life. Selected students will receive mentoring support, financial assistance, and college and career guidance. The goal of the Rising Stars Program is to provide students with the individualized support they need to be successful. 

Program Requirements include the following:

  • Must currently be a Junior in High School
  • Low income or living on government assistance
  • High School Senior in 2023-2024 school year
  • Committed to earning a college education
  • GPA of 2.0 or higher
  • Must live within the nine-county Bay Area
  • All students are eligible to apply, regardless of their immigration or citizenship status.

Here is the link to the application: https://sra.tfaforms.net/51

The application deadline is March 4th, 2023 at 11:59pm. Students will likely need a letter of recommendation.