Our Mission
To provide youth in foster care an identity to promote confidence, dignity to promote confidence, dignity, and a positive self-worth
Our Mission
To provide youth in foster care an identity to promote confidence, dignity to promote confidence, dignity, and a positive self-worth
About Us
We exist to walk alongside foster youth, providing resources, opportunities, and support that help them feel seen, valued, and empowered.
Our Story
This is Me works to give kids in foster care an identity. We want all kids to know that they are seen and heard. This is me provides yearbooks for kids in foster care to have proof that they DO exist and what they do matters! Whether it’s being in choir or band, an artist or an athlete, all kids deserve to have proof that they DO exist wherever (and the foster care system) takes them.
Along with yearbooks, This Is me ensures that kids get photos of the teams they are on. From volleyball photos to robotics club photos – we want kids to have mementos that are important to THEM.
This is Me also works with a talented pool of volunteer photographers trained on things like PTSD, trauma, and anxiety to work directly with foster care youth to provide senior photos. Only 50% of kids in foster care graduate from High School – we want to make sure that their senior photos represent THEM and what they love.
ALL youth need to know that they matter and that they DO EXIST before and after their current foster placement.
Our Mission
To provide youth in foster care an identity to promote confidence, dignity to promote confidence, dignity, and a positive self-worth
Our Vision
We envision a world where every kid in foster care has a sense of pride and accomplishment.
We believe all foster youth can embrace who they are, discover their potential, and achieve greatness.
Where we serve
Making a difference in the communities where foster youth live, grow, and thrive.
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32 counties.
One mission.
Serving youth across our region
We partner with communities, schools, and organizations to help ensure foster youth have opportunities to feel seen, supported, and connected.
32 rural counties in Southern Minnesota
Big stone Blue Earth Brown Chippewa Cottonwood Dodge Faribault Fillmore Freeborn Goodhue Houston Jackson Lac qui Parle Le Sueur Lincoln Lyon Martin Mower Murray Nicollet Nobles Olmstead Pipestone Redwood Rice Rock Steele Wabasha Waseca Watonwan Winona Yellow Medicine
