In Madison County, 72 children are in foster care. The Madison County Foster Association will be providing school uniforms and supplies for over 40 of them. We need the help of the community!

According to a press release from the Jackson Madison County Foster Parent Association – these children came into foster care through no fault of their own. Rather, due to abuse or neglect, the state of Tennessee felt that removal from their home would be the best way to protect them.

These children often enter a foster family with only the clothes they are wearing. It is then the responsibility of foster parents to provide school uniforms and school supplies.

With the start of the fall semester just around the corner, foster children in Madison County find themselves in need of school uniforms and school supplies.

We are asking our community to show our Madison County children who are in foster care that they are loved by their city. We have 72 children in foster care in Madison County alone. Over half of these children are school aged.

To donate school uniforms, please see the shopping list on our website, www.jacksonfosters.com. Or – let us do the shopping for you – financial donations can also be given at our website or at any Bank of Jackson branch.

“Giving out school supplies and uniforms to our children in foster care has become a highlight of our entire year,” said Renae Adelsberger, President of the Madison County Foster Parent Association, “This is the fourth year that the Foster Association has been able to help our foster children get ready to go back to school.

“We currently have 42 children on the list who have requested uniforms and supplies. This is our biggest list yet!

“We are excited but at the same time, this is a large goal to meet. We need the support of our community in order to send these students back to school prepared with their uniforms and supplies.”