Worthdays is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization whose mission is to mobilize our community to ensure that those impacted by the foster care system know that they are important, worthy and celebrated. Through the excitement of celebrating, we are engaging our community in a way that raises awareness and increases positive outcomes for our local foster care system. Through partnerships with local Departments of Social Services we are able to meet some of the very basic needs of kids in our foster care system while also using every opportunity possible to send the message that ‘you are so worth it.’

Worthdays is a small organization that is generously headquartered on the campus of UMFS, a large nonprofit with a century of providing services in Virginia, that champions the work that we do.

Normalcy

That children in foster care should consistently have opportunities to feel successful and valued through hobbies, activities and participation in life experiences that make them feel worthy. 

Celebration

That every child impacted by the child welfare system in Virginia is celebrated on the important days of their lives surrounded by those who love them. These days include birthdays, holidays, graduation, the first day of college and beyond.

Awareness

That our community is aware of and engaged in meeting the needs of the foster care system while amplifying the voices of those who have been impacted by the system to make positive change.

% OF YOUTH WHO AGE OUT OF FOSTER CARE
Virginia ranks worst among all the states in the percentage of youth who leave foster care at 18 without being reunified with their family or adopted