Please join me in the fundraising effort for the Friends Program.   I have worked for IFAPA for over 15 years and have seen the need for funding for "extra" items for children in foster care, continue to increase.  Especially with the economy like it is now - it is harder and harder for foster parents to be able to provide things like senior pictures and prom dresses.   But these things shouldn't be kept from kids in foster care because of their situation.   They need things like these, and sports registration fees, musical instrument rental, etc. to make them feel like one of their peers and to support their interests and skills.