RaisingHOPE, a nonprofit that I co-founded for children in foster care and transitioning aged youth, has been supporting foster youth through the COVID-19 crisis. We have connected youth with housing when their dorms closed, we have supplied Chromebooks for foster children who attend non-public schools and don't qualify for the district's devices. We have provided internet for foster youth living in motels where they cannot access the free wi-fi being offered to students. One of the more fun things we have done is that we have provided board games, puzzles, and art supplies to kids quarantined in group homes. We continue to support youth in need of grocery gift cards and gas gift cards as the needs have increased during this time.

需求是如此之大，我们都必须齐心协力互相支持。 If we don't support these youth people they have no one else.

我们希望没有年轻人在这段时间失去住房或挨饿。 In the process we want to connect youth with last mentors that can truly influence their future for the better. We want children and young adults in foster care to know that their community cares about them and we will not let them fall.

To learn more about Barnett's nonprofit, visit the RaisingHOPE网站.