Following the untimely passing of FFTA Board Member Ed Farmer, the Board of Directors formed an ad-hoc committee to make recommendations about an appropriate memorial in his honor. Considering the fact that the future will bring the passing of others who have also made significant contributions to FFTA, the committee recommended, and the Board approved at its meeting in July 2007, the establishment of the FFTA Leadership Legacy Scholarship. This scholarship will provide for an all expenses (conference registration, room, travel, and meals) paid trip to the FFTA annual conference to one (or more) foster parents who are nominated by FFTA member agencies.

The FFTA Board of Directors is committed to conducting ongoing fund-raising to support this scholarship and to ensure its continuation for years to come. To make a donation to the FFTA Leadership Legacy Scholarship, please click on the link below.

Leadership Legacy Scholarship Pledge Card

Please join us in thanking those who have made generous donations to this fund:

Contributions for 2011:

In memory of Becky Schild - Kathy Joyner, Sue Miklos, Kellie Armstrong, Phyllis Stephenson, Sally Buchanan, Angie Hamilton, Becky Connell, and Amelia Franck Meyer.

Contributions for 2010:

• A Child's Oasis
• Ken Bender
• The Braff Group
• Sally Buchanan
• Children's Home Society of NC, Inc.
• Children's Service Center
• Melissa Cole
• Becky Connell
• Andre Cooper
• Jack Dalaba
• Mike DiBrizzi
• Easter Seals UCP North Carolina & Virginia
• Families First of Virginia
• Family Pride
• Growing Home Southeast
• Angie Hamilton
• Stacey Horowitz
• Kennedy Krieger
• Brian Lynch
• MDU, Inc.
• National Youth Advocate Program, Inc.
• Viviane Ngwa
• Ken Olson
• Phyllis Stephenson in Honor of Stacey Horowitz
• Phyllis Stephenson in Honor of Leslie Kellenberger and in Memory of her mother Laura Lee
• Leah Williams
• Marianne Werth
• Dru Whitaker

Contributions for 2009:

• Amelia Franck Meyer
• Bluewater Family Support Services, Inc.
• Irene Clements
• Melissa Cole
• Devereux
• MDU, Inc.
• National Youth Advocate Program
• Ken Olson
• Marianne & Robert Werth
• Dru Whitaker

Contributions from 2008:

• Choices for Life Foster Care, Inc.
• Community Treatment Solutions
• Creative Community Services, Inc.
• FFTA Maine Chapter
• FFTA Ohio Chapter
• Growing Home Southeast
• Illinois MENTOR
• Nuevo Amanecer Latino Children Services
• The Children's Aid Society
• Karen Authier
• Jay Berlin
• Melissa Cole
• Penny Combs
• Frank Crawford, Jr.
• Renee Ellenberger
• Mike Foster
• Amelia Franck Meyer
• Sue Grafton
• Kathy Joyner
• Ken Olson
• Lana Temple-Plotz