Congratulations Graduates!

Posted on Jun 12, 2008

Passages, a graduation event for foster kids who are earning GEDs, high school diplomas and college degrees – and who are aging out of the foster care system – a drew graduates and the people who care about them to Safeco Field on June 7th for an emotional and joyous celebration. Seattle Times columnist Nicole Brodeur says she went to Passages “because I needed to see that something was working, that good things happen despite the odds.” She got what she came for.

Treehouse co-sponsored Passages, along with Casey Family Programs, DSHS, the Mockingbird Society, YMCA Transitions and YouthCare.

Foster Care Fact

  • In a Washington state study, only 59% of youth in foster care enrolled in 11th grade completed high school by the end of 12th grade.