Please help

Hey there blog reader. Hopefully you'll be able to help me help a client.

As you may know, I often have cases as a guardian ad litem in the juvenile courts. In those cases I am charged to represent the best interests of the child involved in the case. I have one particular client who is in need of help, but in a good way.

I have a fifteen-year-old juvenile client, who I'll call B.B. for confidentiality reasons. B.B. is in need of funding help. She has been in foster care since she was a toddler and will probably age out of the system. Her father is deceased and her mother's rights were terminated when she was 3. She's an amazing and gifted student who takes mostly honors and AP classes. In those demanding classes she gets A and B grades.

Because she is such an exceptional student, she has been invited to attend an educational summer trip with her school to China. DFCS has approved her attending this trip, provided she can raise the money to go. She has raised some money but needs to raise approximately $2000-4300 to go on the trip. If she is able to raise more money she will have some discretionary funds while she is there.

If any of you could spare even $20 or could forward this message to others who may be inclined to donate to her trip, please e-mail me and I will reply with the contact information/address and to whom you can make a check out to for B.B.

If we can simply find enough people to donate $20, she will be able to go on her trip. Any additional amounts would provide her with money to get luggage and have some spending money while she is in China. Thank you in advance for forwarding appropriately to those who you believe would want to help.

To donate: Please send me an e-mail to ngreen @ gmail . com and I will reply with the information on where to send your check.