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"Children need individuals from the community that will support them." Grandpa Ritchie Would you like to share your talents, love, and encouragement with a child? Are you age 55+? We are recruiting caring adults to serve as Foster Grandparent volunteers in our 14-county service area across...

Doris Leach has been an OACAC Foster Grandparent Volunteer for 22 years! After Doris retired, she became involved with the program because she needed something to do. She says she fell in love with the her new role as a Foster Grandparent and over the...

"Being a Foster Grandparent has definitely given me a purpose in life." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAWWjLDAjno Would you like to share your talents, love, and encouragement with a child? Are you age 55+? We are recruiting caring adults to serve as Foster Grandparent volunteers in our 14-county service area across...

"Being a Foster Grandparent has definitely given me a purpose in life." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAWWjLDAjno Would you like to share your talents, love, and encouragement with a child? Are you age 55+? We are recruiting caring adults to serve as Foster Grandparent volunteers in our 14-county service area across...

"Being a Foster Grandparent has definitely given me a purpose in life." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAWWjLDAjno Would you like to share your talents, love, and encouragement with a child? Are you age 55+? We are recruiting caring adults to serve as Foster Grandparent volunteers in our 14-county service area across...

Would you like to share your talents, love, and encouragement with a child? Are you age 55+? We are recruiting caring adults to serve as Foster Grandparents in our 14-county service area across the Ozarks.  Counties include Barry, Christian, Dade, Dallas, Douglas, Greene, Laclede, Lawrence,...

Happy 45th anniversary to the OACAC Foster Grandparent Program! Started at OACAC in 1972, the Foster Grandparent Program pairs seniors with children and youth for one-on-one support and mentoring. Foster Grandparent volunteers do many wonderful things any  grandparent would do with their own grandchildren, including...