NASCAR Speedpark Partners with the Foster & Adoptive Care Coalition to Help Foster Children

Dec. 8, 2010 - PRLog -- Thousands of children remain in foster care wishing for that Big Wish… a forever family.   NASCAR Speedpark is offering a discounted admission ($26.99), and an opportunity to make the holidays brighter for kids in foster care by granting their holiday wishes.  Those visiting NASCAR Speedpark December 10th – 12th or 17th – 19th can pick out a Little Wish (prices ranging from $35 - $200), a gift request from a child currently in foster care.  Little Wishes raises donations from the public to grant the wishes of Metro St. Louis children in foster care.  The goal is to make the holidays brighter for area foster children.  

When:  Two Weekends in December (Dec. 10th, 11th, 12th, AND 17th, 18th, and 19th)

Where:   NASCAR Speedpark at the St. Louis Mills

What:   Discounted admission ($26.99), and an opportunity to make the holidays brighter for kids in foster care by granting a Little Wish for a foster child.  Shoppers can also help grant that Big Wish of a forever family by purchasing a Wish-Upon-a-Star ornament for only $10. All proceeds from the sale of ornaments, as well as $2 from each wrist band sold will help Foster & Adoptive Care Coalition find forever families for children in foster care.  Wishes can also be granted online at www.littlewishes.net anytime before December 21st. Click to Give!

From the words of a foster child that received a gift last year:  “Just to know that someone else cares, especially someone who doesn’t even know me, means more than words can express.  Thank you so much!”   -Ericka, age 13

Foster & Adoptive Care Coalition, a proud member of United Way, is a non-profit agency that strives to create permanency in every foster child's life by recruiting and supporting foster/adoptive homes in the St. Louis metropolitan community.  Founded in 1989, the Coalition is the area’s largest recruiter.  For more information, call 800.FOSTER.3 or visit www.foster-adopt.org.

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We are a nonprofit agency, founded in 1989 with the support of the United Way of Greater St. Louis. We are one of the area’s largest recruiter of foster/adoptive homes because of our partnerships with the local media, including KSDK and 13 local papers.