Ending the Year With Holiday Spirit
The holiday spirit brought a lot of wonderful things to so many this holiday season, but the real blessing was the people who shared their love, time, resource and blessings with others, touching [...]
Empowering and Inspirational Weekend at Annual Michigan CASA Conference
Park West Foundation would like to send a big “thank you” to Brenda Baker-Mbacke with Care and Oakland County Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA), for helping to coordinate an [...]
Park West Foundation Foster Care Youth Assist Detroit Police Department With Halloween Party
For the 12th year in a row, our wonderful Park West Foundation foster care youth assisted the Detroit Police Department 12th Precinct in putting together an awesome free-to-the-public Halloween [...]
Celebrating National Make A Difference Day By Partnering with Michigan Colleges
For National Make A Difference Day on October 26, 2019, The Park West Foundation partnered with Michigan colleges over several days to host high school seniors who are former or current foster [...]
Park West Foundation Youth Participate in Conversation on Improving the Child Welfare System
The Park West Foundation has been fortunate to support an incredible group of young adults from Michigan’s foster care system—some truly remarkable young people who are driven to follow their [...]
Park West Foundation Honors Foster Care Graduates from the Class of 2019
Graduation ceremonies are always emotional, but the Park West Foundation’s Class of 2019 graduation was particularly moving this year. On July 17, the Park West Foundation held their annual [...]
Celebrating Youth Empowerment with Starr Commonwealth
By Saba Gebrai How can you learn when you just came from chaos and confusion? How can you focus and take in new information when you don’t feel safe? That is the challenge that Starr [...]
Park West Foundation Sponsors New Traveling Museum Exhibition on the Revolutionary Work of Salvador Dalí
Salvador Dalí is one of the most famous artists of the 20th century, but there are far more aspects to the artist’s career than just his notoriously mind-bending paintings. In 2018, an exciting [...]
Park West Foundation Recognizes Class of 2018
As a foster care youth, Kyonna Woods faced trying times in school. Without stable homes or families, many foster youth struggle to keep up with their high school peers. But Kyonna, along with 86 [...]
Park West Foundation Foster Care Youth Speaks About Sibling Separation in D.C.
One of the amazing aspects of the Park West Foundation assisting and empowering foster care youth is watching them “pay it forward.” Upon receiving assistance from the Park West Foundation, many [...]