Rivers of Hope Gives $25,000 Grant to Angels Foster Family Network

Jun 17, 2010

San Diego Chargers Pro Bowl quarterback Philip Rivers and his wife Tiffany have announced that their official charity, the Rivers of Hope Foundation, will provide a $25,000 grant to Angels Foster Family Network, a local organization that places babies and toddlers in the foster care system with loving and supportive foster families.

Rivers made the announcement on Wednesday at Petco Park, where he treated a group of foster children to a day at the Padres game. 

Angels Foster Family Network is a unique organization that is contracted by San Diego County to place babies and toddlers in quality foster care. Angels operates on the well-documented belief that early intervention can prevent a myriad of problems in later life. Angels places just one baby in a home with screened and well-trained primary caregivers to insure that secure attachment and bonding will take place—a key to later healthy development. 

“Tiffany and I are thrilled for Rivers of Hope to be able to provide this grant to such a great organization as Angels Foster Family Network,” said Rivers. “Babies need to be loved and nurtured, and Angels makes sure that the innocent children caught up in foster care get the love and support they need.”

The Rivers of Hope Foundation focuses on helping foster children in San Diego County find permanent loving homes and to develop their own sense of self worth. This latest partnership with Angels Foster Family Network builds on its previously launched programs, such as the Rivers of Hope Birthday Club and the Something Special Fund, which provides birthday gifts and special opportunities for children waiting to be adopted. The foundation is also the primary sponsor of The Heart Gallery, which showcases photos and information on children waiting to be adopted in San Diego County.

“As the founder of Angels, I speak for myself and on behalf of the nearly 400 babies we have rescued over the past 10 years,’ said Cathy Richman, founder and director of Angels Foster Family Network. “We are so honored to be the recipient of a grant from the Rivers of Hope Foundation, knowing their mission and the mission of Angels is so succinctly aligned to help all abused, abandoned and neglected babies in San Diego County who fall victim to the foster care system.  With the support of Philip Rivers and the Rivers of Hope Foundation, Angels will now be able to serve many more battered and abused babies who look to us for safe, loving families where they can heal and learn to trust again."