Agape Ranch is once again teaming up with coffee shops in the Coastal Bend as the “Sleeves of Support” campaign returns to raise awareness for foster and vulnerable children.
The annual event, which coincides with National Adoption Month, has been a point of pride for Agape Ranch over the past four years. The campaign involves several coffee shops giving customers special sleeves with each order. Each sleeve includes a small QR code that links to information about foster care and ways to support children and youth in need.
“We have a lot of kids whose parental rights have been terminated, and they’re just praying for a forever home,” Shannon Murphy, community relations coordinator for Agape Ranch, told KRIS 6 News. “A lot of people are looking for babies, but the reality is that the average age of a foster child is 8 years old. We’re looking for families willing to adopt older children, especially teenagers before they age out of foster care.”…