FosterCareUnplugged

It’s finally here! 12 weeks of intensive training, bonding, and writing the stories foster care youth experience while in foster care. We are so proud of our cast! . . . Foster Care Unplugged, The Stage Play. . . Follow the story of foster care youth + alumni as they reveal the emotional hurdles that motivate them to never loose sight of hope. . . . Click link in bio for tickets today! . . Friday February 15 & 16th 7:00pm @theactorsfund locates at 160 Schermerhorn St, Brooklyn, NY 11201 . . Written by: @princessisbey Executive Producers: @melodyjc @deusbeni @kenny.deusbeni Art Director: @ateliermjpd . . . Can’t attend but want to support? Sponsor a ticket for a youth or a youth’s relative to attend! Link in bio. . . Sponsored By: @fostercare_unplugged @deusbeniproductions @stevencarterny @georgewgalgano @wooterapparel Powered By: The Administration of Children Services! . . . #Fostercareunplugged #DeusBeniProductions #FosterCare #DeusBeni #StagePlays #Actors #SupportTheYouth #Acs

It’s finally here! 12 weeks of intensive training, bonding, and writing the stories foster care youth experience while in foster care. We are so proud of our cast! . . . Foster Care Unplugged, The Stage Play. . . Follow the story of foster care youth + alumni as they reveal the emotional hurdles that motivate them to never loose sight of hope. . . . Click link in bio for tickets today! . . Friday February 15 & 16th 7:00pm @theactorsfund locates at 160 Schermerhorn St, Brooklyn, NY 11201 . . Written by: @princessisbey Executive Producers: @melodyjc @deusbeni @kenny.deusbeni Art Director: @ateliermjpd . . . Can’t attend but want to support? Sponsor a ticket for a youth or a youth’s relative to attend! Link in bio. . . Sponsored By: @fostercare_unplugged @deusbeniproductions @stevencarterny @georgewgalgano @wooterapparel Powered By: The Administration of Children Services! . . . #Fostercareunplugged #DeusBeniProductions #FosterCare #DeusBeni #StagePlays #Actors #SupportTheYouth #Acs

Foster Care Unplugged is the brainchild behind “Slay The Runway”. A 20-week “Runway Boot Camp”, with a mandatory therapeutic service component! Youth undergo modeling training, while working on internal personal development. cover stylist: @shannon_shenone . . Interested in sponsoring our next Slay The Runway event? For more ways on how you can get involved, visit us at www.fostercareunplugged.org (Link in Bio). . . . . #FosterCare #FosterCareUnplugged #Community #Relationships #Childwelfare #Adoption #GoMoDo #Philanthropy #Humanitarian #Legacy #DeusBeni #SocialWork #ACS #FosterKid #FosterAlumnae #FosterYouth#Unity #HipHopWeekly #FosterCareUnplugged #Humanitarian #LesExpress #BigLittleSkillsAcademy #DribbleAgainstCancer #CelebrityBasketBall

Meet The Founder: Melody Joanne Centeno is a motivational speaker, and public advocate in the social work community. Her role as a Licensed Master Social Worker allows her to develop and create many community projects within early childhood education , homelessness , ACS, and the domestic violence arenas. Known to many in her network as "The Plug", she enjoys bridging people and organizations together for the sake empowering the community. More recently, She decided to use her story as a vehicle to break the stigmas associated with being a "foster Child". Being raised under the Auspice of the Administration of Children Services, she underwent a lot of challenges moving from foster home to foster home. With the continual support of positive foster parents, and Heart Share Saint Vincent's Services she was able to become resilient through those experiences. After aging out of foster care at the age of 21, she decided to devote her life towards supporting foster care youth, volunteering as a motivational speaker. She has also been instrumental in supporting the HSVS American Dream program, a scholarship program who sponsored her college career. When asked to sit on the Heart Share Saint Vincent's Junior board, she had a passion for creating a bigger platform to support foster children; A "Foster Care Unplugged" Campaign. Highly esteemed for her role model qualities, and lasting impressions her goal is to educate minds, stir hearts, and activate a will within people to become greater. When not working on community projects, she spends most of her free time developing herself as an aspiring actress. Her greatest motivation are her two biggest role models, her foster mother Aunty Pat; and her beloved daughter Savannah Arielle Acree.

Foster Care Unplugged launched “Our Home For The Holiday’s”, to support youth around the holidays! These youth are taken to an undisclosed hotel, paired with a celeb/role model; and spend the night fine dining, and playing games. All Youth are considered family in our Foster Care Unplugged Community. #SwipeLeft for highlights. . . Interested in sponsoring our next holiday event? For more ways on how you can get involved, visit us at www.fostercareunplugged.org (Link in Bio). . . . . #FosterCare #FosterCareUnplugged #Community #Relationships #Childwelfare #Adoption #GoMoDo #Philanthropy #Humanitarian #Legacy #DeusBeni #SocialWork #ACS #FosterKid #FosterAlumnae #FosterYouth#Unity #HipHopWeekly #FosterCareUnplugged #Humanitarian #LesExpress #BigLittleSkillsAcademy #DribbleAgainstCancer #CelebrityBasketBall

Netflix X Mayors Office honors Foster Care Unplugged for being the “Real Superhero’s of NYC”. The honorable video highlight featured for Millions of commuters through the use NYC Taxi's TV system. #SocialAwareness [SwipeLeft] . . . Interested in joining and/or sponsoring our next social awareness event? For more ways on how you can get involved, visit us at www.fostercareunplugged.org (Link in Bio). . . . . #FosterCare #FosterCareUnplugged #Community #Relationships #Childwelfare #Adoption #GoMoDo #Philanthropy #Humanitarian #Legacy #DeusBeni #SocialWork #ACS #FosterKid #FosterAlumnae #FosterYouth#Unity #HipHopWeekly #FosterCareUnplugged #Humanitarian #LesExpress #BigLittleSkillsAcademy #DribbleAgainstCancer #CelebrityBasketBall

Healing Is Just a Dream... Without Your Support. For more ways on how you can get involved, visit us at www.fostercareunplugged.org (Link in Bio). #FosterCare #FosterCareUnplugged #Community #Relationships #Childwelfare #Adoption #GoMoDo #Philanthropy #Humanitarian #Legacy #DeusBeni #SocialWork #ACS #FosterKid #FosterAlumnae #FosterYouth

Did you know that there are stigmas associated with how youth may view officers since they are sometimes present during the removal of their biological homes? Did you know that there are stigmas associated with how officers may view youth since they are sometimes misunderstood when they flee a foster home/group home? Foster Care Unplugged takes pride in breaking those stigmas through a unity basketball game! 30 officers X 30 Youth @ Saint Francis College, Brooklyn, NY- ANNUALLY. . . . Interested in joining and/or sponsoring our next basketball awareness event? For more ways on how you can get involved, visit us at www.fostercareunplugged.org (Link in Bio). . . . . Thank you @ltmikenypd for always serving and connecting the Officers of your district with our youth. #FosterCare #FosterCareUnplugged #Community #Relationships #Childwelfare #Adoption #GoMoDo #Philanthropy #Humanitarian #Legacy #DeusBeni #SocialWork #ACS #FosterKid #FosterAlumnae #FosterYouth#Unity #HipHopWeekly #FosterCareUnplugged #Humanitarian #LesExpress #BigLittleSkillsAcademy #DribbleAgainstCancer #CelebrityBasketBall

Did you know that terminal illness can disrupt family systems in a way that may result in foster care placement? . . . Thank you @hiphopweeklymagazine for this press release. . . Interested in joining and/or sponsoring our next basketball awareness event? For more ways on how you can get involved, visit us at www.fostercareunplugged.org (Link in Bio). . . #FosterCare #FosterCareUnplugged #Community #Relationships #Childwelfare #Adoption #GoMoDo #Philanthropy #Humanitarian #Legacy #DeusBeni #SocialWork #ACS #FosterKid #FosterAlumnae #FosterYouth#Unity #HipHopWeekly #FosterCareUnplugged #Humanitarian #LesExpress #BigLittleSkillsAcademy #DribbleAgainstCancer #CelebrityBasketBall

Dancing Is Just a Dream... Without Your Support. For more ways on how you can get involved, visit us at www.fostercareunplugged.org (Link in Bio). #FosterCare #FosterCareUnplugged #Community #Relationships #Childwelfare #Adoption #GoMoDo #Philanthropy #Humanitarian #Legacy #DeusBeni #SocialWork #ACS #FosterKid #FosterAlumnae #FosterYouth

Foster Care Unplugged launched in March 2016 with a sneaker drive. Thanks to the Foster Care Unplugged community, we were able to raise 501 pairs; $100,000 in value. Thank You Sponsors! For more ways on how you can get involved, visit us at www.fostercareunplugged.org (Link in Bio). #FosterCare #FosterCareUnplugged #Community #Relationships #Childwelfare #Adoption #GoMoDo #Philanthropy #Humanitarian #Legacy #DeusBeni #SocialWork #ACS #FosterKid #FosterAlumnae #FosterYouth

Meet The Founder: Melody Joanne Centeno is a motivational speaker, and public advocate in the social work community. Her role as a Licensed Master Social Worker allows her to develop and create many community projects within early childhood education , homelessness , ACS, and the domestic violence arenas. Known to many in her network as "The Plug", she enjoys bridging people and organizations together for the sake empowering the community. More recently, She decided to use her story as a vehicle to break the stigmas associated with being a "foster Child". Being raised under the Auspice of the Administration of Children Services, she underwent a lot of challenges moving from foster home to foster home. With the continual support of positive foster parents, and Heart Share Saint Vincent's Services she was able to become resilient through those experiences. After aging out of foster care at the age of 21, she decided to devote her life towards supporting foster care youth, volunteering as a motivational speaker. She has also been instrumental in supporting the HSVS American Dream program, a scholarship program who sponsored her college career. When asked to sit on the Heart Share Saint Vincent's Junior board, she had a passion for creating a bigger platform to support foster children; A "Foster Care Unplugged" Campaign. Highly esteemed for her role model qualities, and lasting impressions her goal is to educate minds, stir hearts, and activate a will within people to become greater. When not working on community projects, she spends most of her free time developing herself as an aspiring actress. Her greatest motivation are her two biggest role models, her foster mother Aunty Pat; and her beloved daughter Savannah Arielle Acree.

ABOUT Foster Care Unplugged is focused on enriching and developing the lives of youth in foster care and is committed to promoting positive outcomes for disadvantaged children at risk to being placed in the child welfare system. . . . OUR MISSION The Mission of Foster Care Unplugged is to identify foster care youth, and develop their emotional-social skills on their journey to resiliency and success within their educational and social environment on their way to adulthood. This can be completed through Foster Care Unplugged’s  vision of  bringing awareness in order to identify partnerships, and initiatives  with those who can contribute to the mission.” . . . “We are breaking every stigmas associated with being a “Foster Child”. — Melody JoAnne Centeno, Founder