Everyone Can Do Something: How Fostering Hope is Changing Lives

In this episode of Hometown Jax, host Jason Kindler sits down with Nicole Kalil and Karen Roy, the inspiring leaders behind Fostering Hope, a local organization transforming how Jacksonville supports foster and adoptive families. Hometown Jax spotlights the everyday heroes making a difference in our community, sharing their journeys, challenges, and impact through meaningful conversations that inspire action.

Nicole and Karen reveal how Fostering Hope grew from informal meetings at Panera to a comprehensive support system serving hundreds of families. They discuss the critical need for community involvement in foster care, explain how one in every two foster families drops out within a year without proper support, and share powerful stories of transformation. The conversation highlights their freezer meal ministry, resource center, respite care program, and upcoming Replanted conference, while emphasizing their core message: "Everyone can do something" to help vulnerable children, whether or not you're called to foster or adopt.