You don’t get to choose how you’re going to die. Or when. You can only decide how you’re going to live. Now.

-- Joan Baez, singer

BEST Kids has qualified for the first time as a selected charity under the Combined Federal Campaign (CFC) in 2010. BEST Kids, Inc., is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization. Federal employees in the Washington, D.C., area can now elect to have automatic payroll deductions sent to BEST Kids as charitable donations. BEST Kids’ CFC code is 57175.

Best Kids and CFC

Washington, D.C. – Children in foster care are in desperate need of mentors to help break the cycle of despair and provide hope for a better life, say members of an expert panel who met on October 8 2008 to discuss the challenges and benefits of mentoring.

Marilyn Benoit, M.D, Judge Josey-Herring, Roque Gerald, PsyD and DC Councilman Tommy Wells, MSW, JD participate in BEST Kids Panel Discussion on Mentoring Foster Care Children at the School of Social Work at Howard University.