Orangewood PALS serves the children and teens at Orangewood Children’s Home, the county’s emergency shelter for abused and neglected children, and current and former foster youth in Orangewood Children’s Foundation programs.

Members give their time by organizing and participating in fun events for children at the Home, emancipated young adults in the Foundation’s Rising Tide transitional apartments and foster teens in the Foundation’s Independent Living Program. Several PALS members also mentor current or former foster youth through the Orangewood Mentor program.

100% of the net proceeds from PALS fundraising events help support Orangewood Children's Foundation scholarships that enable former foster youth to achieve their dreams of going to college and become self-sufficient individuals in the community..