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Paycom Software, Inc., (NYSE:PAYC), a leading provider of comprehensive, cloud-based human capital management software, presented a $75,000 check to The Anna’s House Foundation to help support local foster families. Paycom employees also participated in a toy drive, donating nearly 600 holiday gifts. “It’s exciting to watch our employees’ drive to help ensure these kids and their families…

The Manzano Family has been fostering with Anna’s House Foundation since June of 2020. In a scary time where everyone was closing their doors, they chose to open their heart and their home to children in need. “I began interpreting for the Department of Human Services and that’s when I saw the need for advocates…

November 22nd, 2021 Oklahoma City – Kimray, an oil and gas manufacturer, donated 35 Thanksgiving Goody Baskets to foster families of Anna’s House Foundation.  This year Kimray employees made Thanksgiving possible for 35 local foster families. Kimray stocked 35 baskets with Thanksgiving goods for Anna’s House Foundation, an Edmond foster care agency. “We had an…

We are honored to be the 2021 Champions of Children’s Health Winner! Thank you BCBS for this award. The Champions of Health Awards is presented by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Oklahoma, in partnership with Care Providers Oklahoma.

August 8th, 2021 Edmond – Local volunteers and UMC Connect Church fulfilled all 43 school aged foster children’s backpacks from The Anna’s House Foundation. Foster families lovingly open their homes to foster children in need, and as a supporting agency, Anna’s House walks beside them in every season – including back to school. UMC Connect Church…

Anna’s House Foundation recently held a ribbon cutting with the Edmond Area Chamber of Commerce to celebrate the grand opening of our Luther Community Recreation Center!  The Anna’s House Community in Luther, OK is the physical fulfillment of the Foundation’s mission: a state-of-the-art community designed to truly foster Oklahoma’s children in need in an exceptional environment…

This past June our agency rallied around one of our single mommas, Tarina, and her foster child. We sat down and discussed what that meant to her, how it helped her foster child, and prayer requests needed. Specifically how has Anna’s House helped support you in your foster care journey? “Wow, where do I begin?…

When I tell people what I do for a living, I usually receive responses like, “Wow, that must be so hard” or “I’m glad you’re able to do that job. I’d never be able to do it; it’d just be too sad for me.” In some ways, these people are right. Foster care is hard and heavy. But oftentimes, people on the outside and even some on the inside of foster care fail to see the beauty that can come out of the hard and heavy. I

Riley Powelson, a senior at Oklahoma Christian University, has been our wonderful Spring itern for the past 3 months! She has been able to shadow court hearings and home visits, plan Easter Party and Support Groups, and will leave AHF with the tools to successfully launch her into a career of social work. Read about…

Ashley is a teacher, and she saw some of her students were at risk of being removed from their homes and school. Ashley knew she had to do something, and the Lord directed her to foster care through Anna’s House. “The Lord showed me Anna’s House Foundation, and it changed my life,” Ashley said. “Everyone…