Interview with Jeff Coury, President and Genevieve Coury, Volunteer The following is an interview conducted with Jeff Coury and Genevieve Coury. Jeff Coury is the current President of the Board of Fostering Heroes, and was also the Executive Director during Future Heroes Camp 2025. Genevieve was an active volunteer at Future Heroes Camp 2025 and led many of the activities with the youth. Responses have been edited slightly for readability. The audio recording of the interview can be found here in an episode of the podcast Theseus’ New Boat. Future Heroes Camp is the yearly summer camp hosted by Fostering Heroes for teens in foster care, primarily those residing in group homes. How did summer camp come to be? Jeff: A summer camp has been around working with foster youth and group homes for about a decade and originally was formulated just as a one night opportunity to take foster

By Jason Schuerhoff | Fostering Heroes Foundation 2024 Cowboy Camp Volunteer Leader For the past four days and nights, I had the privilege and the heartache of volunteering with “Fostering Heroes,” a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting foster kids in group homes who are nearing the age of independence. These young individuals, who are approaching 18 to 20 years old, are on the brink of facing the world alone. This experience profoundly affected me, leaving me feeling a mix of shame, anger, sadness, and determination. I realized how society, myself included, has overlooked this pressing issue. At the Cowboy camp, we hosted kids from two different group homes, ranging from five to eight or nine children, depending on who was permitted to attend. They arrived midday and departed mid-morning the next day. This annual event was a rare treat for them, a chance to have some fun in a life