Foster Children Enjoy a Day at the Big Apple Circus

October 19, 2004 — The Freddie Mac Foundation recently took 1,000 local Washington, DC foster children and their foster families to the Big Apple Circus, New York's original one-ring, not-for-profit circus. Taking foster children and their families to the circus is one way that the Foundation is working to brighten the lives of these children and supporting foster families.

Thirteen-year-old Makenzie Snyder, who at seven founded Children to Children, an organization that provides duffel bags and stuffed animals to foster children, joined Freddie Mac Foundation's Foster Care and Adoption Manager Renette Oklewicz in welcoming the Foundation's guests to the circus.

"At the Freddie Mac Foundation, we share the Big Apple Circus' commitment to children and families. And we've invited some very special children and families to be our guests today. These families are special because they have learned that you don't have to be connected by birth to be a family," said Oklewicz.

The Foundation will also be inviting 500 New York City foster children and their families and Atlanta 500 foster children and their families to Big Apple Circus performances in these cities.