INITIATIVES

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Cosmic CASAs
CASA stands for Court Appointed Special Advocate. These volunteers are advocates and mentors who are paired with Foster Kids. We aim to partner in this work by encouraging spacers to become CASAs and help Foster Kids find pathways into the Space Industry. Every year, hundreds of thousands of kids are in Foster Care. What would our world look like if these children were empowered to take our species to the stars? By enlisting amazing people within our industry to mentor these children, we are building our future in space, one child at a time.  

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Save-A-Seat
As a community, we have a regular menu of space events throughout the year. With our Save-A-Seat initiative, we ask organizations, companies, and event organizers to save the front row for Foster Kids, giving them opportunities to speak at such events and meet influential members of the industry.  

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Camp Foster
Along with sending cohorts of Foster Kids to Space Camp, Camp Foster seeks to build educational summer pop-ups for them, including maker spaces, astronomy nights, on-site field trips, and more.  

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In addition to these initiatives, we are asking the industry to help us build scholarships to empower this overlooked community. Annually, we will host seasonal challenges, beginning with the Space Angel challenge of 2024. For this challenge, we are asking all spacers to partner with Angel Tree to supply foster kids with holiday gifts. These gifts should be STEM- and Space-focused, including vouchers for opportunities such as Space Camp.