Foster & Adoptive Family Support
Practical resources, encouragement, community, and opportunities for foster, adoptive, and kinship families. We connect caregivers to one another so no family is carrying the load in isolation.
Caddo Mills, Texas · Est. 2015
Boots on the Ground.
Armor Around Their Hearts.
Serving children and families in foster, adoptive, and kinship care through practical support, meaningful experiences, community connection, and Christ-centered compassion.
“May every child be dressed in the armor of God to face each day.”
Our Mission
Boots and Armor Christmas for the Children Foundation exists to serve children and families in foster, adoptive, and kinship care by providing practical support, meaningful experiences, community connection, and Christ-centered compassion. We believe every child deserves to feel seen, valued, protected, and loved.
Our Vision
To build a community where no child in foster, adoptive, or kinship care feels forgotten, overlooked, or alone.
What We Stand On
“Boots on the ground. Armor around their hearts. Because every child deserves a village.”
Our Guiding Words
“One can’t do everything, but everyone can do something.”
Our Foundation
Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes. — Ephesians 6:10–17
About Us
A village built around children who are often overlooked
Boots and Armor Christmas for the Children Foundation was founded in 2015 in Caddo Mills, Texas, out of a simple conviction: children in foster, adoptive, and kinship care should never have to wonder whether anyone sees them.
Foster, adoptive, and kinship families carry real weight — often with little notice and even less practical help. Placements can begin with a few hours’ notice. A child may arrive with nothing that belongs to them. A grandmother may become a full-time parent again overnight. A holiday that should feel warm can instead feel like one more reminder of what has been lost.
We work in the space between the paperwork and the everyday: shoes that fit, a blanket that is theirs alone, a Christmas morning that feels like it was planned with them in mind, and a community of families who understand without needing an explanation.
Our approach is faith-centered and dignity-first. We serve families of every background, we lead with encouragement rather than pity, and we protect the privacy of every child we serve.
Programs & Services
Three ways we show up
Practical, repeatable support built around what foster, adoptive, and kinship families actually ask for.
Children & Family Outreach Events
Back-to-school initiatives, Christmas celebrations, food support, arts and crafts, family activities, and community connection — gatherings designed so children feel welcomed rather than singled out.
Christmas & Essential Needs Program
Clothing, shoes, hygiene items, blankets, books, toys, school supplies, gift cards, and meaningful Christmas experiences — delivered with dignity and chosen with the child in mind.
Why Boots and Armor
Why families and sponsors trust us
We are small enough to know the families we serve by name and disciplined enough to steward every gift carefully.
Dignity before charity
Children choose, unwrap, and own what they receive. Nothing is handed over in a way that marks a child as a case number.
Built by and for caregivers
Our work is shaped by foster, adoptive, and kinship caregivers who know what a placement day actually looks like.
Rooted locally
Based in Caddo Mills and serving the surrounding North Texas communities, so support arrives quickly and in person.
Careful stewardship
Donations are directed to the programs described on this page, and we keep records of how gifts and in-kind items are used.
Privacy is non-negotiable
We do not publish identifiable photos, names, schools, or personal histories of children in care — never without documented consent.
Faith-centered, never conditional
Our motivation is Christ-centered compassion. Our help is offered freely to any family who needs it, with no requirements attached.
Our Impact
What your support actually becomes
Support does not stay abstract. It turns into specific, tangible things a child can hold.
Something that fits
Shoes, coats, and clothing in the right size, chosen rather than assigned.
Something that’s theirs
A blanket, a book, a toy that belongs to one child and moves with them.
A Christmas that lands
Gifts and experiences planned around a child’s own interests, not leftovers.
A family that isn’t alone
Caregivers connected to other caregivers, and to people who show up again.
On the numbers: we publish impact figures only once they are documented and verified. Rather than estimate how many children or families we have served, we report what each program provides and what each gift becomes. Verified annual totals will be published here as our reporting is finalized.
Get Involved
Everyone can do something
You do not have to foster to make a difference for a child in care. Pick the lane that fits you.
Give your hands
Help at outreach events, sort and organize donations, wrap gifts, or serve at Christmas distribution.
Sponsor a child’s Christmas
Cover gifts and essentials for one child or one sibling group, chosen from their own wish list.
Give what’s needed
New clothing, shoes, hygiene items, blankets, books, toys, school supplies, and gift cards.
Rally your circle
Run a collection drive at your church, business, school, or team and bring your community with you.
Serve as a church or business
Adopt a program, sponsor an event, or provide space, transportation, or professional services.
Stay in the loop
Get notified when a specific need comes up, a drive opens, or volunteers are needed on short notice.
Donate
Put armor around a child’s heart
Every gift becomes something specific: shoes that fit, a blanket of their own, a Christmas morning that was planned with them in mind. One can’t do everything, but everyone can do something.
One-Time Gift
Fund essentials and Christmas needs as they come up throughout the year.
Monthly Giving
Steady, predictable support that lets us commit to families before the holidays arrive.
In-Kind Donation
New clothing, shoes, hygiene items, blankets, books, toys, school supplies, and gift cards.
Boots and Armor Christmas for the Children Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, EIN XX-XXXXXXX. Contributions are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law. A receipt is issued for every gift.
Partners & Sponsors
Partner with us
Churches, businesses, and civic groups make this work possible at scale. Partnership can look like funding, goods, space, or people.
- Corporate sponsorship of the Christmas & Essential Needs Program or a single outreach event
- Employee giving campaigns and matching gift programs
- Church partnerships: collection drives, volunteer teams, and family adoption
- In-kind support: warehouse or event space, transportation, printing, or professional services
- Gift card and retail partnerships for back-to-school and Christmas needs
- Community organizations serving the same families in North Texas
Contact
Start a conversation
Whether you want to give, volunteer, partner, or you are a family who needs support — reach out.
- info@bootsandarmor.org
- Phone
- 469-223-2501
- Mailing Address
- Boots and Armor Christmas for the Children Foundation
2515 County Road 2704
Caddo Mills, TX 75135 - Leadership
- Brittany Foster-Quinonez, President & CEO
Our Child Privacy & Image Policy
We do not publish photographs, video, full names, ages, locations, school information, placement details, or personal stories of children in foster, adoptive, or kinship care without documented, written consent from the child’s legal guardian or managing conservator — and, where required, from the placing agency.
Because that consent is rarely appropriate to seek, this website intentionally contains no images of the children we serve. Where consent is properly documented, we still limit what is shared: no last names, no schools, no locations, and no case history.
Volunteers and event photographers operate under the same rule. If you believe an image or detail has been published in error, contact us and we will remove it immediately.