What Makes Angels' Arms unique?

Although in existence only since 2000, Angels' Arms has changed the lives of more than 100 children, including 22 sibling groups, by providing them with a loving home and allowing them to thrive in a happy, functional family setting.

Children entering an Angels' Arms' home are met with acceptance and love and immediately learn about their role in their new family. So many foster children don't know how a family works or what it means to be a family member. But the house parents quickly involve all foster children in activities such as chores, extra-curricular activities, homework, eating together as a family, peaceful problem solving, sharing, and more.

Simply put, every child who enters an Angels' Arms' home is welcomed with open arms and gets to experience the joy of being a part of a family.

Founder and Executive Director, Bess Wilfong, rallied support from fellow foster parents, friends, family and educators, and Angels' Arms was founded as a grassroots organization in 2000.

After much research, paperwork, and fundraising, Angels' Arms purchased its inaugural home in South County early 2003. After hundreds of volunteers performed months of extensive renovations, the house parents and seven foster children (2 sibling groups) moved in on November 1, 2003. In October 2005, Angels' Arms purchased a second home in Ballwin.  A third home was purchased in September 2006, by Angels' Arms in Ferguson, followed by a fourth home in August 2007, in Florissant.