Care Grown Collective
@caregrwncollective.bsky.social
A community of youth from care — and those who’ve aged out — creating belonging, building futures, and rooting strength in one another. We believe that even the hardest places can nourish growth when we show up for each other.
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Over the next few months, I’ll be connecting, listening, and working alongside you all to strengthen our community.
August 18, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Over the next few months, I’ll be connecting, listening, and working alongside you all to strengthen our community.
Reposted by Care Grown Collective
With NS Federation of Labour support, we’ve launched a campaign calling for crucial investments in high-quality child care. Send a letter to your reps today
💌 Want to join the movement for quality child care? Head to the link in our bio!
💌 Want to join the movement for quality child care? Head to the link in our bio!
August 20, 2025 at 3:43 PM
With NS Federation of Labour support, we’ve launched a campaign calling for crucial investments in high-quality child care. Send a letter to your reps today
💌 Want to join the movement for quality child care? Head to the link in our bio!
💌 Want to join the movement for quality child care? Head to the link in our bio!
We’ve been taught to show up after the crisis:
Drop off the casserole. Share the GoFundMe. Post the tribute.
But mutual care—real, rooted, relational care—starts before the fall.
It’s:
🍲 Texting what can I bring?
🧾 Saying I paid the bill this month, no pressure.
🪴 Asking how’s your heart?
Drop off the casserole. Share the GoFundMe. Post the tribute.
But mutual care—real, rooted, relational care—starts before the fall.
It’s:
🍲 Texting what can I bring?
🧾 Saying I paid the bill this month, no pressure.
🪴 Asking how’s your heart?
July 22, 2025 at 1:02 AM
We’ve been taught to show up after the crisis:
Drop off the casserole. Share the GoFundMe. Post the tribute.
But mutual care—real, rooted, relational care—starts before the fall.
It’s:
🍲 Texting what can I bring?
🧾 Saying I paid the bill this month, no pressure.
🪴 Asking how’s your heart?
Drop off the casserole. Share the GoFundMe. Post the tribute.
But mutual care—real, rooted, relational care—starts before the fall.
It’s:
🍲 Texting what can I bring?
🧾 Saying I paid the bill this month, no pressure.
🪴 Asking how’s your heart?
🚨BIG NEWS!!🚨
We received an anonymous donation of $157.73—which means our entire website cost is now covered!!!
I’m so deeply grateful to our mystery donor and to everyone who helped us get this far—whether you bought Hair Beans, boosted our posts, or just believed in the Care Grown Collective.
We received an anonymous donation of $157.73—which means our entire website cost is now covered!!!
I’m so deeply grateful to our mystery donor and to everyone who helped us get this far—whether you bought Hair Beans, boosted our posts, or just believed in the Care Grown Collective.
July 18, 2025 at 11:56 PM
🚨BIG NEWS!!🚨
We received an anonymous donation of $157.73—which means our entire website cost is now covered!!!
I’m so deeply grateful to our mystery donor and to everyone who helped us get this far—whether you bought Hair Beans, boosted our posts, or just believed in the Care Grown Collective.
We received an anonymous donation of $157.73—which means our entire website cost is now covered!!!
I’m so deeply grateful to our mystery donor and to everyone who helped us get this far—whether you bought Hair Beans, boosted our posts, or just believed in the Care Grown Collective.
People love calling youth from care resilient.
Like it’s a compliment, a crown.
Don’t call me resilient if you’re not ready to talk about what made me that way.
Survival isn’t a badge—it’s a bruise.
We can be strong. We can heal.
But don’t skip the part where it hurt like hell.
#YouthFromCare
Like it’s a compliment, a crown.
Don’t call me resilient if you’re not ready to talk about what made me that way.
Survival isn’t a badge—it’s a bruise.
We can be strong. We can heal.
But don’t skip the part where it hurt like hell.
#YouthFromCare
July 16, 2025 at 3:58 PM
People love calling youth from care resilient.
Like it’s a compliment, a crown.
Don’t call me resilient if you’re not ready to talk about what made me that way.
Survival isn’t a badge—it’s a bruise.
We can be strong. We can heal.
But don’t skip the part where it hurt like hell.
#YouthFromCare
Like it’s a compliment, a crown.
Don’t call me resilient if you’re not ready to talk about what made me that way.
Survival isn’t a badge—it’s a bruise.
We can be strong. We can heal.
But don’t skip the part where it hurt like hell.
#YouthFromCare
Stopped in to see Jay at @capeandcowlcomics today and got the best news — we’ve raised over $60 through Hair Bean sales so far, which means we’re already halfway to our website fundraising goal!
I’m so grateful for every single person who’s supported this little dream!
I’m so grateful for every single person who’s supported this little dream!
July 16, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Stopped in to see Jay at @capeandcowlcomics today and got the best news — we’ve raised over $60 through Hair Bean sales so far, which means we’re already halfway to our website fundraising goal!
I’m so grateful for every single person who’s supported this little dream!
I’m so grateful for every single person who’s supported this little dream!
We had a long conversation between some former youth and our former workers, about how much HARDER it was to get up and get out of bed and deal with school AND manage our trauma. They agreed that trauma informed care was not really the best practices at the time.
July 15, 2025 at 8:15 PM
We had a long conversation between some former youth and our former workers, about how much HARDER it was to get up and get out of bed and deal with school AND manage our trauma. They agreed that trauma informed care was not really the best practices at the time.
For youth from care, “adulting” often means survival without backup.
No emergency contact.
No soft place to land.
No one to call when it all falls apart.
We’re told we’re “resilient.”
We’re expected to thrive.
But resilience without resources is just a nicer word for neglect.
#TalkAboutItTuesday
No emergency contact.
No soft place to land.
No one to call when it all falls apart.
We’re told we’re “resilient.”
We’re expected to thrive.
But resilience without resources is just a nicer word for neglect.
#TalkAboutItTuesday
July 15, 2025 at 12:12 PM
For youth from care, “adulting” often means survival without backup.
No emergency contact.
No soft place to land.
No one to call when it all falls apart.
We’re told we’re “resilient.”
We’re expected to thrive.
But resilience without resources is just a nicer word for neglect.
#TalkAboutItTuesday
No emergency contact.
No soft place to land.
No one to call when it all falls apart.
We’re told we’re “resilient.”
We’re expected to thrive.
But resilience without resources is just a nicer word for neglect.
#TalkAboutItTuesday
Mutual care is:
“Do you have space for this?”
followed by
“Thanks for asking.”
#MutualCareMonday #CareGrown #RelationalCare #YouthFromCare #EmotionalIntegrity
“Do you have space for this?”
followed by
“Thanks for asking.”
#MutualCareMonday #CareGrown #RelationalCare #YouthFromCare #EmotionalIntegrity
July 14, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Mutual care is:
“Do you have space for this?”
followed by
“Thanks for asking.”
#MutualCareMonday #CareGrown #RelationalCare #YouthFromCare #EmotionalIntegrity
“Do you have space for this?”
followed by
“Thanks for asking.”
#MutualCareMonday #CareGrown #RelationalCare #YouthFromCare #EmotionalIntegrity
