TSC harnesses a community’s collective resources, their desire to love & serve, and the healing power of nature to create tailored, trauma-informed spaces & experiences for the foster care community.
Healing power of nature
Community’s collective resources & expertise
Underutilized, otherwise undevelopable spaces
People’s gifts & passions to love & serve
Common purpose & goals
Combined resources & efforts
Community partners
Activated community
"Hub & spoke" model
Basis for greater impact, sustainability & scalability
Trauma-informed
Nature-based
Tailored spaces
Intentional experiences
Community-based & enabled
More accessible to children
of varied abilities
Unique opps for others to serve foster care community
Foster children
Foster parents | caregivers
Biological families
Foster care community
Community-at-large
Complementary NFPs
Local & national businesses
Governmental & civic organizations
Based on a local community's needs and what a specific property offers, each TSC site is transformed to include all or a subset of the six TSC Core Elements.
Areas for unstructured play to run, jump, explore, and just be a child
tire swings, tree forts, boulders,
fields, woods & creeks
Places created to think, be quiet, renew, refresh, and recharge
intentional gathering spots,
pergolas, meeting spaces
Access to animals to observe, engage with & care for
working farm, barnyard
animals, butterflies & bees
Areas designed to gather with
foster families in mind
benches, hammocks, rocking chairs, arbors, and other resting spots
Flowers, plants, and trees to
enjoy for their natural beauty
gardens, fields, meandering paths,
and container gardens
Edible gardens to plant, grow, maintain, and harvest
raised beds, family-focused
community garden, orchard
Check out how all of this comes together in a conceptual rendering of a potential TSC site and who benefits & how.
Consider supporting
Tire Swing Collective.
Your support will help us transform underutilized spaces to positively impact the lives of foster children & their caregivers.