- 2 weeks ago
A documentary about Foster Pride, an organization that helps foster kids through mentoring and crochet.
Category
🛠️
LifestyleTranscript
00:26I live in a very abusive household.
00:29I went into foster care when I was 15 and ran away from home.
00:35Ran away from home for like a few months.
00:39I went back to my mom on Mother's Day to say Happy Mother's Day, that's all.
00:43Like I was just going back to say Happy Mother's Day.
00:46And when I went, she said, okay, wait right there.
00:50She called the police.
00:54The situation could have been way worse.
00:57I could have probably been homeless.
01:04It's hard in the foster care system.
01:06Everybody wants the babies.
01:08Because not everybody wants to work with teenagers.
01:10Because they're hard.
01:12But they're amazing at the same time.
01:17If you can harness that energy and channel it into crocheting a blanket, then do it.
01:24It's hard.
01:41London coming to the program was pretty amazing.
01:45She's taking crochet out of the box.
01:48It's different than something that your grandma does.
01:51It's an art.
01:54Crochet hearts.
01:55And yeah, tomorrow morning we'll go to the fence and hang up our yarn bomb.
01:59And then watch people just, they're going to love it.
02:03I wonder how long it's going to last because I think people are going to take some stuff for last
02:08-minute Valentine's gifts.
02:09Oh, you think they're going to want to take the hearts?
02:11Yeah.
02:11I hope not.
02:12They're like, I made this for you, sweetie.
02:15Here's a little tip for this.
02:16What I do when I start this is I'll make it long and I'll actually knot it.
02:22I started crocheting like a few years ago.
02:24I was like a runaway.
02:27And I don't know, I was troubled, you could say.
02:31More like troubled and like just going through a lot.
02:34It's like therapy almost.
02:37Definitely like therapy.
02:39One of the first pop-up shops we did was at Treasure and Bond.
02:44That was cool.
02:45Really cool.
02:46I sold like three big items there.
02:49So it's cool getting to hear how you guys like love crochet because you realize like,
02:54oh, wow, aha, I can make money doing something I love.
02:58Right.
02:59I went to college for dance, but in the back of my mind I was like,
03:02what do I really love to do?
03:04And crocheting was always at the top of that list.
03:07I wrapped a tree outside of my house in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn with one of the scarves I had made.
03:12And every day for 30 days I'd put something outside and leave it there.
03:16People were reaching out to me asking me to do little jobs here and there.
03:20This is the work I did for Starbucks.
03:23They were opening a new shop up in Brooklyn.
03:26And finally, bigger brands started reaching out.
03:29So this is the billboard I did.
03:32So this is 50 feet by 25 feet and it hung in Times Square.
03:36Oh, that's awesome.
03:37For over a month.
03:39All crocheted.
03:41I love this.
03:44We are going to be doing a full on Valentine's Day yarn bomb.
03:48So we've got to spread a little love around the city.
03:51We'll do go team on three.
03:53One, two, three.
03:54Go team!
04:02Let's do this and because it's so cold, we're going to do it as fast as we can.
04:08This is going to be our canvas.
04:11This pole is going to be our center point.
04:35What do you guys think?
04:37I love it.
04:38Oh my gosh, this makes me so happy.
04:41I love London.
04:42I love her personality.
04:44Very inspiring to see the amount of things that she's done.
04:49You have to have talent.
04:52I would definitely want to learn how to sew.
04:56I want to learn how to sew.
04:58After being in so many different homes, I had one great foster parent.
05:03She moved to Georgia.
05:04She had a four bedroom apartment out there.
05:05I remember I went with her.
05:06That's the only place I've ever been out of New York.
05:10Which is sad.
05:12No, this is not any place that anybody would want to stay.
05:15You've got to walk past crackheads.
05:17People are arguing and fighting at night.
05:19You want to do better.
05:20You want better for yourself.
05:24And that's what I want.
05:25I want a home.
05:26I want a home.
05:28There.
05:30There's Valentine's.
05:32Every day is, am I going to eat dinner?
05:34Am I going to have breakfast?
05:36Where am I going to sleep tonight?
05:38You just see that cycle continue and continue.
05:43It's really hard to get out of it.
05:46These kids have to grow up before they should really have to grow up.
05:54When you crochet, your hands are busy and you connect with them in a different way.
06:01The kids come in to care for all different kinds of abuse.
06:04Substance abuse, physical and sexual abuse also.
06:09Neglect, educational neglect.
06:11And these kids are, are smart.
06:14It's tragic.
06:17So this is my baby blanket.
06:19I feel like I've worked on forever.
06:22Took me forever.
06:25From like going into the first home, I think I probably would like in three or four different
06:29homes after that.
06:30I aged out at 21.
06:32I feel like that's like the biggest struggle.
06:35Being on your own and aging out of foster care and not having the proper guidance and
06:40not having somebody to talk to you that you could look at like a parent.
06:46You know, that could give you that kind of support and push you to be better.
06:55Anything could happen and you could just crochet up a whole bunch of things.
06:59Pay your rent real quick.
07:01Just in case.
07:02So yeah, this is everything that we're going to have inside the pop-up.
07:06The hats and the scarves, the bags, the hearts, the teddy bears, like sell really well.
07:13Bikinis.
07:15And a matching purse.
07:17Let's do it.
07:18Hey, we're going out today.
07:20Another project done by Amy.
07:22She'll be here in a few.
07:25Aging out is the most stressful time.
07:28Sometimes you just need that one person in your life that believes in you and is there
07:32to pray for you more often than not when you need them and be that shoulder that you can put
07:38your head on or,
07:40you know, the person that will give you a hug if you need a hug.
07:44I think we're almost done.
07:53We're done.
07:57This is so cool.
08:00Amazing.
08:02I think if I had a baby this would be my baby.
08:04Yeah.
08:08Sold.
08:11FOSTER PRIDE IS AN ENTREPRENEURIAL PROGRAM FOR THE YOUTH TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S ON TREND.
08:16ACTUALLY, I FEEL LIKE THAT'S YOUR STYLE.
08:18FIGURE OUT WHAT WE'LL SELL IN OUR POP-UPS.
08:20IT LOOKS REALLY CUTE AS A SHOW, RIGHT?
08:22AND SEE THEIR PRODUCT ON THE SHELF OF MAJOR STORES LIKE AMERICAN EAGLE AND DONE SOME WORK WITH NORDSTROM.
08:29THANK YOU SO MUCH.
08:30OH, I MADE THIS BASKET.
08:31YOU DID?
08:32YEAH.
08:32OH, MY GOD.
08:34NO FIGHTING.
08:35NO FIGHTING.
08:35NO FIGHTING.
08:36NO FIGHTING.
08:36NO FIGHTING.
08:37ALL OF THE PROCEEDS FROM THE SALES GO BACK INTO THE PROGRAM SO IT GOES DIRECTLY INTO THE HANDS OF
08:43THE
08:44YOUTH THAT MADE THE PRODUCT.
08:46I MEAN THIS, THIS.
08:48AND TO ALSO FUND THE PROGRAMS.
08:51IT'S A REALLY AMAZING OPPORTUNITY.
08:53NICE WORK.
08:55YOU GOT A COUPLE THINGS LEFT OVER.
08:56SO, I HEARD THAT YOU WANTED TO TAKE A CLASS AT MOOD.
09:03WHY MOOD?
09:04Because I watch a lot of Project Runway and I love mood.
09:08We all chipped in to get you a class there.
09:11Oh my God, stop.
09:13Serious.
09:14I love you so much.
09:19I'm just so grateful.
09:21I'm just excited.
09:23Yeah, he's really dope and he's from Project Runway
09:25so I feel like he has a lot of things that he can teach me.
09:27How's it going?
09:29It's going good.
09:30So is this the first pattern you've ever cut out?
09:32First ever, ever in life.
09:35You're right on the line.
09:37It's very neat.
09:39I don't want to be too confident, because I've never did it before.
09:42But I love using my hands.
09:45I like being creative.
09:47I feel like I could do it.
09:48Have faith.
09:50Preparing myself with Project Runway, you never know.
09:53That was so great.
09:57It's an honor that they let you into their lives.
10:00So when they're able to create, it could be the only time that they've ever really felt
10:04good about something, or even felt good about themselves, which is super important.
10:17I'm going to start it all by connecting thread.
10:22Sew them together, all these dreams in my head.
10:26Stitch by stitch, I will find my way.
10:30Up and out to some better days.
10:34I'm going to rise.
10:36Follow my passion.
10:38I'm going to rise.
10:39I'm going to rise.
10:40Let the word be spread.
10:43I could have given up, but decided instead to start it all from one piece of thread.
10:50One thread.
10:51Start it all from one piece of thread.
10:54Turn it all from one piece of thread.
10:57I'm connecting thread.
10:59I found myself by connecting thread.
11:03Woo!
11:04I'm connecting thread.
11:07I found myself by connecting thread.
11:13By connecting thread.
11:16I found love.
11:18Oh, my God.