Foster Children from all over the Northwest travelled to Eugene this weekend to become a princess for a day. Nearly 400 girls between the ages of two and 18 received VIP treatment at the Valley River Inn thanks to the group “A Family for Every Child.” The community donated thousands of dresses, boas, slippers, and tiaras to make these girls feel like royalty. “This day is about making a princess feel beautiful so any girl in the community can come in and just feel gorgeous for a whole day,” said event coordinator Sarah Cohen.

A Family For Every Child runs: An Adoption Agency, Mentor Programs, Heart Galleries, and a Mentor Program. Everything that we do is to make sure that these kids spend the least amount of time in foster care. Ask the kids, what it is like to be in foster care. We help parents too: our Matching Assistance Program helps potential parents locate and adopt children from any state of the country and overcome some of the hurdles involved in the process.

Emilio, Ben and Emily now have what they've always wanted: a loving, stable, permanent home with the Jessops. Emilio was in foster care for 5 years before being adopted. "It's really great just to have a family that's going to care for me," he said. That's something 8,000 kids in Oregon - more than 1,000 of them in Lane County - are still searching for.

TV Host Brad Mattes introduces you to A Family For Every Child's founder, mission, direction and also to a family A Family For Every Child has helped with multiple adoptions.

Like Spiderman and Batman, 5-year-old Izaiah hasn’t grown up in a traditional family. While the superhero characters lost their parents at a young age, Izaiah spent part of his childhood in foster care, not knowing which home was permanent and which was temporary, before being adopted by Tom Leggate and his family about a month ago.

The O Heroes program, along with the A Family for Every Child organization, will give foster children and local kids ages 3-18 a chance to be a "Hero for a Day" on Sunday afternoon at the Moshofsky Center.

Many Heart Galleries, like A Family For Every Child, sponsor many different kids of special events in which foster children are introduced to potential parents who may eventually adopt them. This video shows two events where foster kids meet adults who might become their forever family.

For organizers of a special community event for girls, the glitz and the glam is in the giving and joyful receiving.

Princess for a Day is sponsored by local nonprofit A Family for Every Child, which helps children in the foster care system find permanent, loving homes. The event serves primarily girls in foster care, although anyone is welcome to attend.

Their hair primped, their necks sparkling and their giddiness unrestrained, hundreds of girls left the Valley River Inn feeling like royalty on Sunday.

The Eugene-based nonprofit A Family for Every Child held its annual Princess for a Day event to pamper foster girls between the ages of 2 and 18, and to raise awareness of the plight of many foster children through Oregon.

A Family For Every Child, in partnership with other local agencies, begins fundraising for foster boys to be a "Hero for A Day"

A glitz factor has been added to recent lineups at the Bi-Mart Willamette Country Music Festival. In just five years, big names and big crowds have become the norm. Stars such as this year’s closing acts — Sugarland, Martina McBride and Trace Adkins — are vastly popular in the country music world. And several others, such as the Band Perry and Jana Kramer, are moving up the Billboard charts.

For the second year, the Bi-Mart Willamette Country Music Festival will support the HEART Gallery, a national effort to find a home for every foster child. There are more 12,000 children in foster care in Oregon and 500,000 nationwide. Fewer than 50 percent will ever return home to stay.

The girls were given the royal treatment including hair, nail and makeup styling, plus a tea party lunch and a special photo shoot. Springfield-based non-profit A Family for Every Child organized the event.