For nine years, Taylor Going bounced between 40 different foster homes and four residential facilities.

"Sometimes I wouldn't even unpack my bags. I knew once I was there, I was leaving anyway," he said. "What's the point of unpacking your bags if you're only going to be there for two weeks?"

Taylor was adopted once, but after four years, they returned him to the foster care system.

"It makes you feel unwanted, like you're not good enough for anybody," he said.

Taylor eventually found his forever home. Now 15 and in high school, he has plans to go to college, join the military and own his own business.

But he has had a rough life. Growing up, Taylor said he felt like no one believed in him or loved him.

"Who's going to tell a 7-year-old kid that they love themselves?" he said. "There's nobody to there to tell them that. There's nobody there to teach them the values of life."

One local organization aims to change that. Beau Blouin started Fit4Truth, a nonprofit organization dedicated to inspiring and educating children in the foster care system.

The organization sets up retreats for the kids, where they learn life skills like leadership, creative expression and self-discipline.

But more so, Blouin said his organization helps these kids find their intrinsic self-worth.

"More importantly, it's self-love," Blouin said. "Teaching the children that they're OK with who they are at this very moment, and they have unique skills."

Fit4Truth held one of their retreats Saturday at Rotary Camp in Brandon. Taylor and 100 other kids attended four different workshops. They painted a mural with local artist Rasta Geary Taylor. They learned how to do a high kick from Tiger Rock Martial Arts. Blouin taught them about leadership, and Way of Life Bootcamp from California taught the kids habits about keeping their bodies and minds healthy.


Local artist Rasta Geary Taylor shows these kids how to work together to complete a mural at the Fit4Truth retreat in Brandon, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2015. (Amy Mariani, Staff)

Saturday's retreat was the third Fit4Truth has organized. Blouin said he's blown away by what the kids say.

"We've heard on numerous occasions that it's the best day of their life," he said. "Or they didn't know they could do something like this, or they didn't know people care about them that much."

To know someone cares about you makes all the difference, Taylor said.

"This organization is just making it better for them in the meantime until they do get adopted," he said. "So they can be happy."