Good News Notes: “An adorable St. Louis shelter dog has found his forever home after waiting over 1,250 days in foster care. Bowie, a 6-year-old pit bull, was finally adopted after ‘crashing’ with a foster parent for the last two and half years, the animal rescue Gateway Pet Guardians told WKYC. The rescue agency shared an…
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Boy in Foster Care Receives Over 5,000 Adoption Submissions
Good News Notes: “A 9-year-old boy from Oklahoma may be one step closer to finding a forever home. In July, Jordan touched the hearts of many across the country when he was interviewed by local news station KFOR about being in foster care. Since then, his permanency planning worker toldFox 4 that the department received over 5,000 adoption…
“Isaiah 117 Houses” give kids a place to go while they wait for foster care
Good News Notes: “The day a child is taken from a home and put into foster care is a day few people ever see. But those who do see it happen say it’s traumatizing to a young mind. ‘Removal day is the most dramatic day they’ll ever walk,’ said Ronda Paulson with the Isaiah 117…
Bucco’s Rising Stars Fosters Spirit of Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, with Luggage Drive
Good News Notes: “Buccos Rising Stars luggage drive fosters the spirit of reduce, reuse, recycle, while giving a lift to children in the foster care system. Carmen Bucco, who spent time in the foster care system as a youth, knows all too well the challenges and instability children in the system face. On top of…
Santa Clothes brings compassion and generosity to the start of the Holidays
Good News Notes: “Nearly 140 children received the blessing of new clothes and shoes this holiday season through the beloved Santa Clothes program with JCPenney at the Vancouver Mall.” “A sea of small faces filed into the store, Wednesday morning; some had never set foot in such a store much less ever been given the…
Hoping to keep siblings together, Batavia family adopts seven children in seven years
Good News Notes: “Beth and Scott Lammers have adopted seven children in as many years, growing their household from a small nuclear family – father, mother and two biological children – to one that gets around in a 12-passenger van.” “She and her husband began welcoming more children into their home after Scott spotted a…
Byesville Rotary makes blankets for children in foster care
Good News Notes: There has been a significant increase in the number of children in foster care due to parental challenges with opioid addiction. In many of these cases, children arrive in foster care with little to nothing with them because it all had to be left behind to be sure there was no contact…
A man’s dying wish was to help a boy in foster care he never met. It was fulfilled weeks after his death.
Good News Notes: “The state told Shellie she needed a handicap accessible apartment and transportation for Howard before she could get him out of foster care. When she put the call out for help on Facebook, she was surprised the father of one of her friends answered.” “Shellie has been trying to get custody of…