Topic: Foster Care

Thunder's Kevin Durant surprises foster kids with a visit and early Christmas presentsAbout 120 foster children received an early Christmas surprise Saturday when Oklahoma City Thunder All-Star Kevin Durant stopped by to deliver backpacks filled with presents.Durant, the NBA's scoring leader, chose ...
Indonesia will be helped by five countries in developing several sports performed at SEA Games 2011 in the country in which some of cooperation would be extended to 2014, Kompas daily quoted an official as saying on Tuesday. Chairwoman of the Sport ...

The changing face of fostering

Nicola Tunbridge, Managing Director of By the Bridge, explains the growing importance of fostering as a credible career, and how to become a qualified therapeutic foster parent. The Fostering Network, the UK's leading charity for everyone with a personal or professional involvement ...
Jolie-Pitt Foundation recognizes role of foster care as National Adoption Day is recognized . SOS Children's Villages play a vital role in the healing and stabilization of foster care children, and constitute a critical step along the way to family reunification or ...

Today Is National Adoption Day!

Today, November 20, 2010, marks the 11th year for National Adoption Day. I hope that this National Adoption Day is as successful as the year before.

Shadowhare

A 21-year-old former abuse victim from Milford, Ohio, hides behind a mask and a cape and calls himself Shadowhare, while fighting crime in Cincinnati, Ohio. Cincinnati Superhero (April 28, 2009) Shadowhare leads a team of a crime-fighters in Cincinnati, which is called ...

Melvin Balane

Vhee and Manuel Carrascal were foster parents for Everlyse Cabrera and her brother, who had been removed from the home of their biological parents. Las Vegas , Nevada Owns the house where Everlyse disappeared from

Manuel Carrascal

Vhee and Manuel Carrascal were foster parents for Everlyse Cabrera and her brother, who had been removed from the home of their biological parents. Las Vegas , Nevada Have offered to settle for $300,000 which would be covered by state insurance

Everlyse Cabrera

Her parents, Marlena Olivas and Ernesto Cabrera have filed a civil suit against the Carrascals and their adult son, Melvin Balane for Everlyse's disappearance.

How to Volunteer for Being a Foster Parent

For many people, having children is the dream of a lifetime. International adoptions have been all the rage among celebrities in the past few years (think Madonna and the Jolie-Pitts), but there's another option right here in the United States. Each state ...