Jan 2, 2018 | Success Stories
How do you care for 3 when 1 is in the hospital? A testimonial from a mother who needed help in her time of need. As a single mother of 3, I was in a tight spot. My youngest daughter was in need of medical testing for a week at the children’s hospital for the...
Dec 20, 2017 | Success Stories
A Safe Families Testimonial from southern Illinois: “My name is Cheryl. I want to start off by saying Safe Families has helped my family tremendously. Without their help, I don’t know where me and my six children would be. This program has helped me become...
Nov 29, 2017 | Success Stories
By Davona C., Host Mom Our family has fostered newborns on two continents in four countries. We’ve cared for children in Florida and Maryland as well as Malawi, Tanzania, and Burundi in Africa. When we returned to the States after 24 years overseas, I still...
Nov 22, 2017 | Success Stories
By J. Lundvall, Host Family We have two young sons of our own, so we were definitely stepping outside of our comfort zone when we said ‘yes’ to taking in two teenage girls. These girls loved their dad and couldn’t wait to be reunited with him. But for the...
Nov 1, 2017 | Noteworthy Thoughts, Success Stories
By J. Aaron White, Host Family The conversation was getting old. It wasn’t because of the length of one exchange; rather, it was the repetitive nature of the conversation between me and my wife. After seeing billboards with doe-eyed babies in need of a safe home and...
Oct 25, 2017 | Noteworthy Thoughts, Success Stories
“That’s a flower!… there’s the duck!…what’s that?…here’s one!…fishes!” My niece is getting ready for a birthday party for her 3 year old little boy, Caleb. I’m going for a walk with Caleb, down by the brook so he can show me the duckies. He is...
