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One Church One Child Of Florida, Inc. Challenges Communities To Consider Adopting Or Mentoring Siblings
One Church One Child of Florida is reaching out to families and indi- viduals in local communities across the state in efforts to help share the truth that the children pictured here and others like them are waiting for a permanent home and/or mentor. Daily, over 700 children are in need of a family to call their own; many of them are minorities.
Churches across the state are asked to partner with One Church One Child in sharing information with congregations and extending Watch-Care Ministries to children. Rev. Beverly Hills Lane, State President for One Church One Child of Florida and Vice-President for Na- tional One Church One Child, is chal- lenging fellow Pastors to get involved and encouraging families to open their hearts and homes to children in foster care.
These series of articles feature children located in communities across the state. They have no family identified to adopt them.
March’s children are highlighted
IYANNA AND SOLOMON (Photo credit: Children’s Board Heart Gallery of Tampa Bay, by Pezz Photo)
role model. She’s a talented writer, especially of poetry, and she has an uncanny ability to read and relate to other people. She’s a little shy and in- trospective, but she loves to have a good chat with her friends. Her ideal home is one with a mom and maybe a sister or two, where her birthday will not only be remembered, but will be celebrated in a big way!
These two kids will thrive in a lov- ing, nurturing and active home with both male and female role models. Church involvement is important to them.
If you are interested in knowing more about Solomon and Iyanna and other children in foster care available for adoption, or if you would like to become a foster parent, men- tor, partner or volunteer, please con- tact LaKay Fayson, Recruitment Coordinator for One Church One Child of Florida’s SunCoast Region, at (813) 659-4974 or lakay_fayson@- ococfl.org. The website for One Church One Child of Florida is www.ococfl.org.
in this article.
Solomon, 17, is a kind-hearted
young man who always endeavors to do the best he can. He has developed an affinity for fishing and being out on the water. Skateboarding and playing games are his favorite pas- times, and he’s also a very good artist.
If Solomon had the choice of
going anywhere, he would take a whirlwind tour of every fair and car- nival in the world — or just stick to getting his very own bounce house in the backyard.
Iyanna, 15, is a sweet and sensi- tive little girl who loves to care for younger children and animals, and craves the companionship of a female
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