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This Is Foster Care.

The Acre Family The Caldwell Family The Pitman Family

Grand Rapids, Michigan Lansing, Michigan Troy, Michigan

"We’ve always felt that there are so many kids "Make time to get to know your kids' parents. Make "I feel blessed to have been able to be there for them,
needing the love and support we had to offer. As we time to support your other foster parent friends. advocate for them, and keep them safe. I look
got married and bought a house, we did so with Make time to spend time with each person in your forward to continuing to be able to do this for future
future foster kids in mind: we wanted our home to family one on one. You can miss the beauty of foster children in whatever capacity I am needed."
feel inviting so that our fosters could have a safe care if you aren't intentional with it."
space here to host friends and have a blast."

The Cochard Family The Brown Family
Kalamazoo, Michigan Detroit, Michigan

"We foster to provide a safe and loving home to "We wanted to love every single person involved in
children as their parents work on bettering that child's case: From biological parents to workers,
themselves in hopes of reunification. If that cannot from placement call workers to those sitting in court.
happen, we strive to keep open lines of Our goal is to always see the perspective of everyone
communications with their bio families." involved in the lives of these sweet children - not just
our own."

We are teaming up with Ticket to Dream Foundation to give one deserving

foster family an all-expense paid trip to Zehnder's Splash Village!