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“Why Do You Enjoy Fostering?” Talking with Our CHS Foster Parents
As a prospective foster parent, you may be feeling nervous about welcoming a child into your home for the first time. Dozens of anxious thoughts may be bouncing about your […]
Fostering a Family Member: What Helped These Kinship Care Providers Raise Their Grandson
All names and other identifying information in this article have been changed to protect the identity of the child in foster care. When the last of Greg and Josephine’s five […]
What It’s Like to Be a Foster Parent: Amber & Ed’s Story
Clean clothes. A warm bed. Love and support. These are some of the basic necessities that every child deserves. But for various reasons and circumstances, some parents find themselves unable […]
What It’s Like to Be a Foster Parent: Kayleigh Connell’s Story
There’s never been a greater need for foster homes. Across the country, foster families have decreased about 24% over the past three years. Right now, there are thousands of children […]
A Story Written on the Heart
I was adopted by a Methodist Minister and Christian Educator in the 1980s at 14 months old. They had tried for 10 years to start a family. When I became […]
Many Fond Memories Made During Decades of Fostering
After nearly 30 years as foster parents, Patsy and Earnest Squire have made it their mission to offer family structure to children and teens who are in dire need. And […]
Guilford County couple shares how fostering, adoption and miracle child grew their family
The journey of parenthood is one that is often filled with surprises, challenges, and joy. For the Krause family, their journey took an unexpected turn when they went from a […]
Teachers Wear Jeans, Raise $4,000
CHS Adoptee Mary Catherine Ferree Hedrick reached out to us at the beginning of November to tell us about plans for the monthly $10 jeans day fundraiser she was hosting […]
Braylen, Naveah, and Their Two Families
After living with a foster family for several years, Braylen and Naveah are now back home with their biological mother and father thanks to shared parenting. Through shared parenting, foster […]
A Source Of Safety, Escape, and Enjoyment
Mia Myers recently reached out to CHS with the goal of benefiting children in foster care with new books for her senior project. Mia wanted to share her love of […]
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