Adoptive, Foster Homes Needed for Young Kids

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Hoping to ease some of the emotional trauma children from broken homes experience, the San Benito Rotary Club hosted a mass of youngsters in a picnic in the park Saturday.

Games, food and fun were sponsored by Rotarians who support the efforts of a local adoptive and foster care service who step in to help remedy tragic and heart-rendering home life situations.

Some of the children are up for foster care or outright adoption, after suffering abuse and neglect at home. “These children often experience more physical pain, emotional trauma and menial anguish than most adults experience in a lifetime, said Gloria Chamberlain of Adopt a Child, while addressing the Rotary Club recently.

“Our goal is to reunite as many children as possible with their families. But, in some cases that’s not possible. These are the ones we seek adoptive homes for,” she added. Her agency is in the business of placing children with caring families. “We have one family with six children (up for adoption)…But, most of the sibling groups range between two and four children,” she added.

Working hand-in-hand with Chamberlain is the televised Wednesday’s Child program hosted by Letty Valdez Garza, who features children, showing their personal characteristics. Along with the children, she stresses the need for patience and support by foster/adoptive families to help the child overcome previous hardships.