Call to share the care and help foster young lives
Members of the GLBTI community have
been asked to dig deep in support of the
Benevolent Society’s Fostering Young
Lives program which places at-risk
childrenwithfosterparents.
One in five of the...
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Call to share the care and help foster young lives
Members of the GLBTI community have
been asked to dig deep in support of the
Benevolent Society’s Fostering Young
Lives program which places at-risk
childrenwithfosterparents.
One in five of the program’s foster
parentsisgayorlesbian.
Called Share the Care, the black-tie
fundraiser will be held on July 2 in the
GrandBallroomoftheEppingClub.
Foster parent Peta Symons said she
organised the event because of a foster
care crisis in NSW.
She said she hoped to
raise $75,000, with proceeds of the ticket
salesgoingtotheBeneloventSociety.
”By giving yourself a night out at Share
the Care, people can treat themselves to
a great time while showing how much
they care for the many young children in
fostercare,”Symonssaid.
Fostering Young Lives program
manager Kathleen Clark said more than
16,000childrenwereinout-of-homecare
inNSW.
“That’s more than double the number
there was 10 years ago,” she said.
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