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A Testimony from Lacy Hoover, Adoption Specialist, Midlands Division of Adoption Services "Currently, I work with families that are approved to adopt. Every year, we apply for recertification to prepare and complete home studies, complete background summaries...
Candice Gilliland’s Fostering and Adoption Story
Candice Gilliland - I started fostering in 2015, as a single parent to a five-year-old little boy of my own. I had a passion for fostering and adoption since I was about 13 years old and I kept waiting to have the perfect white picket fence scenario. I finally...
Fight for Families 5k – Walk in a Foster Child’s Shoes
Fostering the Family’s Fight for Families 5k will offer insight into the life of a child traveling through the child welfare system. Our specific intention is to raise awareness about the foster and adoption crises and see our community come together to bring about change.
STORIES
“There is no person in the whole world like you, and I like you just the way you are.”
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Christoph Halverson
South Carolina
The Halversons first adopted after they had been married for 9 months. They started off by adopting two boys, but added another shortly thereafter. In short order, they had a biological child as well.
Now with 4 children under the age of four, Christoph says, “It takes a lot, but is very exciting and rewarding!”
The Zezulka Adoption Story
STORIES
“There is no person in the whole world like you, and I like you just the way you are.”
–
Christoff Halverson
South Carolina
The Halverson’s first adopted after they had been married for 9 months. They started off by adopting two boys, but added another shortly thereafter. In short order, they had a biological child as well.
Now with 4 children under the age of four, Christoff says, “It takes a lot, but is very exciting and rewarding!
The Zezulka Adoption Story
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