Foster and Adoptive Families Form Community at First Universalist Society of Salem

The Salem News carried a story last week about how families with foster children and adopted children have built a community at the First Universalist Society of Salem. (Unitarian Universalists in the Media pointed me to this story).

The parents of these children have built loving families and helped to address a significant problem: the lack of available homes for children. The Salem News reports:

“On the North Shore and Cape Ann alone, there are roughly 375 foster children right now. In the same area, there are only 140 families who provide foster care, according to Carla King, who is the foster parent recruiter for the area office of the Department of Social Services.

‘There’s a huge need for foster homes,’ she said.”

To celebrate the families in the congregation and help people learn more about being foster or adoptive parents, the congregation held a worship service last Sunday, February 25th.