When Julie Todman-Malone’s husband died about four years ago, his absence left a void in her life.
A few months later, she learned of a newborn named Kacy who needed a foster parent. She decided to take on the challenge.
“It was at a point in my life when I needed something to pull me out of the rot that I was in,” said Ms. Todman-Malone, who also has an adult daughter. “I was glad I made that decision.”
Being a foster parent, she added, has been rewarding.
“It’s been wonderful. I treat her as if she is my own child,” she said. “I can’t treat her any different because she is a foster child. She is my baby.”
Kacy is among more than 20 children in the territory’s foster care programme, said Laurel Freeman, a social worker at the Social Development Department.
The SDD recently launched a campaign to attract potential foster parents, who are badly needed in the territory, Ms. Freeman said Tuesday.
For more information on fostering a child, contact Laurel Freeman at the Social Development Department at 468-9371 or 468-3650.
See the Aug. 28, 2014 edition for full coverage.
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