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Show Small Deeds, Big Smiles [ Just Hold a Baby Ten Things You Can Do To Help a Child Today IR SEVEN YEARS, ELOISE Fe= hasspentone day a week holding the babies that nobody else wantsto hold. “I got involved because a lotofthese kids got a raw deal,” says Wardell, 52, one of 30 volunteers at Open Armsin Savannah,Ga. Co-sponsored by a Savannah hos tal and the Lutheran Ministries of GeorEloise Wardell gives the babi it Open gia, Open Armstakescare of “boarder Arms the love and nurturing they need. babies”—infants whoare born seriously. “In the hospital, nurses don’t have the ill or premature, who have been abused or abandoned,or whohaveparents who timeto give the constantlove and nurturingthata child needs,” says Wardell. cannotcare for them. —Tom Callahan Theinfants stay in a three-bedroom pep danick gathers toys, books, games bungalow operated by Open Arms un‘and puzzles to ~- as gifts to boil disabled students in her community, For more information, write to: Open til the courts place them in fostercare, Anns, P.O. Box 13147, Dept. P, SavanS OME PEOPLETHINK THAT put them up for adoption or, in some nah, Ga. 31416. small gestures don’t makea dif- cases, return them to their parents. ference,” says Fran Janick, 64, ofSterling Heights, Mich. “Butunless you get out there and do something, HEN MARC BROWN OF ingtreated like garbage,” recalls Brown, you'll never know how much you can Indianapolis, Ind., consid- 47. “Their lives are tough enough. affect a child’slife.” ered taking in fosterchild decided to makeit his personal Every day, Janick combs her neighborto get proper luggagefor these children. hood, asking for items people don’t want in 1995, he learnedthat fosterchildren Browncreated a home-based, non—toys,books, games, puzzles, knapsacks, often had to movefrom family to family profit organization called FosterCare with their belongingsstuffed into black ribbon. She gathers these itemsto give Luggage.With the help ofprivate donors, to the emotionally impaired students at plastic trash bags. “It broke my heart to he has providedsuitcases to nearly 9000 nearby Maple Lane Elementary School. see these kids and their belongings befoster children. Thestudentsthere have behavioral and “It made mefeel like my stuff emotional problems that sometimes keep wasn’tas good asthe otherkids’ them from doing welland feeling happy. stuff,” says 15-year-old Andre Janick began 10 years ago, when she about havingto shovehis belongasked the principal for a tour of the ingsinto a trash bag each time school and offered to help out. Today, he movedto anotherfoster famshesets up a makeshift store at Christily. “But Mr. Brown gave me lug- Breidee ore] 3. Get kids involve: ruts One Man’s Mission To Help Foster Kids mastime where the children can “shop” gage and a backpack, and I feel —browse andselectgifts for themselves and their families—forfree. Fran even gathers boxes and personally wraps each child’sitem.“I feelthat I should help others who have a tougher road ahead than I do,” she says. —ES. eS better about myself.” child ir WARUR hee a mel Ms ie ei ea Ld menRegent cid Da For more information, contact: FosterCare Luggage, 1746 Kenruth Dr, Dept. P, Indianapolis, Ind. 46260. Marc Brown,founder of erCare For moreinformation, write: Macomb Intermediate School District, Center uprooted—getproper luggage to carry their belongings. Programs, 44001 Garfield, Dept. P, Clinton Township, Mich. 48038. PARADE MAGAZINE - SEPTEMBER 6, 1998 » PAGE S —E.S. Patelene nga tod y 10. Use your ea Bue rire] Eh nath |
