Adoption Day: Annabella’s parents are over the moon

Annabella will be one of 14 kids adopted on Friday as part of our commemoration of National Adoption Month. But she has even a loftier goal in mind – she plans to become a princess. Annabella is 5 and she’ll be adopted by her aunt and uncle, Jennifer and Jeremy

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Shared by Moira Weir, Director of HCJFS October 31, 2019

Local adoptive family featured by Good Morning America

BJ and Calena Durel’s story of adopting two girls while pregnant with twins, is making national news. The couple was featured this week on the Good Morning America website. The couple had been providing respite care (providing breaks for foster parents) to Mariah and Aubree, when they had the opportunity

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Shared by Moira Weir, Director of HCJFS August 9, 2019