Learn to Foster & Adopt

"I've met some of the most remarkable people I know through foster care, and they are all under the age of 14!"

~Shauna Mullins, San Mateo County Foster Parent

"My son, Roberto, is 14 years old. When I adopted him at birth, my biological daughter, Electra, was 9. I wanted more kids, but I didn't have a husband or companion at the time, and for years I wondered if I had the right to raise him without a father - until I decided it was better for him to have just a mother than be an orphan."

~ Isabella Rossellini, Actress

"Biological children bring the magic of your own genes, but adoption has the dimension of connection - not only to your own tribe but beyond, widening the scope of what constitutes love, ties, and family. It is a larger embrace."

~ Isabella Rossellini, Actress

"If more people adopted, we would stretch past our immediate circles and, by reaching out, find an unexpected sense of belonging with others."

~ Isabella Rossellini, Actress

"I will not be another statistic that the government records. I hope that all I do to prepare for my life foreshadows my future."

~ Kinden, Foster Child

"I will take the steps into motherhood that my mother didn't take or didn't try to. Right now, I have to stay in school and get my high school diploma."

~ Mori, Foster Child

"I'm almost on my own and I'm trying to learn as much as possible, because I know it's hard out there."

~ Antoinette, Foster Child