Shoreline Christian Elementary School Collects Books For Foster Children

students recently collected nearly 400 books for donation to local adoption agency Bethany Christian Services’ Fostering Education program.  Bethany launched Fostering Education to provide books for local children in the foster care system, while also raising awareness of the global orphan crisis as part of its National Adoption Month activities.

“We at Bethany want to thank every teacher, student and parent at Shoreline Christian School who participated in this book drive,” said Edna Kuipers, director of Bethany Christian Services’ Seattle branch. “Our hope is that through the Fostering Education program we will be able to gift a book to all local children in the foster care system this Christmas. We’re also hopeful that we’ve made those who supported the program aware of children in need, here in our community, and around the world.”

Shoreline students collected so many books that local moving company, Two Men and a Truck, was enlisted to deliver the books.   The Two Men and a Truck movers loaded more than 20 boxes of books for delivery from Shoreline Christian School to Bethany’s branch office.

Bethany Christian Services is a global leader in caring for orphans and vulnerable children with more than 80 locations in 33 states and in more than a dozen countries.  Bethany is the largest adoption agency in the U.S. and placed 1,930 children nationwide in 2010. In addition to adoption services, Bethany provides pregnancy counseling, family counseling, foster care programs, refugee services, orphan care, and an infertility ministry called Stepping Stones. Bethany was founded in 1944 and is headquartered in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

For more information on Fostering Education or the global orphan crisis, contact Bethany Christian Services at(206) 367-4604 or visit www.bethany.org/seattle .

Information provided by Bethany Christian Services.