Foster care advocate has ‘so much love to give’
“I’m a volunteer court-appointed special advocate for children who are in the foster care system. Their case worker may change. Their attorney may change. But unless they move to Austin or some place like that, I will continue to be the one face that never changes.
“I get to spend time with them. I get to know them. They get to feel safe with me. And they feel loved. In the spectrum of all the court processes that are involved in their case, it means a lot to those little kids to have somebody there who is really fighting for them and can speak for them.
“When I go over there, it’s like visiting my grandkids, and we have a good time. I just love kids. If I could have had 12 of my own, I would have. But I only had two. That’s all God wanted for me. I do have four grandkids and one on the way.
“I just have so much love to give. And I have free time. So why would I want to bottle that up in my house? I want to share it with these kids, and I want to help them. They go through some horrible, horrible things in their lives. I just want them to know that there’s somebody who is always there for them. I think I can do that.”
— Stella Furst
Stella volunteers with CASA of Liberty and Chambers County. Additional advocates are needed.
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