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Forever Families: Meet Aaron — A teen serious about fitness

Forever Families: Meet Aaron — A teen serious about fitness

  • By Clint Williams Aid to Adoption of Special Kids
  • Jan 7, 2021
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While everyone has been stuck at home to slow the spread of COVID-19, not many have been as stuck at 15-year-old Aaron.

Tax Credit Offers Painless Way to Give to Children in Foster Care

Tax Credit Offers Painless Way to Give to Children in Foster Care

  • By Clint Williams Aid to Adoption of Special Kids
  • Dec 3, 2020
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The holiday season sees a deluge of requests for charitable giving at a time when family budgets are often tight. But there is a painless way to help children in foster care.

FOREVER FAMILIES — Meet Julio: A teen who loves the great outdoors

FOREVER FAMILIES — Meet Julio: A teen who loves the great outdoors

  • By Clint Williams Aid to Adoption of Special Kids
  • Nov 24, 2020
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Like a lot of teens doing remote learning during the COVID-19 pandemic, Julio misses the classroom. Well, maybe not the classroom as much as the high school hallways and cafeteria where he can mix and mingle with his peers.

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Forever Families: Big Sister + Little Brother = Instant Family

Forever Families: Big Sister + Little Brother = Instant Family

  • By Clint Williams, Aid to Adoption of Special Kids
  • Oct 4, 2020
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You can stream the 2018 movie Instant Family or you can create your own instant family by opening your heart and home to Vanessa and Reye.

Forever Families:  Meet Tirahji — A Boy Who Loves Playing Games

Forever Families: Meet Tirahji — A Boy Who Loves Playing Games

  • By Clint Williams, Aid to Adoption of Special Kids
  • Sep 3, 2020
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By Clint Williams, Aid to Adoption of Special Kids When it comes to games, 12-year-old Tirahji is a bit old-fashioned. No Fortnite or NBA 2K20 for this guy. “Tirahji is big into Uno and board games,” says Kayla, a child specific adoption recruiter with Aid to Adoption of Special Kids (AASK).…

Forever Families:  Meet Dwaun — A Boy Who Wants a Dog to Be His Best friend

Forever Families: Meet Dwaun — A Boy Who Wants a Dog to Be His Best friend

  • By Clint Williams, Aid to Adoption of Special Kids
  • Jul 30, 2020
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By Clint Williams, Aid to Adoption of Special Kids They say dogs are man’s best friend and 12-year-old Dwaun would certainly agree. Dwuan is a dog person. The active, athletic boy would love to join a forever family with pets — especially if that pet was a dachshund or a pug. “Dwaun is a kid […]

Forever Families:  Meet Damone — A teen needing someone on the sideline for him

Forever Families: Meet Damone — A teen needing someone on the sideline for him

  • By Clint Williams, Aid to Adoption of Special Kids
  • Jul 5, 2020
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By Clint Williams, Aid to Adoption of Special Kids Damone is a teen for all seasons — football season, basketball season, track season. Damone, 14, is a multi-sport athlete who thrives in the world of competition, says John Hicks, a child specific adoption recruiter with Aid to Adoption of S…

The Need is Great, Getting Started is Easy

The Need is Great, Getting Started is Easy

  • Updated Aug 27, 2020
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— By Clint Williams, Aid to Adoption of Special Kids —  Much has changed since the COVID-19 virus swept across the globe. But one thing hasn’t changed — children in foster care need homes. After years of decline, the number of children in foster care this fiscal year has topped last year’s c…

Forever Families: Sky is a Teen With High Aspirations

Forever Families: Sky is a Teen With High Aspirations

  • By Clint Williams, Aid to Adoption of Special Kids
  • May 1, 2020
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By Clint Williams, Aid to Adoption of Special Kids Just as the sky above seems to know no limits, neither does 15-year-old Sky, a bright high school sophomore. “I really like to tell people that I want to be president,” she says, “but I know I have to be mayor or senator first.” “I just […]

Forever Families — Meet Ariah: A special little fellow who needs special parents

Forever Families — Meet Ariah: A special little fellow who needs special parents

  • By Clint Williams, Aid to Adoption of Special Kids
  • Mar 31, 2020
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By Clint Williams, Aid to Adoption of Special Kids ~ You need just one word to describe young Ariah – mellow. “Ariah is most laid-back little guy we’ve ever had,” says foster mom Margaret, who over the years has had more than a dozen children in foster care be part of her family. Ariah, who […]

Aid to Adoption of Special Kids Recruiting Volunteer Camp Counselors — Deadline to Apply is March 15

Aid to Adoption of Special Kids Recruiting Volunteer Camp Counselors — Deadline to Apply is March 15

  • Updated Aug 27, 2020
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By Clint Williams, Aid to Adoption of Special Kids – AASK Hiking and kayaking in the cool high country near Payson is a great way to spend a week in June. And doing it while bringing smiles to the faces of children in foster care is even better. The Seventh Annual AASK Sibling Summer Camp […]

Forever Families: Dylan is a Laid-Back Teen Who Wants a Dad

Forever Families: Dylan is a Laid-Back Teen Who Wants a Dad

  • By Clint Williams, Aid to Adoption of Special Kids
  • Jan 29, 2020
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— By Clint Williams, Aid to Adoption of Special Kids Teens typically come with drama. Not 15-year-old Dylan. “He is literally, the most chill, laid-back kid,” says Kayla, a child specific adoption recruiter with Aid to Adoption of Special Kids (AASK). The teen is laid back, but still loves t…

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Alice and David Are a Dynamic Duo Wishing for a Forever Family

Alice and David Are a Dynamic Duo Wishing for a Forever Family

  • By Clint Williams, Aid to Adoption of Special Kids
  • Jan 9, 2020
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— By Clint Williams Aid to Adoption of Special Kids Eight-year-old Alice is fearless as she moves smoothly up the rock climbing wall at Sky Zone in Scottsdale and confidently slaps the buzzer. She then carefully works her way down the wall — and then starts back up. Practice makes perfect an…

National Adoption Day: A Celebration of Family

National Adoption Day: A Celebration of Family

  • By Clint Williams, Aid to Adoption of Special Kids
  • Nov 14, 2019
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—By Clint Williams, AASK A courtroom is typically a solemn place, but courtrooms will be the site of celebration for the 20th Annual National Adoption Day in Maricopa County as more than 100 children become part of a forever family. Nov. 23, judges will finalize the adoptions of more than 13…

From Foster Care to Life with a Forever Family

From Foster Care to Life with a Forever Family

  • By Clint Williams, Aid to Adoption of Special Kids
  • Oct 13, 2019
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— By Clint Williams Aid to Adoption of Special Kids This is a story with a happy ending. Years of bouncing around in the Arizona foster care system have ended for Steven, a 10-year-old boy who gets good grades in school and loves to play basketball. He is now part of a forever family. While […]

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