A 15-year-old foster child’s appeal for a family to “love me until I die” has gone viral, catching the attention of celebrities like Patricia Heaton and Nick Searcy and resulting in about 10,000 inquiries from prospective parents.
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[Davion Navar Henry] Only, 15, has been in foster care his whole life, but has never had a family. On a recent Sunday, he stood in front of St. Mark Missionary Baptist Church in St. Petersburg, Fla., and made a public plea for a family.
“I’ll take anyone,” Davion said. “Old or young, dad or mom, black, white, purple. I don’t care. And I would be really appreciative. The best I could be.”
@yesnicksearcy I teared up when I read about this kid. I wish I were in a position to adopt him!
— Lisa Stirn Rasmussen (@Liarenn74) October 18, 2013
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Wonderful! Adoption agency says they've received 100s of calls about the boy who asked church for a forever family. http://t.co/LZO01QLXgt
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) October 18, 2013
Yahoo reports that only 52,000 of 400,000 children in foster care in 2012 were adopted.