The Pierce foster family connected with Sunrise after meeting our Vice President for Community Based Services Valerie Crume and me at their local county fair. They were already foster parents with the Department of Community Based Services, and when they learned about the additional support we provide to our foster families, the foster mom exclaimed, “More support? That’s all you had to say. Where do we sign up?”

Since joining Sunrise in 2023, the Pierce family has accepted 21 teenagers into their home. That certainly deserves recognition! Their goal is to have 100 foster children come through their home.

They are open to pretty much anyone who needs a home. Foster mom says, “Well, everyone needs someone!” When a child arrives, they work diligently to ensure that the child feels safe and welcomed. They hold on tight to every child, trying their best not to ever let go. Sometimes, it happens, but not often at the Pierce home. While they have had to let a few children go, it was always done with great effort to keep them.

And just recently the Pierce family celebrated an adoption! And Kaylee Ann Pierce now celebrates her forever home!

Written by Foster Care Program Director Kathy Castle