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Actor Christian Bale opens foster village to keep siblings together
Actor Christian Baleknown for his roles as the orphan and newsboy leader Jack in "Newsies" and as Batman/Bruce Wayne in "The Dark Knight" trilogy, has officially opened the foster care village he has envisioned for over a decade, which will help siblings in foster care to remain together.
Actor Christian Bale worked with a team to build Together California, a community designed to keep siblings in foster care together.
The 11,000 square foot community is in Palmdale, California, and includes a dozen furnished homes, two studio apartments, and a community center.
Foster parents will move in to the homes with the sole focus on caring for the children.
On Friday, Bale attended the ribbon-cutting ceremony for Together California in Palmdale, an 11,000-square-foot campus that includes 12 furnished homes, two studio apartments for young people aging out of foster care, and a community center. Programs will also be offered to help support and care for the children.
There are as many as 36,000 foster children in California, and children in foster care are often separated from their sibilngs. Together California hopes to change that.
“It’s our job to turn their heartbreak and their pain into love and hope and a sense of future,” Bale told ABC 7.
The Austrian American Council West helped raise nearly $9 million and the 4.7 acre parcel of land was acquired from the Los Angeles County and the City of Palmdale. Bale started Together California with Dr. Eric Esrailian, who said County Supervisor Kathryn Barger helped bring it into existence.
"I guarantee you this project is going to change the trajectory of each and every child that steps foot on this campus," said Barger.
The executive director of Together California, Tim McCormick, told ABC 7 that the community is a "place where everyone is welcomed, a place that keeps families together, a place that creates community, a place where you can find hope in the most challenging of times."
Now that the ribbon has been cut, children will begin moving in next month.
"Perhaps the greatest legacy we can leave," said Austrian American Council West President Veronika Renelt, "is not that our names will be remembered, but that children's lives are better because we cared."
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·Actor Christian Bale opens foster village to keep siblings together
Actor Christian Baleknown for his roles as the orphan and newsboy leader Jack in "Newsies" and as Batman/Bruce Wayne in "The Dark Knight" trilogy, has officially opened the foster care village he has envisioned for over a decade, which will help siblings in foster care to remain together.
Actor Christian Bale worked with a team to build Together California, a community designed to keep siblings in foster care together.
The 11,000 square foot community is in Palmdale, California, and includes a dozen furnished homes, two studio apartments, and a community center.
Foster parents will move in to the homes with the sole focus on caring for the children.
On Friday, Bale attended the ribbon-cutting ceremony for Together California in Palmdale, an 11,000-square-foot campus that includes 12 furnished homes, two studio apartments for young people aging out of foster care, and a community center. Programs will also be offered to help support and care for the children.
There are as many as 36,000 foster children in California, and children in foster care are often separated from their sibilngs. Together California hopes to change that.
“It’s our job to turn their heartbreak and their pain into love and hope and a sense of future,” Bale told ABC 7.
The Austrian American Council West helped raise nearly $9 million and the 4.7 acre parcel of land was acquired from the Los Angeles County and the City of Palmdale. Bale started Together California with Dr. Eric Esrailian, who said County Supervisor Kathryn Barger helped bring it into existence.
"I guarantee you this project is going to change the trajectory of each and every child that steps foot on this campus," said Barger.
The executive director of Together California, Tim McCormick, told ABC 7 that the community is a "place where everyone is welcomed, a place that keeps families together, a place that creates community, a place where you can find hope in the most challenging of times."
Now that the ribbon has been cut, children will begin moving in next month.
"Perhaps the greatest legacy we can leave," said Austrian American Council West President Veronika Renelt, "is not that our names will be remembered, but that children's lives are better because we cared."
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