This Wonderful Family Has Adopted 4 Foster Children In Need And Now Their Daughter Is Trying To Raise Enough Money To Get A Car Big Enough For All Of Them
Eldred Township, Pennsylvania. Jim and Colleen Stipeck live in Eldred Township, and they decided to get licensed to care for foster children back in April of 2017 since it’s something they always dreamed of being able to do.
According to their daughter Emilynn, her younger brother repeatedly asked their parents for a baby brother, and so that was what inspired Jim and Colleen to move forward with fostering children in need.
“My parents included us three biological children in all the preparation and we were all excited to open our hearts and home,” Emilynn wrote on a GoFundMe page.
“After fostering 2 girls we welcomed our foster brother Mikey into our home when he was 12 weeks old. It was love at first sight.”
“Mikey had spent the previous 6 weeks in the hospital recovering from severe physical abuse.”
“Mikey has a lot of special needs- that also requires a lot of extra space for his medical supplies and equipment, both at home and in our car.”
Not long after the Stipeck family started fostering Mikey, they received a phone call about a 5-year-old boy named Kyle who desperately needed a loving, permanent home.
They welcomed Kyle with open arms and adopted him along with Mikey that same year.
GoFundMe; pictured above are the Stipeck children
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3 years later, the Stipeck family received another phone call about a little boy that was just 5 days old in need of help.
The Stipecks wasted no time agreeing to take the newborn in, and they were in for a big surprise when this little boy got closer to turning 1-year-old.
“Little did we know that as his first birthday was approaching, we would find out his birth parents we expecting a little girl,” Emilynn explained.
A few months ago in June of this year, the parents of these siblings signed their rights over to the Stipeck family, and their family grew again.
“They stated they wanted the best life for their kids, one that they could not give them, and we will be officially adopting both siblings by the end of 2021,” Emilynn continued.
The Stipeck family recently got a new house that can accommodate all 9 of them, but they currently do not have one car big enough to fit them all.
Mikey travels everywhere with his wheelchair and medical supplies, so that takes up a lot of room, and the babies both need to be in strollers still.
Emilynn is hoping to help raise enough money from the community to help her parents purchased a used Ford Transit van that can fit 12 people.
If you would like to donate to the GoFundMe page for the Stipeck family to afford a car big enough for all their children, you can do that here.
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