Local artist Leavy Wells Jr. creates sidewalk chalk art during the DTSB First Fridays event in downtown South Bend.
Janice Purnell, foster parent recruiter for Specialized Alternatives for Families and Youth, a nonprofit, therapeutic foster care licensing agency, invited both artists and the community to create sidewalk artwork in support of foster care programs for children.
May is Foster Care Awareness Month, and Indiana has a challenge in finding foster parents for the 12,000 children currently in foster care.