When children placed in the foster care system arrive at their new home, they usually donât bring much with them.
Jessie Miller, of Stanfield, learned that in September 2019 when she became a foster parent and the first child arrived without any extra clothing or other supplies.
âShe needed a lot,â Miller said. âIt just wasnât sustainable to do that with every kid that comes through our home.â
So in the summer of 2020, Miller started Sweet Potatoâs Closet. The âclosetâ â currently two storage units rented by Miller â holds donated clothing, toys, diapers, hair brushes and other supplies that are free to foster parents who need help outfitting the child or teenager they have welcomed into their home.
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Brian Patrick, vice president of nursing for Good Shepherd, told the
Hermiston Herald a few hours later that the morningâs rollout had gone well. He said staff were excited to receive the vaccine and begin to administer it to others.
âThis is the part of the disaster response weâve been waiting for,â he said.
Patrick said in Good Shepherdâs initial polling of staff, before the vaccine had become available to them, some had expressed some hesitancy about whether they wanted to be part of the first phase of the rollout, but now he is seeing many of those hesitant people ask to be added to the list as their confidence in it grows. He personally expressed confidence in the vaccineâs safety and effectiveness.
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