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Newtown Foster Parent Celebrates 40 years of Fostering Children

Coconut Telegraph

SRQ DAILY

SATURDAY FEB 25, 2017 |

The Sarasota YMCA’s Safe Children Coalition hosted a celebration for Sarasota and Newtown community member, Jackie Swain for her long time commitment to foster care. Mrs. Swain has fostered over 100 children over the past 40 years, most of whom were teenagers. She is now “Mom” to over a dozen and “Grandma” to over 50 children. “Fostering is like breathing to me,” Swain said. “Sometimes it’s hard to breathe, sometimes it’s easy. I have enjoyed it.” Today, there are over 1,500 children receiving services through the Sarasota YMCA Safe Children Coalition as a result of abuse, neglect or abandonment.

The Sarasota YMCA’s Safe Children Coalition

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