Brett Farris is a 17 year old junior at Chase High School where he is wind captain with the Chase High Trojan Marching Band and is on the Track and Field Team where he throws discus and shot-put. Brett is also a Boy Scout and he is starting his eagle project and would like to appeal to the community to help with his project.
Brett and his family lived in Billings, Montana for 4 years where they became a foster family for Yellowstone County. While fostering children, Brett noticed that when new children would come to their home they would have their personal belongings in trash bags, if they had any belongings at all. They had no bag of their own. They had no stuffed animal to comfort them. “That is why for my eagle project I want to collect nice backpacks or bags of some sort along with small stuffed animals for the foster children in Rutherford County. They can be gently used. But need to be nice and clean. I know there are a lot of children in foster care in the county and more taken from their home every day. I would like for the social workers that remove the children from their homes to have something in their trunks to give the children to help them have less anxiety about what they are going through and to have something to call their own. It has to be very traumatic for these children.”
“My adopted sister is 6 years old and was a foster child. She was 5 days old when she came to our home. She was blessed not to have to go through things that other children have to go through such as jumping from home to home. I wish all children were able to have loving families like mine. It is sad to see a child suffer. I want to do something good and meaningful for the community that we live in and this is something that I can relate to on a personal level.”
Brett has attended boy scouts with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Troop 138 for 3 years since moving back to the area and would appreciate any help from church groups, youth organizations or individuals and families who would like to help foster children in the county. You can contact Brett through email at lowbrassguy22@gmail.com or at 828-395-3546. He is looking forward to collecting as many things as he can with your help.
--Submitted by Tisha B. Farris
Brett and his family lived in Billings, Montana for 4 years where they became a foster family for Yellowstone County. While fostering children, Brett noticed that when new children would come to their home they would have their personal belongings in trash bags, if they had any belongings at all. They had no bag of their own. They had no stuffed animal to comfort them. “That is why for my eagle project I want to collect nice backpacks or bags of some sort along with small stuffed animals for the foster children in Rutherford County. They can be gently used. But need to be nice and clean. I know there are a lot of children in foster care in the county and more taken from their home every day. I would like for the social workers that remove the children from their homes to have something in their trunks to give the children to help them have less anxiety about what they are going through and to have something to call their own. It has to be very traumatic for these children.”
“My adopted sister is 6 years old and was a foster child. She was 5 days old when she came to our home. She was blessed not to have to go through things that other children have to go through such as jumping from home to home. I wish all children were able to have loving families like mine. It is sad to see a child suffer. I want to do something good and meaningful for the community that we live in and this is something that I can relate to on a personal level.”
Brett has attended boy scouts with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Troop 138 for 3 years since moving back to the area and would appreciate any help from church groups, youth organizations or individuals and families who would like to help foster children in the county. You can contact Brett through email at lowbrassguy22@gmail.com or at 828-395-3546. He is looking forward to collecting as many things as he can with your help.
--Submitted by Tisha B. Farris
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