JUNE 2017 30 | FRONTDOORSMEDIA .COM {news, updates and events} HEAR HERE The best stories we saw this month about those who give generously and work for a better future. IN PEORIA, 6 ADOPTED KIDS IN 3 YEARS MAKE OPEN HEARTS FEEL FULL They are a family of 11 living in Peoria. Two loving parents, with their three biological children and six others by way of the fos - ter-to-adopt process. Nine children under one roof – three girls, six boys. White, black/Hispanic and Native American. From nine months to 12-years-old. For the parents, Nicole and Ben (last names omitted to protect the adopted chil - dren), it all started when they met in sev - enth grade and became best friends and then began dating after high school. Nicole said fostering and adopting children was just always something they wanted from a young age. READ MORE ONLINE

JUNE 2017 FRONTDOORSMEDIA .COM | 31 FOR BRUCE AND CHRISTINE ARIANS, HELPING KIDS FROM BROKEN HOMES IS CLOSE TO THEIR HEARTS READ MORE ONLINE The kids helped by Christine Arians still keep in touch with her, years later. There’s 22-year-old April, who Christine Arians helped through the court system at age 9. She now lives on her own, holding down a job and going to school. And there’s Nicholas from the Arians’ days in Indianapolis, who still keeps in touch. The enduring connections are “all because of Chris,” said Bruce Arians, head coach of the Arizona Cardinals, referring to his wife’s dedication to children she helps through her and Bruce’s dedication to Court Appointed Special Advocates, or CASA. CASA helps children who are involved in the court system as a result of abuse or neglect by their families. HEAR HERE CONTINUED Photo credit: Yeung Photography