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Kristen and Robert Christy plant purple flags in front of municipal building in Ogden, Wednesday May 22, 2013. (REYNALDO LEAL/Standard-Examiner)

March draws attention to 700 foster children in Northern Utah

Last updated Thursday, May 23, 2013 - 1:02am

OGDEN — There will never, ever be enough foster parents, and that is why about 20 people marched down 25th Street and planted 700 purple and white flags at the Municipal Building to celebrate National Foster Care Month.

Each flag represents a child who is currently in foster care in the Northern Region, which is from North Salt Lake to the Idaho border, said Brenda Durtschi, who finds foster adoptive families for Utah Foster Care Foundation. There are currently 350 foster families in the Northern Region.

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Brenda Durtschi and Loretta Park (right) pose for a portrait after Park received a Utah Foster Care Foundation award for her work as a Standard-Examiner reporter covering foster care issues in Utah. Durtschi is the foundation’s northern region area representative. (Courtesy of the Utah Foster Care Foundation)

Utah foundation honors supporters of foster care, including SE reporter

Standard-Examiner staff Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, March 29, 2013 - 5:49am

OGDEN — Two individuals and several units from Hill Air Force Base were honored at a luncheon Thursday for their contributions to foster care.

Loretta Park, a reporter for the Standard-Examiner, Barbara Booth, a long-time foster care parent, and representatives from Hill received the first Gold Hearts Awards from the Utah Foster Care Foundation.

Park spent a year as a foster child and has written stories for the Standard-Examiner about her experiences, as well as other aspects of foster care.

Brenda Durtschi, the foundation’s northern region area representative, noted that the personal side of Park’s experiences come out in her stories. “People call after her stories run,” she said.

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Christmas donations needed for foster children

Loretta Park Standard-Examiner

Last updated Thursday, November 22, 2012 - 11:27pm

OGDEN — Utah Foster Care’s Giving Tree Program needs new gifts and cash donations to fulfill the holiday wishes of children in foster care.

The foundation is trying to provide at least 1,000 gifts for Utah children in state-licensed foster homes in Northern Utah.

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Advocates: Teens in foster care need a place to belong

JaNae Francis Standard-Examiner

Last updated Saturday, February 25, 2012 - 8:05pm

SOUTH OGDEN -- Tears and joy mixed Saturday as a panel of foster-parent advocates discussed their experiences of taking in teenagers or of being taken in themselves.