{"id":250644,"date":"2021-08-06T16:39:22","date_gmt":"2021-08-06T21:39:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=250644"},"modified":"2021-08-06T00:30:02","modified_gmt":"2021-08-06T05:30:02","slug":"video-teenage-foster-child-former-coach-adopt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/video-teenage-foster-child-former-coach-adopt\/","title":{"rendered":"EMOTIONAL VIDEO: Teenage foster child asks her former coach to adopt her"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Youth sports coach Daniel Donaldson of Haleyville, Alabama, met a young girl named Alecia in 2019 when he became her coach and mentor. After he and his wife Tiffany learned that Alecia was in foster care and that she wanted to move in with them, they didn’t hesitate to step up. A temporary four-month custody period turned into an official foster care placement \u2014 and now an official adoption<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“Tiffany and I were both always raised that if you have the means to help, you help,” said<\/a> Donaldson. “We believe the state of the world could greatly benefit from this mindset. There are children out there everywhere that need help or better yet a chance.”<\/p>\n

The couple had left it up to Alecia to decide if and when she wanted to become an official member of the Donaldson family, and as a surprise for his birthday in May, Alecia decided to ask her former coach to adopt her:<\/p>\n

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