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A heart set on home
By Mike Wilson, Times Staff Writer
Published February 10, 2008
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[Kathleen Flynn | Times]
Shanel, 8, poses for a portrait in her favorite dress at The Children's Home, a facility for children in foster care in Tampa. Shanel has taken part in the Heart Gallery in Hillsborough County.
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Each year around Valentine's Day, bay area children's advocates unveil a photo exhibit of foster kids who are looking for adoptive homes. - This year, the Hillsborough Heart Gallery and the Pinellas-Pasco Heart Gallery together feature 150 kids in search of families. - Showing pictures works. Forty percent of the kids in the 2007 galleries were matched with potential families and 20 percent were adopted, according to the organizations. - This week, we introduce you to a few of this year's kids. You can see more pictures and learn more about the Hillsborough gallery by clicking on heartgallerytampabay.org or calling (813) 204-1792; for Pinellas-Pasco, go to heartgallerykids.org or call (727) 456-0637. Shanel, age 8 Featured in: Hillsborough Heart Gallery, heartgallerytampabay.org. Heart Gallery says "With a great love for family life, Shanel is a warm and kindhearted young girl. Her lively personality and playful spirit are truly contagious. She makes new friends easily and loves to help people. She never stops thinking and processing her surroundings." Interests: Basketball, football, baseball and soccer. She wishes for: A loving, affectionate family who will encourage and support her. Quote: "I'm a straight-A student!"
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Fifty years ago, they were screwed-up kids sent to the Florida School for Boys to be straightened out. But now they are screwed-up men, scarred by the whippings they endured. Read the story and see a video and portrait gallery.
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