Posted: Wednesday, 27 February 2008 1:21AM
Tyshawn
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by KYW's Larry Kane
Produced by Jim Melwert
Fifteen-year-old Tyshawn is so hopeful that he'll be adopted, he keeps a bag packed, ready to go. And he's staying positive even though he's been in foster care for years:
(Tyshawn:) "I've been in there six year of my life, and I've seen certain things that I could do, certain things that I can't do. There's a lot of things that I'd like and I can't do it."
(Kane:) "So you you would find that having an adoptive family would open more oppurtunity?"
(Tyshawn:) "Yeah."
As for what type of family he would like, Tyshawn says he just wants to be loved:
"I don't really look at the families, I just look at somebody coming to love me -- that will accept me inside their house."
Tyshawn is an usher in his church. While he dreams of being a linebacker or a running back in the NFL, he's a hard worker in the classroom. He wants to go to college and would like to be a police detective:
(Tyshawn:) "If I become a detective, I can make an impact on people. Say for instance if somebody is missing a loved one, and I find that loved one, then I feel like I'm making an impact on that person."
(Kane:) "So you want to help society?"
(Tyshawn:) "Yeah."
For more information, go to the web site of the Adoption Center of Delaware Valley, ACDV.org.
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