Rashon

  
by KYW's Larry Kane
Produced by Jim Melwert

Seventeen-year-old Rashon enjoys the same thing most kids his age enjoy:

"Playing basketball and watching sports, movies, going to the mall, and playing video games."

Even though Rashon is approaching adulthood, he still wants to be adopted -- to have a family that cares about him.

(Kane:)  "When you think of adoption, is it all about wanting to be home, to go to your own home?"

(Rashon:)  "Just to think about somebody that cares for you."

Rashon hopes to go to culinary school so he can become a chef.

(Rashon:)  "I love cooking and stuff, so I love being in the kitchen just cooking food."

(Kane:)  "What's your favorite food to cook?"

(Rashon:)  "The foods that I love to eat, like fried chicken or pancakes."

(Kane:)  "Do you want to go to a school to learn how to cook?"

(Rashon:)  "Yes, (to learn) how to cook everything, to become one of the top chefs."

(Kane:)  "You want to become one of the top chefs in America?"

(Rashon:)  "Yes."

Rashon's social worker, Ben Magnussen, says an adopted family would help Rashon reach his dreams:

"Like everyone, we need a little help along the way to get where we need to go, and I think Rashon is serious about becoming a chef. And I think a family would give him the encouragement and the self-esteem to help pursue those goals."

For more information, go to the web site of the Adoption Center of Delaware Valley, ACDV.org.