Eugene

    
by KYW's Larry Kane
Produced by Jim Melwert

Fourteen-year-old Eugene likes football and music.  But he says his favorite activity is playing with his car collection:

“Bugatti, Gumpert, Bentley, Ferrari, Maserati,  Monte Carlo, Lotus -- the list goes on.”

Eugene says he likes school and he gets straight As:

“I like math and science.  I like science.”

Eugene has a couple of ideas of what he wants to do when he gets finished with school:

“Probably the Army, a technician -- or cars, a mechanic.  Or possibly a car dealer.  Own my own car dealership.”

Eugene’s social worker, Ben Magnussen, says Eugene is your typical fourteen-year-old:

“I think he’s just looking for a normal family experience that he sees a lot of his friends having.  He’s not asking for a lot.  I think  he’s asking for the simple things -- someone to celebrate holidays with, someone to  take him out on his birthday, and someone to congratulate him when he gets his straight As. 

"So I think he’s just looking for a family he can call his that will help guide him through his adolescence.”

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

(Photo by KYW's Ed Fischer)