DePelchin Children’s Center
FALL 2017
“These children must be cared for – we cannot desert them or fail them.” – KEZIA DEPELCHIN, 1892
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2017
Kyle Hutton — A Life Full Circle Kyle Hutton was born on October 27, 1969, and adopted through DePelchin at six weeks old from the foster care system. His wonderful parents raised him in Cedar Hill, Texas, alongside two other siblings. We talked to Kyle about his life and how DePelchin is a part of his story: “DePelchin is a huge part of my life. It’s where things started for me. It’s where I was able to find out a whole lot about who I am — where I come from — and that’s a big part of my future. DePelchin helped me years later as an adult to find a link to my biology. And through the post-adoption services at DePelchin, I was able to not only make peace with where I came from as an adoptee but also establish a whole new set of relationships with my biological siblings.” Kyle’s life has come full circle with DePelchin as he and his wife Tara, who have three biological teenage sons, are now back as foster care adoption parents with DePelchin.
May 2, 2017, marked the 125th anniversary of DePelchin Children’s Center, Houston’s oldest family services agency. Throughout the year, DePelchin has paused to reflect upon this historic milestone and tell the stories of lives forever blessed by Kezia’s legacy. Where are you at in your foster care adoption journey? “We are in the process of moving forward with the adoption of two young girls (2 and 4) whom we have been fostering as their parental rights have been terminated. DePelchin has been there every step of the way, from our foster care case worker to our trauma-informed care therapist in the FIRST program. DePelchin is once again part of our story, and now DePelchin is part of these girls’ story too.” (continued on page 3)
The Hutton Family
What went into your decision to foster children? “What I am trying to give back now, maybe if I am lucky, are just some of the opportunities that I have been given by DePelchin and my adopted family. My wife Tara and I decided just a few years ago that foster care was a way that we could give back, and since then we’ve welcomed six beautiful children into our home. We felt like we wanted to extend a blessing to someone else, and it’s turned back around and been a bigger blessing for us.”
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From the President Harvey Relief for Families A Life Full Circle, cont.
4-5 Family Ever After Birthday Party 6-7 Family Day at DePelchin
Kyle and Tara Hutton