[MizSterious]

3 Local Facilities To Get Polygamist Sect Children

POSTED: 7:52 am CDT April 24, 2008
UPDATED: 8:11 am CDT April 24, 2008
HOUSTON — Three Houston-area facilities will soon be temporary homes for dozens of children removed from the polygamist sect in west Texas, KPRC Local 2 reported Thursday.

Thirty-six children will live at Kidz Harbor in Liverpool, Texas, in Brazoria County.

“I think it’s a place where the kids will feel safe,” Liverpool Police Chief Myles Hopkins said. “They community will also embrace their arrival.”

Up to 16 children could soon temporarily call a Hockley facility home.

There’s an unassuming sign out front that reads “Boys and Girls Country.” The driveway back to the foster care compound is a few miles off Highway 290, surrounded by fields.

“Our first priority is to welcome a child in a warm way,” Executive Director Shirley Wright said.

The staff and volunteers have been getting ready, folding towels, putting backpacks by each empty bed and writing welcoming notes.

“If we know what their favorite food is, we’ll be baking it in the oven,” Wright said.

More at: http://www.click2houston.com/news/15976852/detail.html

[greyfoxx39]

Ping to a NEW Daily Thread on the FLDS

Metmom, a good place to post your links if you like.

Mizsterious, thanks for starting this.

[TriGirl]

A methodist church in my area is expecting to get 100 of the children for up to three years. I went to the meeting because they needed people to take training so they can work with these kids. I wanted to help as I have 6 of my own kids and my heart breaks for these children. The first hour was spent converting everyone to the cause the next 2 hours were spent teaching us how to convert these children to this particular churches beliefs. I am sick to my stomach, I do not agree with what has been going on in there in any way. But that meeting was disgusting.