Longtime foster parents ;in Grove, Oklahoma to be honored May 14

OKLAHOMA CITY -- In partnership with the Oklahoma Department of Human Services (OKDHS), two longtime foster parents will be honored at the Foster Parent Appreciation Dinner at the First United Methodist Church, 1005 Leisure Road in Grove, Oklahoma on Tuesday, May 14, 2013 at 5:30 p.m.

Nelson and Ivy Pendergrass will be honored for their dedication to the wellbeing of foster children in Oklahoma. The couple is retiring in June and they will be presented with a plaque acknowledging their contribution as foster parents to more than 200 foster children entrusted to their care over the past 34 years.

Mr. and Mrs. Pendergrass have three adopted children and became foster parents in 1979. The couple has kept in contact with many of the children they fostered and the Pendergrass family photo albums now include pictures of their foster children's children and grandchildren.

All foster parents and foster children in Delaware County are invited to this celebration. The dinner - provided by the Child SHARE program of the Oklahoma United Methodist Circle of Care - starts at 6 p.m. For more information about the dinner, call Carrie Kneeland at (918) 791-8962.

To learn more about becoming a foster parent, call the OKDHS Bridge Family Resource Center at 1-800-376-9729 or visit okbridgefamilies.com.

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