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The Women Who Raised Me

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by Victoria Rowell


  www.WhoMentoredYou.org

  HEART GALLERY—there are more than sixty throughout the United States; they feature photographs of children waiting to be adopted.

  www.heartgallerynj.com

  www.bayareaheartgallery.com

  www.freddiemacfoundation.org/heartgallery/

  www.heartgallerynyc.org

  HOPE WORLDWIDE—bringing hope and changing lives.

  www.hopeww.org

  Robert Gempel, president and CEO

  353 West Lancaster Avenue, Suite 200

  Wayne, PA 19087

  hope_worldwide@hopeww.org

  Phone: 610-254-8800

  Fax: 610-254-8989

  HOLY NAME—SISTERS OF CHARITY—Dolores Marsalis

  INSTITUTE FOR BLACK PARENTING—resources for foster care and adoption.

  www.instituteforblackparenting.org

  Cynthia M. Willard, LCSW, assistant executive director

  11222 So. La Cienega Blvd., Suite 233

  Inglewood, CA 90304

  Toll-free: 877-367-8858

  Phone: 310-693-9959

  Fax: 310-693-9979

  JENESSE CENTER—domestic violence intervention program in South Central Los Angeles.

  www.jenesse.org

  Karen Earl, executive director

  PO Box 8476

  Los Angeles, CA 90008

  24-Hour Hotline: 1-800-479-7328

  Phone: 323-299-9496

  Fax: 323-299-0699

  JIM CASEY YOUTH OPPORTUNITIES INITIATIVE—helping youth in foster care make successful transitions to adulthood.

  www.jimcaseyyouth.org

  Gary J. Stangler, executive director

  222 South Central, Suite 305

  St. Louis, MO 63105

  info@jimcaseyyouth.org

  Phone: 314-863-7000

  Fax: 314-863-7003

  KINGSLEY HOUSE IN NEW ORLEANS—serving the children and families of New Orleans through times of dramatic change.

  www.kingsleyhouse.org

  Keith Leiderman, executive director

  1600 Constance St.

  New Orleans, LA 70130

  khinfo@kingsleyhouse.org

  Phone: 504-523-6221

  Fax: 504-523-4450

  MENTOR/NATIONAL MENTORING PARTNERSHIP—working to expand the world of quality mentoring.

  www.mentoring.org

  1600 Duke Street, Suite 300

  Alexandria, VA 22314

  Phone: 703-224-2200

  MENTOR LA—improving schools and empowering neighborhoods in some of the most disenfranchised communities in Los Angeles.

  www.mentorla.org

  837 Traction Avenue, Suite 403

  Los Angeles, CA 90013

  Phone: 213-455-1325

  NATIONAL ADOPTION DAY—a collective national effort to raise awareness of the 114,000 children in foster care waiting to find permanent, loving families.

  www.nationaladoptionday.org

  NATIONAL CASA ASSOCIATION—COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES FOR CHILDREN

  www.nationalcasa.org

  100 W. Harrison

  North Tower, Suite 500

  Seattle, WA 98119

  Phone: 800-628-3233

  NATIONAL FOSTER CARE MONTH—May, National Foster Care Month, will serve as a platform for connecting more of these vulnerable children to concerned, nurturing adults who, no matter how much time they have to give, can do something that will “Change a Lifetime” for a young person in foster care.

  www.fostercaremonth.org

  NATIONAL FOSTER PARENT ASSOCIATION

  www.nfpainc.org

  Karen Jorgensen, MA executive director

  7512 Stanich Lane, #6

  Gig Harbor, WA 98335

  Phone: 253-853-4000 or 800-557-5238

  Fax: 253-853-4001

  NEW HAMPSHIRE CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES—dedicated to advancing the well-being of children by providing an array of social services to strengthen family life and by promoting community commitment to the needs of children.

  www.cfsnh.org

  Manchester Office

  Statewide Headquarters

  99 Hanover St.

  Manchester, NH 03105

  info@cfsnh.org

  Phone: 800-640-6486 or 603-518-4000

  Fax: 603-668-6260

  NEW JERSEY MENTAL HEALTH INSTITUTE—to promote quality mental health services through training, technical assistance, research, policy development, and anti-stigma and anti-discrimination campaigns.

  www.njmhi.org

  The Neuman Building

  3575 Quakerbridge Road

  Suite 102

  Mercerville, NJ 08619

  Phone: 609-838-5488

  Fax: 609-838-5480

  ST. ANNE’S—one of Southern California’s most highly regarded social service agencies confronting the issues of teen pregnancy and parenting.

  www.stannes.org

  155 N. Occidental Boulevard

  Los Angeles, CA 90026

  stannes@stannes.org

  Phone: 213-381-2931

  SAVE AFRICA’S CHILDREN—an African-American founded organization, providing direct support to children affected by HIV/AIDS, poverty, and war throughout subsaharan Africa.

  www.saveafricaschildren.com

  Post Office Box 8386

  Los Angeles, CA 90008

  info@saveafricaschildren.org

  Toll-free: 866-313-2722

  Local L.A. area: 323-733-1048

  Fax: 323-735-1141

  SAVE THE CHILDREN—making positive lasting change in the lives of children in need in the U.S. and around the world.

  www.savethechildren.org

  United States Headquarters

  54 Wilton Road

  Westport, CT 06880

  twebster@savechildren.org

  Phone: 203-221-4030 (8:00AM–5:00PM EDT)

  800-728-3843 (8:00AM–5:00PM EDT)

  Washington, D.C.

  2000 M Street NW

  Suite 500

  Washington, D.C. 20036

  Phone: 202-293-4170 (8:00AM–5:00PM EDT)

  SUPREME COURT, STATE OF ARIZONA, CHILDREN AND FAMILY ISSUES

  www.supreme.state.az.us/nav2/childfam.htm

  ARIZONA CASA PROGRAM

  www.azcasa.org

  Bonnie Marcus, program manager

  dedavis@courts.az.gov

  Phone: 602-452-3407

  UNITED CARE—foster family agency and group homes.

  www.unitedcareinc.org

  Pamela Norris-Woods, MSC, administrator

  Foster Family Agency

  3699 Crenshaw Blvd.

  Los Angeles, CA 90016

  Phone: 323-508-0200

  Fax: 323-296-2440

  Toll-free: 888-905-KIDS

  VOLUNTEERMATCH—connecting good people with good causes.

  www.volunteermatch.org

  385 Grove Street

  San Francisco, CA 94102

  support@volunteermatch.org

  Phone: 415-241-6868

  Fax: 415-241-6869

  WORKPLACE HOLLYWOOD—assisting candidates with employment in the entertainment industry.

  www.workplacehollywood.org

  Jaleesa Hazzard, executive director

  1201 W. 5th Street, Suite T-550

  Los Angeles, CA 90017

  Phone: 213-250-9921 ext. 101

  Fax: 213-250-9092

  For information about hyperhidrosis visit www.hyperhidrosis.org.

  About the Author

  At age eight, VICTORIA ROWELL won a Ford Foundation grant to study ballet and later went on to train and dance professionally under the auspices of the American Ballet Theatre, Twyla Tharp Workshop, and the Juilliard School before becoming an actress. She is the founder of the Rowell Foster Children Positive Plan, which provides scholarships in the arts and education to foster youth, and serves as national spokesperson for the Annie E. Casey Foundation/Casey Family Services.

  Roswell is an award-winning actress and veteran of many a
cclaimed feature films and several television series, including eight seasons on Diagnosis murder, and has starred for the past thirteen years as Drucilla Winters on CBS's #1 daytime drama The Young and the Restless.

  www.thewomenwhoraisedme.com

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  Credits

  Jacket design by Patti Ratchford and Ervin Serrano

  Front jacket photograph courtesy of the author

  Copyright

  THE WOMEN WHO RAISED ME. Copyright © 2007 by Victoria Rowell. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, down-loaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.

  EPub Edition © MARCH 2007 ISBN: 9780061844232

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  Table of Contents

  Cover

  Title Page

  Dedication

  Epigraph

  Contents

  Prologue

  Part One

  Chapter One

  Chapter Two

  Chapter Three

  Part Two

  Chapter Four

  Chapter Five

  Chapter Six

  Chapter Seven

  Chapter Eight

  Part Three

  Chapter Nine

  Chapter Ten

  Chapter Eleven

  Chapter Twelve

  Gratitudes

  Resources

  About the Author

  Credits

  Copyright

  About the Publisher

 

 

 


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