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A staggering 2.5 million children in the U.S. have been identified as homeless.

For every 100 children entering foster care, only 57 licensed foster homes are available nationwide.

Approximately 400,000 children and youth are now in foster care.

Children need abiding love!

My friend Andy Palmer understands this now more than ever. For decades he was considered among the world’s top orthopedic hand surgeons and the world’s finest when it came to certain types of wrist surgeries. It was a reputation well earned, operating on high government officials in Japan, China, South America, top White House officials, along with professional football, baseball, tennis, golf, and hockey players.

Now retired on Outer Cape Cod with his wife Sharon, Palmer has lectured around the world, published about 150 medical articles, numerous chapters in medical books, served as interim chair of the department of orthopedic surgery, and was President of the American Society for Surgery of the Hand, among others.

In retirement, Palmer, 80, embraced another hands-on calling that he never saw coming—foster care. His wife, a former preschool teacher and health care worker, was instrumental in this new direction. She always had a heart for children in need, and early on assisted with childcare at her........

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