By
C.J. Hirschfield
Five
years ago, I wrote a column about an
extraordinary young woman, Reuel Mack, who’d been referred to Fairyland from an organization called Beyond Emancipation, which is Alameda County’s primary provider of services for former
foster youth. Reuel had been in the foster system, in many different
homes, for most of her life. As a child, she never knew her biological mother.
Her father was in jail. She eventually learned she has 11 siblings.
Today
I’m proud to share with you a very happy update to Reuel’s story – a story that
Reuel herself will tell the guests at our 23rd annual gala fundraiser on Wednesday, May 30.
