AUSTIN, Texas — Every week on KVUE, we feature a different child in the Texas foster care system, in hopes of helping them get adopted by a forever family.
Ryan is a calm, sweet boy who has a warm presence you can feel right when you first meet him. KVUE’s Hannah Rucker met up with Ryan at All Day Pizza to get a sneak peak inside their new Hyde Park location. Co-owner Dan Sorg let Ryan make his own pies in the kitchen, starting with the balls of dough.
“I liked learning about the entire process,” Ryan said. “Fridays are my favorite days of the week at school because they serve pizza at lunch.”
Ryan said he really loves going to school to see his teachers and his friends. Gym class is his favorite because it helps him get his energy out, but he also enjoys math and science.
“[At school,] I can get away from the chaos at home,” Ryan said.
When asked what his friendships at school mean to him, he said, “Everything … Because I have no other family.”
Ryan wants to find a family that will show him affection, take him on adventures and play video games with him.
To learn more about Ryan or to put in an inquiry to adopt him, visit her page on the Heart Gallery of Central Texas. And catch his full story on KVUE Midday on Friday.
KVUE launched the Forever Families segment with Partnerships for Children (PFC) in June 2020 to highlight children in the Heart Gallery of Central Texas who need secure and permanent families. Every day, there are nearly 1,000 children waiting to get adopted in Central Texas, according to PFC.
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Editor’s note: The children who are in the Heart Gallery program and featured in KVUE’s Forever Families segments are children who have had every effort made on their behalf to connect them with family or others in their community to provide options for permanent, adoptive homes. Through no fault of their own, that hasn’t happened yet, and so in partnership with the Department of Family and Protective Services, we collaborate to bring awareness to KVUE viewers about these children in the hopes of finding them permanency before they age out.