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One cold January morning found

six children from the Foster's

Home in the company of local businessmen who helped provide a day of memories and a freezer full

of meat.

This community takes care of its kids. Folks don’t have to be asked. The men and women of Stephenville pull together and do whatever is needed. One Saturday, local businessman, Colby Pack, was sitting in his deer stand thinking, “My family’s blessed to have what we do. I’ve been able to go deer hunting my whole life. I’d like to give something back. Colby talked to his father-in-law, Henry Welge, and trusted friends, David Bragg and Micah Butler. “I want to take some Foster’s Home kids hunting,” Colby told them. The men went to Glenn Newberry, Foster’s Home for Children President in Stephenville. “We want to take six kids deer hunting. Our dads took most of our buddies hunting growing up. Your children at Foster’s don’t have that. You provide the kids and one house parent, we’ll handle the rest.” Newberry agreed. Grown men, many friends since childhood, shook hands and made a promise. That day the community of Stephenville made plans to take six children to the Hill Country for one weekend in January to hunt deer. The ‘Hunt for the Future’ was born.

Troubled Texas children arrive at Foster’s through private placements, Child Protective Services, and Juvenile Probation Departments. Each child shows up with a different life history. “These kids need some good things to happen to them,” Glenn Newberry shared. Most children arrive at Foster’s