Carolina Strong: Family’s door always open to children who need a loving home

CHARLOTTE — A local family is providing an open door for children in need of a safe space and love.

Hakeem Sanders is a healthcare technician in the Emergency Department at Atrium Health. He said he never knows what the day will bring. One day, it was a patient who, while sick, couldn’t care for their two children.

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“We had a situation at the job where the two siblings were going to be separated. One of my teammates came to me and was like, ‘I know you foster; is there anything you can do to try and keep these children together?’” Sanders explained.

He and his partner started fostering around two and a half years ago and feel strongly about keeping siblings together.

>> Sanders describes how they stepped in to help as his patient healed, in the video at the top of the page.

Every day, there are people across the Carolinas doing extraordinary things. They’re giving back, they’re helping each other, and they’re making a real difference. We’re highlighting the best in our community in our series, Carolina Strong.

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