Help One Child’s new executive director, Susan Kammerer, is on a mission. A former foster parent herself, Kammerer knows firsthand both foster parents’ special needs and the urgency of finding good homes for at-risk children. She aims to increase awareness of what can and should be done to support what the county and foster family agencies struggle to provide.

“My father always told us, ‘Knowledge is responsibility,’” she said. “Once I became aware of the tragedies that face at-risk children, I could not ignore the call. I jumped at the chance to join Help One Child. The Oct. 1 walkathon is an excellent opportunity for the community to take a step - literally - toward understanding the need to find homes for these children”

Kammerer comes to Help One Child from Menlo Park Presbyterian Church, where as director of operations she was exposed to the mission field on a broad basis.

Help One Child is a Christian-based non-profit that networks among area churches to find couples or individuals willing to foster or adopt children. Concurrently, members recruit volunteers to assist the foster family with day-to-day support, and offer a calendar of ongoing educational events, support groups, services and social events for these families. Help One Child is a regular recipient of the Town Crier’s annual Holiday Fund.