<span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">On any given day, you might find Brendon in a barn brushing down his horse “Skeeter.” </span></span></span>
<span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">“One thing I love about my horse is he’s friendly. He knows when I’m down,” said Brendon, a 17-year-old foster child who’s a junior in high school. </span></span></span>
<span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Brendon helps take care of “Skeeter” and presents him in area equestrian shows. </span></span></span>
<span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">“I’m looking for a family…a family that lives out in the country,” he the foster child. </span></span></span>
<span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">He’s been waiting to be adopted since April of 2017.</span></span></span>
<span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">“I like to play baseball, I like to hike, ride bikes, go hunting and fishing,” he said. </span></span></span>
<span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">When he opens up, he can be quite talkative. </span></span></span>
<span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">“I’m very trustworthy with a lot of stuff,” he added.</span></span></span>
<span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">When he grows up, he’d like to be an auto mechanic or a welder. </span></span></span>
<span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">“He catches on quickly to things he’s shown such as working on cars and woodshop,” said his worker. </span></span></span>
<span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Brendon’s worker calls him an “extremely friendly and charismatic” young man who has a great sense of humor and a strong work ethic.</span></span></span>
<span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">He’d also like to do more traveling in the future. Piling into a family car for a trip sounds like fun to him.</span></span></span>
<span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">“I want some siblings. I don’t want to feel like an only child,” he explained.</span></span></span>
<span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">“I’m looking for a loving couple that would take care of me until I turn 18 until I can get my life going, and actually have a family before I turn 18,” he said softly.</span></span></span>
<span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">If you’d like to find out about adopting Brendon, please call the Michigan Adoption Resource Exchangeat (800) 589-6273. </span></span></span>
<span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">PLEASE SHARE THIS VIDEO TO HELP FIND A FUTURE FAMILY FOR BRENDON.</span></span></span>
