Stevie’s Story

Stevie was a child nobody wanted. When he was small, his parents gave him up, and he started bouncing from one foster care home to another. As a teen, he ran away many times. He lived on the streets, scavenging for food, sleeping in alleys and stealing or panhandling. He never went to school, so he couldn’t read or write. Stevie depended solely on his street smarts for survival. For a long time, no one paid much attention to him.

When Stevie came to Boys Town, he finally found a caring home and family where he felt he belonged. He’s trying hard to catch up in school, and he’s making progress. He’s hoping to graduate from high school in the next few years, and Boys Town will be there to help him make plans for his future.

At Stevie’s first Christmas with us – his first in many years not spent on the streets – he received and gave presents, went to church, ate a turkey dinner, and got a hug from Santa Claus – all the things he had missed as a child without a nurturing home.