Stories of Foster Parents
A widow who has grown children, Lisa Szafranski, right, is parenting foster and adopted children. She wasnamed Foster Parent of the Year in the northern tier by New Directions in 2006.
She is interviewed by Claudine Ewing, reporter for Channel 2 News.
Jim and Cindy Palmer have fostered 13 children, ages 4 to 20. They were named Foster Parents of the Year in the southern tier by New Directions in 2006.

