Christian And Sibi Bale Break Ground On Unique Foster Care Facility Near L.A.
deadline.comBruce Wayne would be proud. Christian and Sibi Bale yesterday helped break ground on Together California, a new foster care community in Palmdale co-founded by the couple and Eric Esrailian. (Esrailian produced The Promise, which starred Bale.) The community, which will prioritize keeping brothers and sisters together, is set to consist of twelve foster homes and a 7,000-square-foot community center.
Led by Los Angeles County Supervisor Kathryn Barger , whose district includes Palmdale, the city gave $1.2 million dollars to get construction going.
That followed a two-year fundraising effort with private donors led by Bale and Esrailian, who also happens to be a health sciences clinical professor of medicine at UCLA. “When I first heard about the model of Together California, I was all in,” said Barger in a statement. “I made a commitment to bringing it to the Antelope Valley and appreciate the City of Palmdale for stepping up to also support the program.
Keeping siblings in foster care together in quality environments will undoubtedly bring life-changing stability to some of our most vulnerable youth.
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