CHILDREN'S HOME, BUT
WANTS TO MOVE INTO HER OWN HOME.
JEAN: ARI IS NAVIGATING HER WAY,
SAILING ALONG WITH A SMILE.
SHE IS NOT SURE EXACTLY WHERE
HER VOYAGE WILL EAT HER.
BUT THIS 14-YEAR-OLD SET A
COURSE IN HER HEART, SHE'S
DETERMINED TO FIND HER OWN
HARBOR, HER FOREVER FAMILY.
ARIANNA WANTS TO BE ADOPTED.
>> I LIKE TO HIKE, PLAYING
OUTSIDE, I LIKE SWIMMING.
JEAN: ARI IS UP FOR THE
ADVENTURE, SHE TEST THE WATER ON
A PADDLEBOARD.
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JEAN: AND TAKES THE MISS
MEREDITH, A 1931 CHRIS CRAFT OUT
FOR A SPIN.
JUST WHEN A CRUISE ON THE BIG
LAKE CAN'T SEEM TO GET ANY
BETTER, THE BIGGEST BOAT JOINS
THE PARTY.
>> AWESOME.
HOW COOL WAS THAT?
JEAN: TIME TO COOL OFF AT CAMP,
THE RESTAURANT WITH A SUMMER
CAMP LABOR.
WHEN ARI IS NOT DIVING INTO
SPORTS, SHE LIKES TO COAST INTO
THE KITCHEN WHERE KELSEY STONE
TEACHES HER HOW TO MAKE THE CAMP
FAVORITE.
THIS DISH IS CALLED A WALK IN
THE WOODS.
>> WE'VE GOT RED PEPPERS, GREEN
PEPPERS, FRESH ASPARAGUS AND
PINK OYSTER MUSHROOMS.
THEN WE WILL ADD IN EVERYBODY'S
FAVORITE, GARLIC.
JEAN: HER WORKER HELPING HER
FIND A PERMANENT HOME.
SHE SAYS ARI CAN BE VERY SHY AND
SLOW TO TRUST ADULTS, BUT SHE'S
MAKING HUGE STRIDES, AND LOVES
TO LEARN LIKE THIS.
ARI DOES VERY WELL IN SCHOOL AND
HAS RECENTLY BEGUN TO
PARTICIPATE IN AFTERSCHOOL
ACTIVITIES LIKE VOLLEYBALL AND
SCHOOL DANCES.
>> JUST SEEING HER DO THOSE
THINGS AND PUT HERSELF OUT THERE
IS A HUGE CHANGE FOR HER,
BECAUSE SHE HAS ALWAYS BEEN SELF
PROTECTIVE OF HERSELF.
>> WE WILL TAKE THOSE AND PUT IT
RIGHT ON OUR PITA.
>> I THINK ARI IS BEEN ABLE TO
MATURE WITHIN HERSELF AND DECIDE
WHAT SHE WANTS IN LIFE.
IT MAKES USING THAT SHE IS READY
THAT EMILY, AND SHE WILL TELL
YOU THAT SHE WANTS THE FAMILY.
>> IT'S CAMP WITH ATTITUDE.
DIG RIGHT IN.
>> IT LOOKS SO BEAUTIFUL.
YOU MADE THIS.
THE LOOKS DELICIOUS, NICE,
HEALTHY ALTERNATIVE.
>> AND THERE IS PLENTY TO SHARE.
>> AND NOTHING CAPS OFF OF CAMP
MEAL BETTER THAN S'MORES.
SHE WILL MAKE HER OWN SIGNATURE
SCENT AT ESSENCE PERFUMERY.
THERE ARE HUNDREDS TO SAMPLE.
>> I LIKE THAT ONE, TOO.
>> WHEN SHE SMELLS FRENCH
VANILLA, HER LITTLE FACE LIGHTS
UP.
THAT'S A GOOD RING.
JEAN: ARI CREATES HER OWN
CONCOCTION.
>> EACH PERSON GETS THEIR OWN
SECRET RECIPE CARD.
JEAN: SHE GIVES IT HER OWN NAME.
AND GETS WARM WISHES FOR HER
JOURNEY.
>> GOOD LUCK WITH THE FOREVER
HOME.
Q.
-- THANK YOU.
JEAN: ARI'S HEART AND HOPE ARE
STEERING HER TOUR THAT FOREVER
HOME.
X I HOPE SHE FEELS COMFORTABLE
ENOUGH TO DAY THIS IS MY MOM AND
DAD, THAT SHE HAS THAT FOREVER
HOME TO COME HOME TO EVERY DAY.
SHE NEEDS A CHAMPION IN HER
CORNER AND SOMEONE THAT'S ONE TO
BE THERE OR HER.
>> BE THERE TO WELCOME ARI HOME
AT LAST.
SEAN: NOW, FOR A HOME AT LAST
UPDATE.
JOHN WAS ON YOUR TV SCREEN THIS
WINTER, AND NOW HE IS WASTING NO
TIME MAKING IT ELSE AT HOME WITH
HIS PREADOPTIVE FAMILY.
THEY SAW JOHN ON HOME AT LAST,
AND NOW HE IS DRIVING UNDER
THEIR CARE AND ENJOYING MANY NEW
ADVENTURES.
HE EVEN GOT TO JOIN HIS DAD'S
BAND ON STAGE AT THE NASCAR RACE
THIS SUMMER.
SO FAR, JOHN IS HAVING A GREAT
SUMMER WITH HIS NEW FAMILY,
LAYING SPORTS AND MAKING NEW
FRIENDS IN HIS NEIGHBORHOOD.
IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN
LEARNING MORE ABOUT TONIGHT'S
TEEN, ARI, OR ABOUT OTHER WAYS
YOU CAN GET INVOLVED AND START
HELPING CHILDREN IN OUR STATES
FOSTER CARE SYSTEM, GO TO HER
WEBS I AND WE WILL CONNECT YOU
TO THE RIGHT PEOPLE.
THE NEED FOR LOVING HOMES RIGHT
NOW IS GREATER THAN EVER.