 Summer has arrived and Appalachian Wireless has a great sell on the world's hottest smart phone from now to the end of the month. You can get the amazing iPhone 13 for more than half off because we are you. We are Appalachian Wireless. Stepstone Family and Youth Services in Prestonsburg will be hosting a community event on June 23 to bring awareness to local foster care. Tuesday Mountain Top spoke with program director Kelly Scott about the event. Our offices cover the eastern part of Kentucky which we have offices all across the state. We would like to bring awareness to the number of kids that are in foster care and the need for good foster homes. So this event is open to the entire community. Anyone can come and participate. We plan on having a food truck and Kona ice there. We are going to have inflatables including a water slide and bounce house. This will be for anyone who wants to come and bring their children. Kind of learn a little bit about foster care if they don't want to be a foster parent. Maybe they know someone who does or if they can do anything when it comes to helping with foster care in the area. Even if they can't be a parent they can always donate their time, donate items such as luggage, shoes, clothes, anything for upcoming school year, school supplies, stuff like that. So there's so many opportunities to help even if you can't be a foster parent. In the state of Kentucky it's estimated that there are as many as 10,000 kids in need of foster parents. Scott says the event will help those interested to take the next step. We would love to see around 40 homes a year open in each office. That just gives you kind of a wide array of different parents, different personalities, different home structures. Not every kid is fit for every home and not every home is a good fit for every child. So you need a variety of ages, religious backgrounds, cultural backgrounds and stuff because you want to place a child in a home where they are going to feel most comfortable, where they feel like that is their family. If you're interested in becoming a foster parent or learning more you can contact Stepstone at 606-393-6649 or email crista.jent or sherry.blevins at stepstone.com. The event is at Archer Park June 23 from 11 to 3 p.m. For Mountain Top News, I'm Joel Chorjol.