Jake, 10 years old

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Jake is such a bright light for coming from such a dark past. He has Autism and is non-verbal but is exceedingly well at expressing his emotions. He is so well behaved and as sweet as can be, always running up to hug staff when they clock in. He is slowly using more and more words since being placed at the shelter with us, like yes, no and bye. We are sadly his twelfth placement facility in the almost 5 years that he has been in the system. Jake loves to play outside, even though we can't get him to keep his shoes on for more than five minutes, and he is all about toy cars!

Jake loves molding things with his hands. He often times gets sensory overload and having something to play with like play foam makes things easier for him. He loves to squish and squash the foam around for hours. He will really get a kick out of this pack because it actually glows in the dark as well! He will be so excited to play with his foam pack all day long and then watch it light up his room at night!