Terrence and Faye Zealand saw a problem during the early days of the AIDS crisis, and stuck their necks out to do what they could about it. It was 1987, and there were children being born with HIV, children with full-blown AIDS, and many of them were being \"boarded\" in hospitals. They needed homes.

Terence quit his job as director of a school, Faye gave up her work as a pre-school teacher, and they turned their full attention to the problem.

The Zealands began finding these often abandoned or orphaned children and giving them a temporary home until they could be placed in foster care. They called their operation \"St. Clare\'s\" making sure that the temporary homes in three New Jersey cities were staffed with caring, competent people. They also created the AIDS Resource Foundation for Children, which runs three homes in Newark. ARFC provides an array of essential services to hundreds of children.

Update: The Zealands\' work is still going strong. The AIDS Resource Foundation for Children now offers transitional housing for young gay men with AIDS. There\'s a summer camp for children whose parents have AIDS, and a program for youth who have lost a parent to AIDS that helps them get a high school diploma, prepares them for life after high school (in college or at work), educates them to engage in healthy lifestyles, exposes them to the arts, and provides mental health assistance. Children with medical, nutritional, developmental and social needs can also receive housing.

Their son, Kevin Zealand, is now the Executive Director of the ARFC and his wife, Annie Chen is the Director of Development.