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A new nonprofit, Joy BoX Foster Closet, provides essential items to children entering foster care.

The organization was started by a former foster parent to help children and their new caregivers.

With a mission to help foster kids adapt to their new homes, Heather Diehl of Newport and Lacey Blackburn of Bedford started Joy BoX Foster Closet.

The capital letters, J, B and X in the name, stand for Heather’s children, Janiah, 16, Brooke, 10 and 11-year-old Xavier.

Diehl says as a former foster parent, the letters honor her children’s initials (JBX), who were first fostered and then adopted.

“The name also reflects the joy they bring into my life. I can’t imagine my life without them,” Diehl said.

With a mission to remind each child in foster care that they are lov

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