Nation ‘An amazing gift’: Foster parents leave legacy of love for more than 100 babies during 43 years August 6, 2021 Sarah Kocher, St. Cloud Times Comments Off on ‘An amazing gift’: Foster parents leave legacy of love for more than 100 babies during 43 years Ron and Jane Brown of St. Cloud, Minn., started providing foster care for children in 1978. They retired in June 2020. They'd do it all over again.