From Variety · Isabelle Farina · · 1m 20s
Christian Bale built a village for foster siblings
The Dark Knight star spent years on an 11,000-square-foot home in Palmdale built to stop foster siblings from being split up.
In brief
The Dark Knight star spent years on an 11,000-square-foot home in Palmdale built to stop foster siblings from being split up. Siblings entering foster care are often separated. Bale's Together California village was built specifically so they don't have to be. Originally reported by Variety.
Batman hung up the cape
Christian Bale stopped playing Batman in 2012. His latest project in Palmdale, California is not a film, it is a place where kids live.
The village opened Friday
Together California, an 11,000-square-foot foster care village, opened its doors in Palmdale on Friday, ABC 7 reported.
Built to keep siblings together
The facility exists for one reason: to house brothers and sisters under the same roof when they enter the foster care system.
Separation is the norm
Staying with a sibling is not guaranteed in foster care. Kids who have already lost their home often lose each other too.
Bale names the job
He frames the work as turning what these children arrive with into something they can carry forward.
“It's our job to turn their heartbreak and their pain into love and hope and a sense of future.”
Still saving lives
The Batsuit is gone, but the rescue work is real this time, measured in square footage and in siblings who get to stay together.
The bottom line
Siblings entering foster care are often separated. Bale's Together California village was built specifically so they don't have to be.
