Leave One Light On
Fifty-seven is where the story begins.
The invitation is to move forward.
A movement inviting ordinary people to discover that no act of compassion is ever too small.
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Two separate facts. One invitation to move forward.
Ted was the first of fifty-seven young people welcomed by Peg and Jerry Gorman. Separately, a federal benchmark reports approximately fifty-seven licensed foster homes for every one hundred children entering care.
These facts are not causally, prophetically, or statistically connected. The shared number gives the movement a responsible reason to learn, remember, and act.
“No act of compassion is ever too small.”
57-to-100 progress
One official benchmark. One separate movement count.
The national figure changes only when a new authoritative source is published. Our movement counter tracks only validated actions through this website.
The founding story
The Light in the Window tells the story.
Leave One Light On invites us to live it.
The books and Ted’s experience are the origin of the invitation—not the whole of the movement.
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