Good Morning America Caregiver of the Year



Our President Judy McAtee, pictured with her husband Patrick, was shocked to learn she was named CVS Pharmacy's best caregiver. The ABC News story A Labor of Love: Caregiver Adopts 10 Children
Judy McAtee's dedication to children is exemplified by her broad and extensive family. McAtee and her husband, Patrick McAtee, have adopted 10 children and fostered another 30, in addition to raising their two biological children.

Because of her love, commitment and devotion to children, CVS/Pharmacy named Judy the winner of its "For All the Ways You Care" contest, which searched for the country's best caregivers.
Judy McAtee became teary-eyed when she learned of the accolade live on "Good Morning America" today. As the grand prize honoree, McAtee received $25,000 to continue her life's work.
A heartfelt letter from her husband of 33 years helped seal her nomination and subsequent win.
"She is my hero," Patrick McAtee wrote about his wife. "She is a hero of countless scores of others. She's never asked for anything in return save the joy of succeeding to make a difference."
Judy McAtee, who's a full-time mom, home school teacher, Chinese Imperial Dog breeder and volunteer, said she sees helping children as her calling.
"The thought of a child going to bed at night without a hug and a kiss — I don't even sleep," said Judy McAtee, who beat out nine others for the award. "Raising children is either going to keep us young or kill us, and either way, we are happy."
Today her kids range in age from 2 to 32, but that doesn't mean there's no room for another.
Judy McAtee's caring is contagious. The McAtee kids share in everything and when Judy isn't attending to her own family she's helping others with theirs.
She even started a successful dog-breeding business and co-founded an interracial adoption support group.
"I don't think that anyone could do what she does in a day and love as many kids as she has," another friend, Susie Goldthwaite, said.