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Christian Bale hung up his Batsuit in 2012, but “The Dark Knight” star is still saving lives with his Together California foster care village in Palmdale, California, which opened on Friday, according to ABC 7.
The facility
aims to keep siblings entering the foster care system together – a circumstance that is not always guaranteed.
“It’s our job to turn their heartbreak and their pain into love and hope and a sense of future,” Bale told ABC 7.
The community is 11,000 square feet with 12 furnished homes including two studio apartments for those transitioning out of foster care. With over 30,000 children in the system, Los Angeles has the highest population of children in foster care in the United States. Organizers said the village will offer programs focused on stability, support and care.
“A place where everyone is welcomed, a place that keeps families together, a place that creates community, a place where you can find hope in the most challenging of times,” Together California Executive Director Tim McCormick said in a statement to the local outlet.
Bale has two children of his own, Luka and Rex Bale, with his wife Sibi Blazic. Raising kids of his own made him wonder about the circumstances for children without parents.
“[Bale] was like, we got to do better,” McCormick told SF Gate in 2025.
The pair partnered up in 2022 to do just that and create Together California. The project was made possible through donations. The Austrian American Council West helped raise nearly $9 million for the effort. Los Angeles County Supervisor Kathryn Barger was influential in bringing it to life.
With the ribbon-cutting complete, organizers said people will begin moving into the community next month.
