Waukesha-based Chosen showing adoptive families how much the community cares about them

Amalie Bowling discovered she was pregnant shortly after she adopted four siblings. "It was a little bit of an instant family," she says with a laugh. "When I think back, I realize how crazy it is, but when I'm living it, it's not as crazy." Bowling is Vice President of Chosen, a nonprofit she helped found. Her mother Karen Schlindwein is on the board. They run a quaint clothing shop in West Allis called "The Family Closet." It’s a place where parents of adoptive and foster kids — who may be financially strapped — can shop for children's clothes for free.