By Rita L. Soronen, President & CEO One year ago, our world changed dramatically and in ways we could never have imagined as COVID-19 spread, closing schools, shutting down businesses and leaving us with unrelenting separation and longing for the physical connection of family and friends. As the
At the heart of the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption’s work is the belief that justice and the right to be free of fear and harm must be equally applied to all of our children. Racism and hate can have no home in our hearts The murders of so many Black Americans are a tragic reminder that injusti
Utah Placed in foster care at age 8, Austin spent the next three years of his young life longing for the security and stability of a permanent home. He often felt undeserving, unworthy and not capable of accomplishing anything. Fortunately, Austin’s journey changed with help from his Wendy’s Wonderf
Dear Friends, More than a decade ago, as children continued to leave foster care without a permanent family and at alarming rates, we realized that the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption needed to do much more to fulfill our mission of “dramatically increasing the number of adoptions of children wa
The Foundation’s Wendy’s Wonderful Kids® program serves youth most at risk of aging out of foster care without a permanent family Columbus, Ohio — The Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption, a national nonprofit public charity, is proud to announce that its signature program, Wendy’s Wonderful Kids®, h
Foundation committed to finding permanent homes for the more than 30,000 children waiting in Canada’s foster care system. Burlington, ON — The Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption-Canada recently welcomed John Mulvihill, Senior Director, Supply Chain Management at Wendy’s® Quality Supply Chain
Foundation committed to finding permanent homes for the more than 150,000 children waiting in North America’s foster care systems. Columbus, Ohio — The Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption, a national, non-profit public charity, today welcomed Laura Butrico as a member of its board of trustees. Butri
West Virginia At six years old, Zach was placed in foster care after he was found wandering alone in an alley. He spent the next five years moving back and forth between his family of origin and different foster homes. “I felt alone in the world. I didn’t feel loved,” Zach shares. “I had no hope of
Foundation committed to finding permanent homes for the more than 150,000 children waiting in North America’s foster care systems. Columbus, Ohio — The Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption, a national, non-profit public charity, today welcomed Gavin Waugh as a member of its board of trustees, serving
Foundation committed to finding permanent homes for the more than 150,000 children waiting in North America’s foster care systems. Columbus, Ohio — The Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption, a national non-profit public charity, today welcomed Tamika Williams as a member of its board of trustees, serv
