Columbus, Ohio — The Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption, a national nonprofit public charity, is proud to announce that more than 500 children have been adopted from foster care in North Carolina through its signature program, Wendy’s Wonderful Kids®, in partnership with Children’s Home Society of
Michael, second from right, pictured with his family at an event for Farmers Insurance Michael adopted his two oldest children at ages six and four, followed by their sister several years later at just three months old. Thanks to Farmers Insurance’s benefits, he was able to take time off to bond wit
By Rita L. Soronen, President & CEO of the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption Having a safe place to call home means everything — especially during the COVID-19 crisis. But every day, too many youth age out of foster care without ever knowing the security and stability of a forever family. With
My name is Cody Saintgnue. Through my work in the entertainment industry, I’ve been fortunate to collaborate with incredible networks and brands and have traveled the globe for endeavors that are dear to my heart. You may be wondering why I have partnered with the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption
Columbus, Ohio — The Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption, a national nonprofit public charity, is proud to announce that more than 500 children have been adopted from foster care in Kentucky through its signature program, Wendy’s Wonderful Kids®, in partnership with the Kentucky Department for Commu
Florida Arleigh was placed in foster care in Florida after suffering years of abuse and neglect. “I felt like I was lost,” Arleigh shares. “I gave up so many times to the point where I wanted to disappear.” At age 16, Arleigh was referred to the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption’s Wendy’s Wonderfu
My wife, Darah, and I always wondered if we might one day adopt. Darah was adopted at birth, so adoption has always been a big part of her story. At the time we began to consider it more seriously, Darah and I had three biological sons but felt we had room in our family for another child. Patrick an
Ohio Lexi remembers the day she and her older brother, Nick, were placed in foster care after being found alone in the motel where they lived. “It was confusing. I was scared. We didn’t know where we were going,” Lexi shared. Nick had major health issues — made worse by years of neglect
Utah For most of my childhood, I bounced from home to home within my biological family. In the seventh grade, a teacher noticed my bruises, and child protective services visited our house for the first time. That’s when my biological family pulled me out of school. For the next four years, I was tra
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 Mike Zak as a member of its board of trustees, serving a th
