Love Makes a Family

Posted on April 9, 2019

Texas, written by Krista Krista and her husband, Larry, of Texas, have adopted five children from foster care, including siblings Steven, Celeste and Elijah through the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption’s signature program, Wendy’s Wonderful Kids. They are a self-described “fast-paced, active, fun

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Paramjit Bains Joins Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption-Canada Board of Trustees

Posted on March 26, 2019

Foundation committed to finding permanent homes for the more than 30,000 children waiting in Canada’s foster care system Paramjit Bains Burlington, ON — The Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption-Canada recently welcomed Paramjit Bains as a member of its board of trustees. Bains is a division vice pres

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Every day is a new adventure

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British Columbia, Canada – written by Carly Carly and her husband, John, knew they wanted to grow their family through adoption. The couple from British Columbia has adopted six children, including siblings Alicia and Tristin through the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption’s signature program,

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Children never outgrow the need for family

Posted on February 11, 2019

How Wendy’s Wonderful Kids is changing lives in Louisiana By Donna Edwards, First Lady of Louisiana Over the past three years, Louisiana has been transforming our approach to foster care and adoption. In 2016, our Department of Children and Family Services launched statewide implementation of

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Q&A: Jocelyne, Wendy’s Wonderful Kids Recruiter

Posted on February 1, 2019

Through its signature program, Wendy’s Wonderful KidsTM, the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption-Canada supports the hiring of adoption professionals, like Jocelyne, who are dedicated to finding permanent families for children who have been waiting in foster care the longest. The following conversat

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Love Has No Boundaries

Posted on January 23, 2019

By Kathryn Kathryn and her husband, John, of Ontario, have adopted three children from foster care: Serenity, Malakai (Kai) and Abigail. Serenity and Kai, who are biological siblings, were adopted through the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption’s Wendy’s Wonderful Kids program in partnership with In

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Teamwork Makes the Dream Work

Posted on January 16, 2019

By Kameca Kameca and Jamar Broom with their children, Elias and Niyah, of Mississippi Kameca and her husband, Jamar, adopted Elias and Niyah through the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption’s Wendy’s Wonderful Kids p

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These wonderful kids just want to know you love them

Posted on December 14, 2018

By Michelle, Windsor, Ontario Colton (age 13) with his parents, Scott and Michelle, on Adoption Day, January 15, 2017 My husband, Scott, and I knew we wanted to expand our family. We have so much fun together and love each othe

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Our Child is Perfect, Even When He Isn’t

Posted on November 6, 2018

By: Sadie Sadie and her husband, Cody, adopted their son, Latrell, through the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption’s Wendy’s Wonderful Kids program. The family lives in Louisiana and hopes to raise awareness about the importance of foster care adoption, and specifically, the critical need to f

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How moving outside my comfort zone led to a perfect match

Posted on September 1, 2018

This guest blog post is written by Roberto, an adoptive dad whose son, Gabriel, was adopted through the Foundation’s Wendy’s Wonderful Kids program. The first time I saw my son Gabriel was in an adoption video. At the time, I just remember thinking about how hurt and lost he seemed. I wasn’t sure I

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