A Home for the Holidays

The Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption and Children's Action Network were pleased to present the ninth annual A Home for the Holidays television special on CBS December 21, 2007.


Each December, the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption and Children's Action Network present A Home for the Holidays, a CBS network television special bringing together all-star talent to raise awareness for foster care adoption.

A Home for the Holidays shares, through the eyes of a child, the joy of having a family - not just for the holidays, but every day and forever.

In 2007, the celebrity line-up included Sheryl Crow, James Blunt, Karmina, Carole King, and Reba McEntire. David Krumholtz, comedian George Lopez and René Russo are among the celebrities that presented inspirational stories of extraordinary families who shared the joys found through foster care adoption.

Since 1999, this heartwarming holiday special has generated tens of thousands of calls to the Foundation from viewers moved to action after hearing true stories of waiting children and families who adopted from foster care.

Meet some of the families featured in A Home for the Holidays 2007.

	The Salter Family Placed in foster care at age 4, Shane Salter aged out of the system without being adopted. Against all odds, he graduated from college, became a successful businessman and reached out as a married father of three to adopt four sons. Today, six years after his story first aired on "A Home for the Holidays," Shane's older children are now successful young adults and Shane's two youngest sons have overcome the challenges faced early in life.
	The Smith Family "The family I always dreamed of is the family I have now," says 12-year-old Jordan Smith. Growing up in foster care, Jordan lived in many different houses. But the home he shared with his adoptive parents, Patrick and Patty Smith, was the first home he could call his own. Jordan lived there one year to the day when the house was consumed in a Southern California wildfire. Jordan brought strength to his new family during this difficult time, saying, "It was hard losing the house, but home is where the heart is, and as long as I have my mom and dad, I have everything I need."
	The Thayer Family Susan Thayer spent the first 11 years of her life in the grip of her abusive biological parents. "If not for the kindness of strangers, I never would have known how magnificent life can be," says Susan. At age 11, she found a loving home in the arms of her adoptive parents, Rex and Sandy Fuqua. Today, Susan and her husband Don are the proud parents of two biological sons and two adopted children.

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