Success Stories
From teacher to father
I am a teacher and have spent most of my teaching working with students with special needs -- mostly students in foster care. Over the years, my wife and I often have talked about adopting a child and particularly one of the many nice students I have had in my classes.
After decade in foster care, brothers find forever family
Miguel and Antonio were placed in foster care in 2001 because of abuse and neglect. They lived in several foster and group homes, and the two fought constantly – so much so that social workers considered separating them. When a Wendy’s Wonderful Kids (WWK) recruiter learned of Miguel and Antonio’s...
Siblings make educational strides since finding forever family
Siblings Carter, Cynthia and Charlie were placed in foster care in 2009 after their parents were arrested for drug-related offenses. Their family history is full of physical and learning disabilities as well as health issues, and all of the children were academically delayed from a lack of active learning when...
‘I have personally benefited from Mr. Thomas’ commitment’
The healing power of family
Ezra had been in care one year when he was referred to his Wendy’s Wonderful Kids caseworker. He was born prematurely at 33 weeks and was medically fragile. He was diagnosed with macrocephaly and subdural hematomas. He also had speech, large and small motor delays. When the recruiter read Ezra’s file, things...
Foster parents about to adopt children from Wendy’s Wonderful Kids
My wife and I are currently foster parents on the way to adopting two wonderful (WWK) kids. These two had been in the system for almost four years and were considered “hard to place” due to the neglect and abuse they had received. My wife and I had found an...
A note from an adoptive parent
We adopted our twin 7-year-old boys from foster care a year and a half ago. They are great boys and have made our family complete. We have watched [A Home for the Holidays] for many years and we are hopeful that people are inspired to step out of their comfort zone...
Lucy finds her strength
When a Wendy’s Wonderful Kids recruiter first met Lucy, she was a very quiet, reserved and traumatized little girl who did not understand why her mother did not want her, how to deal with her father’s death, and why she could not stay with her grandparents. The recruiter’s work with Lucy included...
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