Foundation committed to finding adoptive homes for the more than 155,000 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 Julie Bieszczat as a member of its board of trustees, servin
Foundation committed to finding adoptive homes for the more than 155,000 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 Jhonny Mercado as a member of its board of trustees, serving
Following is a conversation between Rita Soronen, President & CEO of the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption, and Denver Frederick, host of The Business of Giving on AM 970 The Answer WNYM in New York City. Denver: The Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption has been known as the voice of foster car
Foundation committed to finding adoptive homes for the more than 155,000 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 Scott L. Moeschberger, Ph.D., as a member of its board of tr
Source: iStock Rita Soronen, President & CEO of the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption, wrote the following letter in response to the Washington Post’s editorial “The crisis in foster care” (January 11, 2020). Our nation’s child-welfare system is being stretched far beyond its
Chris and Joanna McIntyre, of Colorado, adopted Ariana, 16, through the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption’s Wendy’s Wonderful Kids® program. This is their story. When Ariana was five years old, she had to be removed from her birth mother’s house after enduring years of abuse. “I had nightmares eve
By Rita Soronen National Adoption Month, held every November, is a special time each year to celebrate families that have grown through adoption and raise awareness of the more than 125,000 children still waiting to be adopted from foster care in the United States. Since 2012, the number of children
Maya and Hannah spent six long years in and out of foster care as their parents battled addiction. In 2017, the sisters were adopted by Dana and Barbara Fontaine, of Massachusetts, through the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption’s Wendy’s Wonderful Kids program. The family shared their s
Approximately 20,000 children age out of foster care in the United States each year without a permanent family, leaving them at a higher risk of homelessness, early parenting and other negative outcomes. Rita Soronen, President & CEO of the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption, joined Ericka Ande
By Rita Soronen The Issue More than thirty years ago, Dave Thomas, the founder of The Wendy’s Company and the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption, a national non-profit public charity, began to speak about his personal experience as an adopted child. In doing so, he helped to ignite a national conve
