The Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption Helps Find Forever Homes

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Our family is a big supporter of adoption for we were looking to adopt prior to getting pregnant back in 2005.  I was told that I would need some fertility “assistance” to get pregnant due to some female issues but I didn’t want to take that route and take a bunch of hormones since my mother was diagnosed with ovarian cancer at an early age.  We were going through the process of adoption when I did, in fact, get pregnant with my daughter.  But adoption is such a wonderful way to add to your already existing family or help start a family. Going through the adoption process I realized how lucky we were to have this chance to adopt and start our family.  Today, families are created many ways – traditionally and non-traditionally!  There are over 100,000 children in foster care waiting to be adopted.  My husband’s cousin adopted both of her adorable boys through the foster care system and both have grown up to be wonderful teenagers.  Recently, I learned about The Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption that has helped over 4,000 + children find adoptive families!  How amazing is that?!  I love that Dave Thomas, founder of Wendy’s, created this foundation and they have worked hard to find homes for foster care children for over 22 years.

The Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption:

In 1990, Dave Thomas, founder of Wendy’s®, accepted President George H.W. Bush’s invitation to be the spokesperson for a national adoption awareness campaign. Just two years later, Dave established The Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption® as a non-profit public charity with one primary goal: to help every child in foster care find a loving, permanent family. The Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption® believes that we have a responsibility to be the voice of foster care adoption, so that every child finds a family. As founder Dave Thomas said, “These children are not someone else’s responsibility. They are our responsibility.” The DTFA exist to find homes for children who are waiting to be adopted from foster care in North America. Thanks to Wendy’s® consumers and the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption®, 4,000+ children have found adoptive families.

How Your Can Help:

• Did you know that there are more than 100,000 children in foster care awaiting adoption?
• Purchase a Wendy’s® Halloween Coupon Book for $1 at participating Wendy’s to support foster care adoption.
• Ninety cents of every $1 Halloween Coupon Book sold between September 13 – October 31, 2014 will benefit the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption®. Coupons are valid for use: November 1, 2014 through February 1, 2015.
• This year, Wendy’s® aims to give $10 million to The Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption®.

We plan to head in to our local Wendy’s today and purchase one of these $1 Halloween Coupon Books and probably grab some food.  I like that Wendy’s is one of the few fast-food places that offers healthy food choices.  My husband really likes their baked potato bar and I usually eat at their salad bar.  And of course, it is hard to pass up their Frosty milk shakes!

*Coupon book may contain coupons for 5 or 10 free Jr. Frosty™ treats. Prices and participation may vary. Ninety cents to every $1 coupon booklet sold between 9/15/14 and 10/31/14 will benefit the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption®. Coupons valid from 11/1/14 through 2/1/15. ©2014 Oldemark LLC

Learn More Here:

You find out more about The Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption and learn more about adoption here: Finding Forever Families: A Step-By-Step Guide to Adoption

Here is one family’s journey of adopting with the help of The Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption.  And another YouTube Video describing the importance of adopting our foster care kids.

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I was selected for this opportunity as a member of Clever Girls Collective and the content and opinions expressed here are all my own.