Success stories
Forever family created 1/10/11
Cameron was referred to WWK when she was 12. She had a chaotic early childhood, followed by a number of moves in the foster care system. Cameron is now 14 and although her adoption process has not been without bumps in the road, she is doing very well. She now...
Forever family created 12/8/10
Sammie was placed in foster care in 2002 and Jack came into care in 2005. Their parents struggled with substance abuse and addiction, and were unable to provide them with the stability and care they needed. After a few placements, they settled in a foster home which met their basic...
Forever family created 5/611
Jane was born deaf, premature and with medical complications, and needed a feeding tube to survive. She suffered from severe malnourishment and developmental delays. Jane moved around several times while in foster care and had numerous hospitalizations. At the age of 2, Jane was placed into a home where she...
Forever family created 5/27/09
Matt entered the foster care system due to drug and alcohol abuse by his biological family. He spent his early years in a foster home. Because of behavioural and emotional difficulties resulting from prenatal alcohol exposure, Matt was placed in residential care. Workers were skeptical about the possibility that he...
Forever family created 12/8/09
Harry didn’t give up on getting adopted, even after several foster placements. In 2008, a family fell in love with him and the placement progressed. He is the only child and loves the attention showered on him by his parents and extended family. He has cats and a dog which...
Forever family created 3/18/11
Through diligent child-specific recruitment and aggressive adoption readiness, this recruiter finalized Z’s adoption on March 18. The recruiter also worked with the foster mother to help her with the rejection that she originally experienced from Z. This was truly a match made in heaven and now they are inseparable. They...
Forever family created 3/25/10
“How can I define what the Wendy’s Wonderful Kids recruiter did? Without her dedication to the process and her continuing communication between us and the agency, these children, who had already been in foster care for over two years, could yet be without a permanent home.”
Grace Lindgren
“Michael is a phenomenal young man and his record did not give an accurate picture of who he was or his current functioning. We were able to get to know him and convey his true self to potential adoptive parents. He’s now part of a family that is growing together.”...
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