Wayfinder’s generous donors make a tremendous impact. They provide us with the resources to change the future of those who have nowhere else to turn. Please consider a gift to Wayfinder this holiday season. Because of your gift … Families of babies like TJ who were born with disabilities will have hope thanks to our…
What is a Qualified Charitable Distribution? If you are age 70 ½ or older and own a Roth or traditional IRA, you can take advantage of the Charitable IRA “Rollover” or “Qualified Charitable Distribution” (QCD). This provision allows you to use your required minimum distribution—or up to $100,000 per IRA owner—to support Wayfinder, while bypassing…
What are you grateful for this holiday season? I am grateful for the circle of support at Wayfinder. I am grateful for community. Since Wayfinder’s founding, we have been building community. In the organization’s early years, we gave children who were blind a chance to meet and befriend other children like them. At Camp Bloomfield,…
Lynne Skyrme was raised to care Growing up in a family that fostered children taught Lynne the value of caring for others Lynne joined the Wayfinder Family Services’ Community Council one year ago. Her family history of fostering children and all that Wayfinder does within the community inspired her to get involved. She loves working…
Annie Narayan joined Wayfinder’s Community Council in January 2024, but her involvement with the organization began more than five years earlier when she and her husband, Shawn, decided to become foster parents. “We looked at different agencies, and we felt like Wayfinder was the best fit,” she says. “We felt we would get the most…
“Love. That’s all Alan wanted,” says Marie, who decided to adopt Alan when he was bedridden in a total-care medical facility. Then, medical professionals told Marie that Alan, age 6, had profound disabilities and cerebral palsy. He would never be able to talk or walk. He harmed himself by hitting his head. What Marie saw…
Rebeca and her husband, Lee, fostered and adopted two children. These are her tips for current and prospective foster or adoptive parents. You can read their full story here. 1. If you are fostering or adopting siblings, see them as individuals instead of as a set. Get to know what each of them needs. 2….
“My aunts would be extremely thrilled to know I’m involved with Wayfinder,” says Suzi Bertino, member of the Wayfinder Community Council. Suzi’s family created a legacy of assisting foster children. “I grew up with many aunts and uncles, and many of them had foster kids,” says Suzi. “Over 40 years of fostering, one aunt took…
“My experiences pre-and post-adoption have, without a doubt, led to my career as a social worker today,” says Nick, a Wayfinder family finding social worker. When he was 2 years old, his biological parents left their apartment and never returned, abandoning him and his five older siblings. Nick entered foster care. When he was 3…
Jordan, age 13, and Danielle, age 14, ride the school bus together to Wayfinder’s Special Education School. The school enrolls children ages 5 to 22 who have profound special needs. Jordan is a happy, cheerful teenager with autism spectrum disorder, an intellectual disability, and difficulty speaking. Danielle, who delights school staff and students with her…
