It may be summer, but it’s a FROSTY weekend…
June 13, 2012 at 9:34 pm 31 comments
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One of my most favorite events of the year is happening this weekend!
If you want to help foster kids…
Get your family, your friends, your pets, everyone you know…
and…
Go to Wendy’s
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and…
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GET A FROSTY!!
This weekend
Saturday, June 16th and Sunday, June 17th
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$0.50
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goes to
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Wendy’s Wonderful Kids
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They work to find homes for the “waiting” kids…
the kids no-one “wants”…
the kids like I was!
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Watch this amazing video!!
(It made me cry)
Then Please…
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Have a classic frosty
Have a frosty shake
Have a frosty float
Have a frosty parfait
or a couple!
For the Foster Kids!
Entry filed under: Uncategorized. Tags: adoption, aged-out foster kids, Dave Thomas Adoption Foundation, Foster Care, foster child, foster home, foster kid, foster parents, Frosty, Wendy's.
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Lynn | June 13, 2012 at 9:40 pm
What a great cause. I’ll be getting some this weekend. Thanks for letting people know, LT. Take care of yourself.
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Splintered | June 13, 2012 at 10:31 pm
That video is awesome!
Thanks for the reminder. I’m getting a diet coke float. YUM
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Bikelaura | June 13, 2012 at 10:53 pm
It made me cry, too. Thanks so much for sharing!
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Foster Mom in Training | June 13, 2012 at 11:12 pm
This is why you are so awesome. Your voice is sooooo important, LT. ((hugs))
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Crumble | June 13, 2012 at 11:57 pm
Definatly emotional. Glad you posted this.
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Krista | June 14, 2012 at 1:22 am
<3 it!
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Cesarea | June 14, 2012 at 1:39 am
I’m there. Thanks for sharing. I’ll buy a lot.
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Mary | June 14, 2012 at 1:53 am
Will gorge on Frostys this weekend…Passing it on…Thank You LT…
xo
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Mama to Many | June 14, 2012 at 2:09 am
Sounds like a great plan!
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YW | June 14, 2012 at 5:48 am
Thanks for sharing, what a great cause and great video! Thanks thanks thanks! When is the pottery class cant wait to hear all about that !
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Baba | June 14, 2012 at 7:58 am
I will go….thanks for the reminder! I am also going to a casa meeting…what do you think of them?
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jimm | June 14, 2012 at 8:58 am
YUM!
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Eric B. | June 14, 2012 at 9:37 am
I will have a frosty for sure. Also, I hope to start a blog if there is enough interest. The first posting, provided there is interest (PLEASE LET ME KNOW, LT, would you read it? You are already helping) is here:
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As you may or may not know, we’re adopting a teen out of foter care. While LT may not let us help her. wife and I are going to attempt to help someone else.
Just got done with our first interview with our home study person at CSD. Here’s how it started:
ME We’re not interested in being a foster family. We want to get certified for fostering AND adoption to keep all options open, but we have no desire to foster.
CSD: Ok, well, the opportunities to get an infant through CSD are scarce. We re…….
ME: Oh, we don’t want an infant, or even a toddler.
CSD (face in disbelief): What ages are you looking at?
ME: Oh, anywhere from 8 years old all the way up to 21
CSD (still with a look of surreal disbelief): Umm, well, we have plenty of them. Have you looked at our website? It may not be up to date, but believe me, umm, gosh, our caseworkers just aren’t used to people wanting to adopt teens. It’s challenging
ME: Well, the assumption is that the teens with their issues will be much more difficult than the foster kids of a younger age. Truth is, from my research (including many of LT’s posts) the foster child that’s been traumatized, sexually abused, etc; will eventually have to face those issues so the assumption you are getting off easy by adopting younger is a misconception. Besides, many of these kids that age out end up on the street, prostitution, or even DEAD! That’s where the need is, that’s what we wanna do.
CSD: Still, it hurts that you couldn’t have a kid of your own
ME: We never really tried. We always wanted to adopt, and never wanted an infant. (that’s the truth, we never had a desire to have our own child. Not with kids in foster care, it seemed selfish for us to do such a thing.)
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We went on for another 90 minutes, the CSD rep still in disbelief. We did that yesterday, and our classes start this evening at 6PM.
WISH US LUCK!!!
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Baba | June 14, 2012 at 2:28 pm
Sounds like you are an awesome family
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Elaine | June 16, 2012 at 11:44 pm
Amazing, good luck! I’d read your blog.
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maesie | June 14, 2012 at 9:51 am
thanks for supporting WWK!!!!!!
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Liza | June 14, 2012 at 10:40 am
LT you never cease to amaze me.
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Grandma Tammy | June 14, 2012 at 12:06 pm
I’ll be there. Anything for children.
I wish more was done for children in probate and bring raised by grandparents whom aren’t in foster care..
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caroline | June 14, 2012 at 12:33 pm
Holy cow, that video is awesome! It should be a TV commercial so people see it. I love Wendy’s, especially the fries. I may actually have one of each kind of frosty over the two day weekend.
Good excuse!
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Cheryl | June 14, 2012 at 1:53 pm
What a powerful video. i plan to share it on facebook and encourage EVERYONE to buy a frosty this weekend!
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Ross | June 14, 2012 at 2:27 pm
You are AMAZING ! I Williams definately take all of my children to wendy’s !!
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butterflysblog | June 14, 2012 at 6:38 pm
Geez, LT, way to make me cry!! I am sharing this video with everyone I know. For the millionth time I wish I was in a place in my life right now where my life was stable enough to start fostering. But I’m sure my time will come, and in the meantime, I will enjoy a delicious new strawberry shortcake parfait this weekend! You are awesome, sweet LT. Thank you for sharing this.
-Butterfly
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Becca | June 14, 2012 at 8:46 pm
A Frosty or two or three sounds good–thanks for letting us know about this weekend, and also for sharing the video.
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ella | June 15, 2012 at 12:09 pm
Spread this word in my Facebook already. Will buy and donate also.
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Dinah | June 15, 2012 at 5:55 pm
Sunshine, I wish that I was a little skinny thing so that I could try all of the frosty things! We will go there tonight, and maybe tomorrow as well!
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AnotherTime | June 16, 2012 at 11:09 am
I saw a commercial last night for it. After I thought they should do more than fifty cents, and have certain hours in the day when the entire price goes to help.
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butterflysblog | June 16, 2012 at 10:31 pm
Hi Sweet LT – just wanted to let you know I enjoyed a delicious strawberry shortcake frosty parfait today, thanks to you! Yay LT!
-Butterfly
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Elaine | June 16, 2012 at 11:39 pm
I bought two frostys today! Thank you so much for sharing this and for promoting a great organization that you believe in. I would not have known about this promotion without your post.
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sageplant (M.E.) | June 17, 2012 at 12:56 am
um, i don’t live anywhere near a frosty place, but figured i’d just drop a line a say “do something to keep your mind healthy”…
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Scooping it up | June 17, 2012 at 11:35 am
thanks for sharing, posting to FB and telling everyone I know to get a frosty!
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Angela | June 25, 2012 at 8:18 am
I am a little late LT, but thanks for posting about this. I did get a Frosty last weekend
. BTW – agree that it is an awesome video and it made me cry.