Holiday Heroes: FedEx delivers Christmas to adoptive families
FedEx made history this week delivering the coronavirus vaccine that went out to cities across America. We honor FedEx in FOX 11's Holiday Heroes series. Not for that massive undertaking, but for nearly a decade of bringing Christmas in a big way to our Wednesday's Child adoptive families.
Christopher is a sweet boy with an old soul looking for a forever home
Christopher (2007) is a sweet, engaging boy with a warm and playful spirit.
Wednesday's Child: Beautiful Olivia would love a caring forever family
Olivia (2009) has an outgoing, engaging and vivacious personality that naturally draws people to her. With that kind of qualities presence, it makes her well suited for a career pursuit she has in mind, being a YouTube blogger.
FOX 11's Wednesday's Child history with the Dodgers
As we watch our hometown team in the World Series think about what the Dodgers mean to you. To me, it's gratitude for a franchise that has been so great to kids in Los Angeles County foster care. With our Wednesday's Child weekly story on FOX 11 News at 10 p.m., we spend a day on the field every season.
Wednesday's Child: Markus loves sports and is looking for a forever family
Born in 2003, Markus is a warm and engaging teen in foster care who holds a lot of passion for a variety of interests and enthusiastic about experiencing new things. In addition to his educational pursuits, he is athletic and loves sports. Markus had never been to Staples Center for an event, so NHL Hall of Famer and current President of the LA Kings Hockey Team, Luc Robitaille made Markus his personal guest at what would be one of the final games of the season.
Wednesday's Child: Tyler would love a forever family to call home
Tyler (2007) is a very engaging child with a friendly personality. He likes being around animals and is quite the outdoorsman.
Wednesday's Child: Fun-loving teen Taliyha would love a forever family to call home
Taliyha (2007) is a dynamic teen in foster care who wishes to be a part of a forever family.
Wednesday's Child: Sweet siblings Mario, Emiliano, and Ivan looking for a permanent loving family
Mario (2005, Center), Emiliano (2007, Right) and Ivan (2009, Left) are brothers who describe each other as their best friends. They’re always on the go, full of energy and spontaneity. They love being in the outdoors. That’s not all there is to these boys – they have a knack for learning, especially on the tech side. We brought them to one of our favorite learning labs – Rolling Robots in Glendale, CA for a lesson in robotics.
Wednesday's Child: Special needs teen Jemariah needs a permanent home
Jemariah (2005) is a happy and friendly teen with some special needs. He is very active and requires a great deal of support and supervision. He enjoys all kinds of food, especially tacos, salad, and cheez-its. He loves the outdoors and likes to strut his skills with a basketball. We’re told that Jemariah loves to color and being read to, so we decided to have him try his hand at painting at the Color Me Mine in Whittier, CA.
Dad celebrates Wednesday's Child adoption
Happy New Year from Wednesday’s Child! The year 2020 marks 25 years of the Wednesday’s Child program, a partnership between KTTV-Los Angeles FOX 11 News and DCFS to find adopting families for a population of children in foster care who face more barriers than others in reaching permanency.
Wednesday’s Child: The Greene family’s adoption story
As we ring in the New Year, we take a look back at a ceremony this fall at the Board of Supervisors’ meeting, honoring FOX 11 for its on-going partnership with LA County in helping children to achieve permanency.
FedEx Care's made a special Christmas delivery for a deserving Wednesday's Child family
A special Christmas delivery for a Wednesday's Child family. See how the folks at FedEx Care's made their wishes come true.
Wednesday's Child: Sweet and lovable Cristeina would love a permanent family
Cristeina (2007) is a personable child. She enjoys the outdoors and going to the movies, mall, library and the park. She also enjoys drawing; anything artsy, listening to music, putting puzzles together, and reading (especially Korean Comic books). Cristeina is always up for exploring new things and different dimensions of the arts. With that in mind, Cristeina was given a chance to see a theater production media day where members of the media interviewed the cast of the Lythgoe Family Panto’s 10-Year Anniversary production of A Snow White Christmas.
Wednesday's Child: Christopher is an old soul with a big heart looking for a forever home
Christopher (2007) is a sweet, engaging boy with a warm and playful spirit. He’s calm in demeanor and enjoys one on one time with people he’s close to, such as his CASA volunteer and social workers. In many ways, he reminds people of an “old soul."
Wednesday's Child: Kind, affectionate Felipe in need of a loving home
Meet Felipe (2006), a very kind and affectionate child with some special needs. He is friendly and polite, and enjoys engaging in conversations on just about anything. Felipe is very easy-going and gets along with everyone in just about every setting. While sports aren’t Felipe’s forte, he was such a “sport” when presented with the opportunity to go ice skating for the first time at the Bai’s Holiday Ice Rink at Pershing Square.
Wednesday's Child: A successful adoption for the Sandovals
Happy Thanksgiving from Wednesday's Child!
Wednesday's Child: Sweet and caring Raelene would love a forever home
There was the popping room where it all begins: dedicated workers producing their signature favorites like Caramel Corn, Cheddar Cheese and of course their popular “Zebra® Popcorn."
Kelvin: A Wednesday's Child success story
November is National Adoption Month. This week on Wednesday’s Child, we will rewind to the Hollywood gifting party in February 2018, where Kelvin (2002) was one of our VIP guests.
Fashion shoot for four from foster care
"Beautiful" said the photographer as he snapped away at four young adults once in foster care. It was a fun fashion shoot given as a gift from stylist Jesse J Guillen. One girl, Rhonda Bolanos was once on FOX 11's Wednesday's Child in the 1990's before being adopted.
Wednesday's Child: Lovely Lazae in search of a forever home
Lazae (2003) is a warm, friendly and engaging teen. She’s also outgoing and athletic, and does well in school. For those who know her, and as we’ve discovered for ourselves, honesty and integrity shined through in Lazae’s character.