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 # Dave Thomas Foundation Helps Bring Foster Kids and Families Together

 

##### By Kelly Eisenhardt

 

 

 Nov 9, 2016 12:30 PM ET

  ![](https://3blaws.s3.amazonaws.com/styles/carousel_2x/s3/images/Rita_2.jpg "Rita Soronen, President and CEO of the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption") Rita Soronen, President and CEO of the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption 

 

[CSRwire](http://www.csrwire.com/blog/posts/1772-dave-thomas-foundation-helps-bring-foster-kids-and-families-together)

Helping children move from foster care to permanent homes is a challenge in the United States. Many children age out of the system without ever having found a loving adoptive family. Aging out without the support of a loving family can have negative consequences on a person’s future. The Dave Thomas Foundation is working to connect more foster children with the families they deserve.

Rita Soronen is the President and CEO of the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption. The Foundation is a non-profit dedicated to raising awareness about the more than 100,000 children in the United States living in the foster care system. Ms. Soronen is focused on developing signature, grant-based programs that quickly move children from foster care to permanent, loving adoptive families.

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*Kelly Eisenhardt is Co-Founder and Managing Director at BlueCircle Advisors, an environmental compliance and sustainability consulting and training firm based in Massachusetts ([www.bluecircleadvisors.com](http://www.bluecircleadvisors.com/).) In her role at BlueCircle Advisors, she is responsible for providing business intelligence, strategy and implementation of environmental, social and governance (ESG) risk programs.*



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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