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The Freddie Mac Foundation's Wednesday's Child television program
presents a child every week who is waiting to be adopted.
Atlanta: Fox5
Wednesdays on the 6:00 PM Newscast
Sundays on the 10:00 PM Newscast
Los Angeles: Fox11
Wednesdays on the 10:00 PM Newscast
Sundays on the 10:00 PM Newscast
New York: NBC4
Wednesdays on the 5:30 PM Newscast
Sundays on the 7:00 AM Newscast
Philadelphia: NBC10
Wednesdays on the 5:00 PM Newscast
Saturdays on the 9:00 AM Newscast
Washington, DC Metropolitan Area: NBC4
Wednesdays on the 5:00 PM Newscast
Thursdays on the 10:00 AM Newscast
Sundays on the 9:00 AM Newscast
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Freddie
Mac Foundation's Wednesday's Child:
An Emmy-nominated Program
Freddie Mac Foundation's
Wednesday's Child -- an Emmy-nominated program with a proven track
record of success -- is a part of the Freddie Mac Foundation's national
campaign to increase adoptions of foster children.
Each Wednesday, a child in foster care who is available for adoption
is profiled on the local evening news. During a segment hosted by
a popular local newscaster, viewers are encouraged to learn more about
helping these children find homes, and a phone number is provided.
The children who are featured are usually children for whom it is
difficult to find families, since they are often older, in sibling
groups, and may have health and developmental needs. For these children,
this program is often their last chance to find a permanent home and
a family.
The Freddie Mac Foundation's Wednesday's Child program started
in the Washington, DC metropolitan area in 1992, a partnership with
NBC-4 and the Council of Governments. Its phenomenal success there
encouraged the Freddie Mac Foundation to expand the program nationwide.
Wednesday's Child is now shown in 5 cities: Washington DC,
New York, Los Angeles, Atlanta and Philadelphia.
The results have been outstanding. Since the program began, over 600
children have been placed in permanent, loving homes, giving them
a chance for a brighter future. And over 20,000 viewer inquiries have
been generated from people interested in becoming foster care and
adoptive parents. For more information, visit the Freddie Mac Foundation
website at www.freddiemacfoundation.org.
Foster Care
and Adoption:
An Urgent Need and a National Crisis
More than half a million children in the U.S. are living in foster
care and over 100,000 are waiting for a permanent adoptive family.
Children in foster care typically enter the system because of abuse,
neglect or some other serious dysfunction in their family. When children
grow up without permanent homes, they are in great danger of emotional
trauma, problems in school, risky behaviors, trouble with the law
and limited future opportunities. Studies show that children who have
grown up in foster care are overrepresented in the homeless and prison
populations. Children need a place to call home and a family to love.
The Freddie Mac Foundation's Commitment
to Foster Care and Adoption Programs
Freddie Mac is in the business of putting people into homes by helping
to finance them. Through Freddie Mac's philanthropy, they help brighten
the future for children and families, including helping to find homes
for children who have none at all. The Freddie Mac Foundation provides
grants, raises awareness and funds, and supports efforts to recruit
foster and adoptive families and speed up the adoption process.
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