Friends of Wednesday’s Child and The Story Book House have joined forces to bring more care and enrichment to the lives of North Texas children in foster care.  The Story Book House is proud to offer 10% of the proceeds from the sale of book gift baskets and art prints to benefit Friends of Wednesday’s Child.

The clever and beautifully arranged book gift baskets are a wonderful and thoughtful way to celebrate a birth or birthday, or to mark a milestone in a young child’s life. Each book gift basket has carefully selected high quality picture books that celebrate the best in literature and illustrations.  They are colorfully wrapped in a decorative, reusable container and may include a plush animal, doll or fun toy.  Each book gift basket is created with great imagination, care and pride.  Also, they can be safely shipped anywhere.

Use promotional code WC0602 when ordering online at The Story Book House.  If you call or visit the store to place an order, please state you are with Friends of Wednesday’s Child.  Visit The Story Book House at 2925 Fairmount Street, Dallas, Texas 75201, or call 214-740-9401; 1-888-907-8679.

On Friday, June 11th, Friends of Wednesday’s Child celebrated their new location and new name with an open house. Now located at 2801 Swiss Avenue in the Wilson Historic District, Friends of Wednesday’s Child has a beautiful and spacious office in the center of a non-profit community sponsored by the Meadows Foundation.

This move would not have been possible without the generous support and assistance provided by the Meadows Foundation and the Hoblitzelle Foundation, for which Friends of Wednesday’s Child is extremely grateful. Board members, Alliance members, partners, and friends joined us at this new location to celebrate our mission, to bring hope and healing to North Texas foster children, and the recent accomplishments that will enable us to serve more children in more ways.

Channel 8 News anchor, Gloria Campos, has been the producer and face of WFAA-TV’s program, Wednesday’s Child, for almost twenty years. The segment, which features foster children in hopes of finding them a forever home, has led Gloria to become a strong supporter and a public voice for the children we serve. When Gloria spoke at the open house, she emphasized the importance of providing for the needs of foster children and helping them to experience as normal a childhood as possible. At the event, Suzanne Bock Grishman, the new president of The Hearts and Hands Alliance, announced that Leanne Tuohy, the inspiration for The Blind Side, will be this year’s speaker at the Annual Luncheon on December 3rd at the Ritz Carlton. She also announced that Larry Friedman will be starting a men’s Alliance to establish more support for Friends of Wednesday’s Child. We are very excited to use our new and more easily identifiable name, Friends of Wednesday’s Child, and our larger office space to continue fostering change in the lives of North Texas foster children.