CHampions for change 2024
We are excited to host Champions for Change, an exclusive evening honoring an adoptee, adoptive parent, adoption professional, and government official. We are now accepting nominations. Complete the form below to nominate a government official, adoption professional, adoptive family, or adoptee that you know that has made a change!
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Nominations will close on September 20th.
CHampions for change
2024 Event
We recently hosted Champions for Change, an exclusive evening honoring an adoptee, adoptive parent, adoption professional, and government official. Award winners were nominated by their peers as Champions for Change in 2024. We are extremely grateful to everyone who attended and for the great honor of highlighting the collective power in the room that evening as we continued collaborative conversations to strive to meet the needs of South Carolina children and families in the years to come.
Thank you to our award winners who aim to meet the needs of vulnerable children in South Carolina.
Adoptee: Brooke Jeffcoat
Adoption Professional: Starla Fowler
Adoptive Family: Deborah Wessel
State Agency Leader: Mike Reichenbach
CHampions for change 2023
Adoptee: Carolyn Abrahamzon
Honorable Mention: Brittney Clow
Adoptive Parent: Carrie Tucker
Honorable Mention: Hannah Hunter
Adoption Professional: Dale Dove, Attorney at Thompson Dove Law Group
Honorable Mention: Rebecca Moore, Residential Clinical Director at Thornwell
Government Official: Michael Leach, State Director for SCDSS
Honorable Mention: Murrell Smith, Speaker - South Carolina House of Representatives
