May 3 In Sacramento Derby Day
Derby Day is an exciting opportunity to raise money for Wayfinder’s life-changing services. The afternoon at Mulvaney’s B&L features a live stream of the Kentucky Derby, Southern-inspired food, cocktails and more!
Honorees
Jean Minton
Wayfinder Community Council
Jean is Sutter Health’s Neuroscience Service Line Vice President. But at the height of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, she was a Peace Corps volunteer in Malawi. There, she saw too many children orphaned by AIDS.
After returning from Malawi, Jean joined the board of directors of Adopt a Special Kid. She learned how many children needed to be adopted in Northern California. Jean then joined the board of Lilliput Families when the two organizations combined.When Lilliput became part of Wayfinder, Jean joined the Community Council in Northern California.
“My commitment to children in foster care and the Wayfinder mission has been an important part of my life for the last 10 years,” she says.
In 2022, Jean and her husband became certified resource parents with Wayfinder. One evening after dinner, they received a text from their Wayfinder social worker. Were they open to fostering a 13-month-old girl? They said yes, and that evening, Jean and Matt welcomed Arya into their family. They adopted Arya last spring.
Learn more at www.wayfinderfamily.org/derby
December 4, 2024