Our mission is to connect our community, promote healing and dare to dream of a truer, braver future for Hope & Home. 

there are few callings more important than taking care of our most at-risk populations. THe patterns of toxicity, abuse and mistreatment of staff and foster families at the hands of Ross and Jacque's leadership have negatively impacted this organization's ability to fulfill its duty to to the vulnerable children in our state.

An unredacted copy of this petition
Was mailed to Board members and Hope
& Home's attorney, Ray Deeny.

An unredacted copy of this petition was mailed to Board members and Hope & Home's attorney, Ray Deeny.

• Dick Shultz, Chairman
• Keith Cross
• Paul Darby
• Bob Lanting
• Roger Van Heyningen
• Dr. George Cresswell
• Justin Ball (resigned June 2021)

This original petition with 135 signatures and 25 personal statements or letters were mailed to current, known Hope & Home Board Members. We continue to have people reach out and ask to add their signatures to the petition. We have the updated the numbers on this website and will continue to do so until Ross Wright and Jacque Thurman-Wright are no longer at Hope & Home. The following people are current, known Board Members and are the same Board Members who hired Employers Counsel to interview 5 employees and 1 foster parent back in 2019.

JULY 6, 2021

ADDITIONAL LETTERS SENT WITH THE PETITION

90

former & current foster parents

We support the immediate removal of
Ross Wright and Jacque Thurman-Wright

25

former employees

18

foster parent leadership: mentor, support group leader and/or events speaker

20

donors

146

SIGNATURES IN TOTAL

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the fact that we can't fix everything must not stop us from doing what we can.

it has taken a village of support and a decade of attempts to bring this to light.