Board Members and Partnerships
Our 2023 Board Members have had a huge impact in the community as well as peoples lives.
Melissa and Mark Matthews
Executive Director and Director of Development
The Co-founders and care-takers of this dream. Melissa has been teaching high school too long to count and volunteering with Seven Homes for Kids as the church and community liaison in Wilmington. Mark owned his own handyman business in Durham for many years when he decided to switch careers and take it easy as a barber. He brings plenty of business experience to the table as the Director of Development and Operator of Restored Styles.
They started the foster care journey 13 years ago. They realized then how lonely you feel when things get hard. They found Seven Homes for kids, a foster care agency based out of Greensboro 5 years ago and found real community. After meeting with their director an idea was born. When they moved to Wilmington the idea turned into a God sized dream. A home for families that need to feel restored after battling trauma, disease and discouragement. A home for fun, complete with handicapped accessible everything, therapists and nurses standing at the ready to offer their support, a pool, playground and treehouse with a secret lab all with a view of the water for those perfect sunset family photos. Yes, the Matthews’ girls had alot of input into what the house needed to be fun.
Board of Directors
Board Member-Danielle Weber comes to us with a wealth of knowledge in regards to the needs of medically fragile children. She is a nurse as well as a mother of a medically fragile child.
Volunteer Coordinator and Board Member-Cassidy McFadden is a full-time UNCW student studying Recreation Therapy in hopes to help people in creative ways for her future profession. She has a heart for helping others and want to support families around the community. She loves being able to interact with people and want to make genuine connections in order to spread the love of Christ with anyone and everyone which is why she is so good and getting volunteers to support us.
Prayer Team Leaders and Board Members- Richard and Karen Dwral- Richard is a retired professional photographer and Karen worked for the New York public school system. They have hearts for Jesus and pray regularly.
We have to give a shout out to those that support our mission, vision, and help keep things running smoothly around here. Wes Haney and Ken Maxwell.
2023 Community Partners
Check out our Donate page for ways you can sponsor an event.
