Cheryl Adair
Founder and CEO of Suitcases for New Beginnings.
Cheryl is a Special Ed Teacher’s Aid at Forsyth Elementary School in Forsyth, Mo.
She has an associate degree in Elementary Education and is certified for Wedding and Party Planning, she is currently a CASA supervisor. She is a mother of 3 grown sons and a grandmother of 5 beautiful granddaughters.
Cheryl grew up in Muskogee, Oklahoma. She is the oldest of 6 children; her father was a physical and mentally abusive alcoholic and a child predator. When Cheryl was 14, her father kicked her out of her home. She lived on the streets until she was placed in a foster home.
Cheryl was fortunate to have loving foster parents and a place to call home.
She dedicated herself to this project because she knows how it feels to be placed in a foster home. Walking in a strange house with people you don’t know with a trash bag carrying some personal items is one of the most scariest things that could happen to a child. It also makes you feel like you are unwanted, unloved, and thrown away like garbage.
She doesn’t want any child going into foster care to feel that way.