Alex and Joel DeYonke

Hi! We’re the DeYonke’s! (Dee-Yawn-Key)

We are currently in the process of adopting our son from India! We matched with him in August, and we anticipate traveling to India to meet him and bring him home in February of 2026. The fundraising we are doing now is our final push to finishing this adoption– and we are hoping to fundraise $10,000!

Why Adoption?

We have always envisioned adoption as part of our story while growing our family. We were both raised with adopted friends and family members! We want a big house that is never quiet and always full of love. We’ve always seen ourselves with 3-5 kids. Shortly after we were engaged in 2018— we took adoption classes to prepare ourselves. We quickly learned— adoption is not about finding a child for our family, but its about giving our family for a child.

Why India?

We know we want our children to grow up with social mirrors— members of our community who are from their same ethnic group and culture.

Our house smack dab in the middle of Cary and Morrisville, North Carolina, home to over 50,000 Indian Americans (36% of the population!) We live around the corner from three Indian grocery stores, a handful of restaurants, and have an Indian pediatrician. Adopting from India made sense for our family for so many reasons.

Why Special Needs?

India’s adoption program is a special needs adoption program if you have no Indian heritage. We always knew we were open to adopting a special needs child, and were open to a variety of special needs. Our son will need bladder reconstruction surgery when he comes home, which will take 2-4 surgeries to correct.

Our Ask

We are hoping to fundraise $10,000. We truly think this process takes a village- and we are so grateful for your support.

There are multiple ways to help us raise our adoption fees:

-Tax deductible through the AdoptTogether platform here! -Venmo @Alex-DeYonke -Paypal [email protected] -Sharing our story within your community

We hope that by inviting you into this process, you will see yourself as part of the village we hope to build around our children as they grow up. Please follow along on Facebook or on Instagram, @deyonkedonkies. We also have a small yearly newsletter we send out with our Christmas cards if you send us your address!

We appreciate you more than you can know, and are forever grateful for your help growing our family.

Love,

Alex and Joel DeYonke