We were lucky to catch up with Dwight Thomas recently and have shared our conversation below.
Alright, so we’re so thrilled to have Dwight with us today – welcome and maybe we can jump right into it with a question about one of your qualities that we most admire. How did you develop your work ethic? Where do you think you get it from?
I believe my work ethic comes from the need. The need for change, the need for education the need from the services I provide.
That gives me the work ethic. That inspiration.
Great, so let’s take a few minutes and cover your story. What should folks know about you and what you do?
My name is Dwight Thomas I am the Founder and President of Thomas For Them Inc, a little bit of our story… I am a State Licensed Private Investigator, during the pandemic I started this nonprofit organization to reunite the homeless with their families while also conducting people search for them to be able to find their love ones.
Three years in and we’re still doing this exact thing, we spread out to also helping the community by doing free background checks, people search and free ink fingerprinting for young adults and kids (considering they’re not in the system) parents having to deal with runaways, human trafficking etc this is a great resource for parents to have fingerprints on file to give to local police or and FBI.
We have implemented 3 new programs:
Operation My Child- Educating parents and children on human trafficking, benign episodes, runaways etc and also conducting free ink fingerprinting.
Re-Locked In- Is a program that reunites family’s and loved ones together.
A new step forward- Our inmate program where we go to jails and assist inmates that will be released within a year with family reunification, help with resumes and interview tactics that will help them better succeed in getting jobs when released.
Looking back, what do you think were the three qualities, skills, or areas of knowledge that were most impactful in your journey? What advice do you have for folks who are early in their journey in terms of how they can best develop or improve on these?
My life experiences, training and education were my most important qualities. My company and I do these things for a living. It’s really nothing special or hard about what I am doing honestly. I think just because I do it for a living.
I say do what you love, do what comes easy to you, do what you’re passionate about and be proud of what you’re doing. The combination of these things will allow you to change the world.
One of our goals is to help like-minded folks with similar goals connect and so before we go we want to ask if you are looking to partner or collab with others – and if so, what would make the ideal collaborator or partner?
Wow I think it’s a lot of people I would like to collaborate with, especially since I have 4 programs. I definitely would like to first collaborate with parents with Operations my Child it all starts with them.
Educators in all fields, Investigators, Child Investigators, Parents with experience on child issues.
City Officials
Government Agencies
Child organizations.
Inmate Program I would like to connect with Jails
Juvenile Detention Centers
Police Departments
Homeless Family Re-unification programs.
Nurses to provide basic duties
Mental health professionals
Health departments
Donors to donate and volunteer
Contact Info:
- Website: www.thomasfortheminc.org
- Instagram: www.instagram.com/thomasfortheminc
- Facebook: www.Facebook.com/thomasforthem
- Linkedin: www.LinkedIn.com/thomasfortheminc
- Twitter: www.x.com/thomasfortheminc
- Yelp: www.yelp.com/thomasfortheminc
- Other: If you like to volunteer/ need volunteer hours we can help. If you would like to donate items: clothes, shoes, food, hygiene products etc please send us an email to make arrangements. Monetary donations: zelle: [email protected] Cashapp: $thomasfortheminc You can also donate from our website. Thomas For Them Inc is a tax exempt organization all donations are tax deductible.
