Children's Hope International E-Newsletter

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE:

The Other Family
One Family Heeds God?s Voice for Another

BLOG OF THE MONTH:

Blog of the Month
More Paperwork?!
- In Photos

PARENT-TO-PARENT:

Parent-to-Parent
Syncing a ?Special? Family Takes Teamwork

KIDS CORNER:

Kids Corner
Festival Kites to Celebrate
Your Adoption

Children's Hope
Easter Party 2008

PROGRAM UPDATES:

	China Children, Long Awaiting Parents, Find Forever Homes through Waiting Children Program
	Colombia Safe Travels into a Nation Just Out of Turbulent Times
	Ethiopia Eight Families See Referrals for their Ethiopian Child
	Kazakhstan Families Meeting to Bond with Their Sons
	Russia Spring Showers Bring a Flood of Travel for Happy Russia Families
	Vietnam New Parents Join Large and Excited Travel Groups to Complete Their Vietnamese Adoptions

Request a copy of our Adoption
Guide to see which program
is right for your family.

Help the lives of orphans by sponsoring a child today!

Get your church involved
with orphan ministry.

Our Accreditations

Children?s Hope Marathon Team

Spring is on, and your running shoes come on with it. It?s hard to be motivated to run for your fitness. Perhaps you need some inspiration?

Run for Hope!

This year, Children?s Hope International will have a team running in the Bank of America Chicago Marathon. Runners come from all over the world to participate in this event, considered to be the pinnacle of achievement for elite athletes and everyday runners alike. On Sunday, October 12, 2008 runners from all 50 states and over 120 countries will set out to accomplish a personal dream.

Running for CHI will mean running for a great cause - children in need of homes, health and hope. Become a part of something bigger this year ? come run with the Children?s Hope marathon team!

Registration

Register soon as the race is limited to 45,000 runners and fills up fast. (VERY FAST). Bank of America expects registration to close in April. Type Children's Hope International in the fill-in box after the drop-down list of charity names.

Click here to register online.
Click here for a downloadable mail-in registration form (PDF).
Click here to confirm your registration.

Once you are registered, please email Mary House with your confirmation number.

CHI Communication

Open the PDF of the Children's Hope Chicago Marathon poster by clicking the link above or the poster photo. Print out copies at home and use them to publicize your efforts in your health club, church, family gathering, etc. Use it to recruit runners and sponsors for your own run. If you are sponsored for over $500, you may choose to have CHI reimburse you for your registration fee of $110.

This CHI Run for Hope blog is a medium to communicate with one another as well as with committed and prospective sponsors. All you need to contribute is a confirmed registration to run and a Google account (if you do not already have one, simply follow the provided instructions in your blog author invitation.) You may add photos and information about yourself on your profile and share through your posts. You may add photos, video and links in your post, too. Let us know you want to blog! Your invitation is waiting.

Please talk this up among your friends and family. We need to recruit runners and sponsors in order to help children in desperate circumstances. It's the kids who make it all worthwhile.

We hope you are all as excited as we are. Keep thinking about the kids as you do your training for this event. Remember to pray for them and for each other as we all get ready to RUN FOR HOPE!

~Mary House mary.house@childrenshope.net