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Children's Hope International - Ohio Regional Office
5534 Brecksville Road, Independence, OH 44131
Call toll-free 877-408-4673
In This Issue:
CHILDREN'S HOPE-OHIO NEWS
A Message From Kellie Zaccardelli
Adoption Fundraising-Share your story!
Stay Connected-Yahoo Chat Groups
Read Past
E-newsletters
FAMILY EVENTS
Coming: Family/Friends Event
FAQ'S
Are there any magazines that focus on international adoption?
BOOK OF THE MONTH
US CIS ANNOUNCEMENT
ADOPTION TRAINING AND RESOURCES
Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital
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A MESSAGE FROM KELLIE ZACCARDELLI
ADOPTION FUNDRAISING: Share your story!
One common issue in international adoption is being able to afford the many costs involved. By the time families complete their Home Study and other adoption paperwork and bring their children home, families can incur expenses of over $20,000. We want to find out how families have creatively managed this expense. So, we are giving you an opportunity to share with other families your story of fundraising for your adoption. If you are fundraising or did fundraise, please share with us a little about your story, including the project, what you did to make it a success, about how much of your time it took, and how much you were able to raise. If you are just starting to fundraise for your adoption, please let us know what you are doing and how you are doing it. You can email your stories to ChildrensHopeOhio@yahoo.com.
We will share your stories in the Ohio Regional Office September E-Newsletter. We need your story by October 24th in order to include it in our November newsletter. And for you families interested in learning more, stay tuned!
Please note that we are no longer sending country program updates to all families. Families currently in process will be updated more frequently (once a month or more) via email. Current Families: If you have not been receiving these periodic updates, please contact us at so we can make sure you are added to our mailing list.
You can also click on the flags below to access updates on the Children's Hope website.
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STAY CONNECTED
Stay connected with Children's Hope families at
www.CHIfamily.net and by joining a
Children's Hope
Yahoo Group. If you are interested
in joining a Children's Hope Yahoo group, please email
Ann.Tollefson@ChildrensHope.net
and provide your name, country of adoption and
where you are in the process (just applied,
working on Dossier, etc.). Ann will then
send an invitation to join the Yahoo group(s)
that is best for you. Please note that you
will need to be registered with Yahoo before
accessing the Children’s Hope Yahoo Groups.
FAMILY EVENTS
We had a wonderful turnout at this year's Ohio Regional Office's summer gathering. Families enjoyed beautiful weather, a picnic lunch, and getting to know other adoptive families, while the children were able to ride ponies, pet bunnies and explore the farm. If you weren't able to join us, we hope you won't miss it next year!
Please click on the below pictures to better view them! If you have any pictures you would like to share in our next newsletter, please also send them to ChildrensHopeOhio@yahoo.com
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Click HERE to see more photos from the gathering!!
Save The Date: November 10, 2007
Save the Date!!!! November is National Adoption Month, and we are planning on holding an Adoption Awareness Day at the Ohio Regional office. This will be specifically designed for you family and friends to understand a little more about the importance of your adoption and how they can best support you through your journey. We will have some of our families share their experiences as well as a professional's suggestions. Please email us (childrenshopeohio@yahoo.com) if you and your family and friends are interested in attending (If you would like to help organize the event, we'd appreciate that so much. More information will be provided in our September Newsletter. aving a Family & Friends Day at the Cleveland office in November as we celebrate National Adoption Month. This will be specifically designed for your family and friends on how they can best support you through your adoption journey. We will have some of our own families share their experiences, as well as a professional's suggestions. Please email us (ChildrensHopeOhio@yahoo.com) if you and your family/friends are interested in coming as well as if you would like to help organize the event. Keep listening; we will have more information to come!
FAQ'S
Are there any magazines that focus on international adoption?
Adoptive families find support and guidance through many outlets including books, magazines, and blogs. Adoption Today magazine is a great tool for adoptive families to read about other families going through the same struggles, and also to learn about ways to incorporate your adopted child's culture and heritage into daily life. There are also tips and suggestions when traveling to meet your child. For more information about Adoption Today, please visit www.AdoptionToday.com
BOOK OF THE MONTH
By Liz Rosenbert and Peter Catalanotto
With
a simple, poetic elegance befitting her tender subject matter, Rosenberg
(Monster Mama) taps into the feelings of longing, love and joy that
accompany the adoption of a child. Catalanotto's (Emily's Art; Dad and
Me) images create an effective subplot: on the occasion of their son's
graduation from high school, a couple reminisces about the boy they
embraced as part of their family even before he was born. The author
creates a warm story of one family's experience, yet incorporates
accessible explanations of adoption applicable to many situations
("Somewhere in the world a mother gave birth to you, a father gave life
to you. We weren't your first father and mother"; "One day we got a
telephone call telling us to come. For you"). Working within the
emotional rhythms of this heartfelt trip down Memory Lane, Catalanotto
presents a series of radiant paintings that form a kind of treasured
photo album. With a combination of contemporary and timeless background
details, he depicts young Enrique as an infant being rocked to sleep by
his father, a beaming boy at the beach and, ultimately, as a proud young
man washing his car and heading off to college. A welcome addition to
the canon of picture books on the subject. Ages 5-9. Review taken
from www.amazon.com
US CIS ANNOUNCEMENT
This is a reminder regarding the new fees for filing the I-600A Advanced Processing for Orphan Petition. For singles, the total fee is $750 (filing + fingerprinting). For couples, the new fee is $830 (filing + fingerprinting for both parents). There is an additional $80 fingerprinting fee for each person 18 or older living in the home (i.e. adult children, grandparents, etc.). The good news: “If you already have an approved I-600A that is about to expire, and have not yet filed your I-600 petition, you can receive one free extension of your I-600A by filing a new I-600A without fee before the first expires.
Please note: If your I-171H approval expires after July 30, 2007, you will be allowed to file for a one time extension. To do this, you should send a letter requesting the extension. Included with the letter should be a copy of the current I-171H, the new I-600A application, a copy of your original home study, an updated/amended home study, and all the documents originally required (i.e. birth, marriage, divorce etc. certificates). This paperwork must be filed prior to the expiration of the current I-171H. If you have quetions about your specific situation, please feel free to contact Kellie at Kellie.Zaccardelli@childrenshope.net
ADOPTION TRAINING AND RESOURCES
RAINBOW BABIES & CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL
Excellent training opportunity:
A two-day session of education, resources and family support for parents and professionals interested in international adoption is scheduled for Saturday, September 15, 2007 and Sunday, September 16, 2007. The session will begin at 8:45am and will commence at 4:45pm and will be held at University Hospitals of Cleveland. This session is provided as a community service at no cost to families!
For more information, please click on the logo, or contact Lindsey Houlihan at 216.844.6241
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