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Congratulations to families home in August 2010!
September 1, 2010
Listed below are the families who brought children home through our domestic infant and international adoption programs in August of 2010. Congratulations on the new additions to your families!
continue reading→Families are needed for Adoption Associates's Russia Program!
August 26, 2010
Many children continue to become available for adoption in our Russia program and families are urgently needed! Adoptions are still being processed in Russia and the outlook for this program is good as the U.S. and Russia continue their work on a bilateral agreement.
continue reading→Change a Life—Change the World 2010
August 24, 2010
You’re invited! Our Change a Life—Change the World Gala will be held on Thursday, October 14, 2010. We have selected the Goei Center at 818 Butterworth, Grand Rapids, Michigan, as our venue. Formerly the Kindel Furniture Factory, the Goei Center is a contemporary, loft-style venue with urban elegance and artistic class. Guests will be welcomed with champagne and hors d’oeuvres and then will have the opportunity to bid on exciting items through our Ten-Bid Auction. Dinner, prepared by some of the area’s best chefs, will be served “grazing style.”
continue reading→US Dept of State Suspends New Adoptions from Nepal
August 18, 2010
On August 6 the U.S. Department of State (DOS), in conjunction with the U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS), announced the suspension of new adoptions for children presented as abandoned in Nepal.
continue reading→Congratulations to families home in July 2010!
August 3, 2010
Listed below are the families who brought children home through our domestic infant and international adoption programs in July of 2010. Congratulations on the new additions to your families!
continue reading→Russia and U.S. Near Completion of Adoption Accord
July 29, 2010
Since the tragic April incident involving an adopted Russian child being sent back to Russia unaccompanied, a lot of reform has transpired between the two nations. An adoption accord is nearly complete. This important and historic work will pave the way for better processes for Russian children adopted into U.S. families.
continue reading→Congratulations to families home in June 2010!
July 2, 2010
Listed below are the families who brought children home through our domestic infant and international adoption programs in June of 2010. Congratulations on the new additions to your families!
continue reading→Families are needed for Adoption Associates's Ethiopia Program!
June 8, 2010
Adoption Associates is currently working with five orphanages—an increase of three—in Ethiopia where children continue to come into care. We foresee many referrals of children in the coming weeks and months that will be matched with families currently in process, but there will soon be more children available than there are families with which to match them. We are looking for families who can provide homes for these children so they won’t spend an extended period of time waiting in an orphanage.
continue reading→Congratulations to families home in May 2010!
June 4, 2010
Listed below are the families who brought children home through our domestic infant and international adoption programs in May of 2010. Congratulations on the new additions to your families!
continue reading→J & H Family Stores Support Adoption Associates
May 27, 2010
During the month of June, J & H Family Stores will be selling HERSHEY’S King Size candy at a special price and donating a portion of the proceeds to Adoption Associates.
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