Amazing testaments to how long children are waiting for the one thing every child should have – a forever family.
Showing posts with label Orphan No More. Show all posts
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Thursday, November 10, 2016
Orphan No More!
Amazing testaments to how long children are waiting for the one thing every child should have – a forever family. 
Friday, July 1, 2016
A Big Shout Out to our NC Senator Richard Burr
A Big Shout Out to our NC Senator Richard Burr for signing the letter in
support of opposing the Drastic 95% USCIS fee increase!!!!
Friday, June 3, 2016
Watch Me Now: Girl Receives Doll with Matching Prosthetic!
Source: foxnews.com
The gift of a new toy is met with enthusiasm by most children, but for one Texas girl, a doll that looks just like her triggered tears of joy.
Courtney Fletcher Bennett gave her daughter Emma a new American Girl doll that was custom fitted with a prosthetic right leg, just like hers.
Read more.
The gift of a new toy is met with enthusiasm by most children, but for one Texas girl, a doll that looks just like her triggered tears of joy.
Courtney Fletcher Bennett gave her daughter Emma a new American Girl doll that was custom fitted with a prosthetic right leg, just like hers.
Read more.
Sunday, May 8, 2016
Adoption Tax Credit – Big Event Coming up! Help make an impact!
NCFA has big news and we need your help! There are two events in Congress next week and our collective voices are so important.
On May 11 over 200 people from across the country will be advocating for the Adoption Tax Credit as part of RESOLVE’s Advocacy Day.
There will be a Member Day Hearing on Tax Legislation on Thursday, May 12, at 10:00 AM in the House Ways & Means Tax Policy Subcommittee. The hearing is a unique opportunity for House Members on both sides of the aisle to present their ideas to improve the tax code, and we want to make sure they know how important the ATC is to children in need of families.
In light of these two events taking place next week, we urge you to spread the word and contact your Representatives on May 9, 10 or 11 and ask them to:
1. Co-sponsor the Adoption Tax Credit Refundability Act (H.R. 2434/S. 950) and
2. Attend the Member Day Hearing on Tax Legislation and speak in support of making the ATC refundable.
(To find your Representative, go here: http://www.house.gov/ )
In other news, our bipartisan congressional briefing on Tax Day, April 18th, was a success! Senator Roy Blunt (R-MO), Senator Bob Casey (D-PA), Representative Diane Black (R-TN) and Representative Danny Davis (D-IL) were honorary hosts. As Representative Black said in her remarks, “Families have room in their hearts to adopt, but they don’t always have room in their budget.”
Adoptive mothers, Margaret Fink, Christine Brinker and Laura
Hertenstein, shared moving stories about their adoption journeys and how
the credit has impacted their families. The importance of a refundable credit is more apparent now than ever.
“This credit made my family possible.” – Grace Brinker & mother, Christine, of Pennsylvania
Since our bipartisan briefing on April 18th, the Adoption Tax Credit Refundability Act, H.R. 2434, gained two new cosponsors!
Keep showing Congress how passionate you are about passing H.R. 2434/S.950 on behalf of children in need of families. There are nearly 108,000 children in U.S. foster care who are waiting to be adopted.
Warm Regards,
The ATC Working Group Executive Committee
American Academy of Adoption Attorneys
Adopt America Network
Christian Alliance for Orphans
Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute (Secretariat)
Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption
Donaldson Adoption Institute
National Council for Adoption
North American Council on Adoptable Children
RESOLVE: The National Infertility Association
ShowHope
Voice for Adoption
On May 11 over 200 people from across the country will be advocating for the Adoption Tax Credit as part of RESOLVE’s Advocacy Day.
There will be a Member Day Hearing on Tax Legislation on Thursday, May 12, at 10:00 AM in the House Ways & Means Tax Policy Subcommittee. The hearing is a unique opportunity for House Members on both sides of the aisle to present their ideas to improve the tax code, and we want to make sure they know how important the ATC is to children in need of families.
In light of these two events taking place next week, we urge you to spread the word and contact your Representatives on May 9, 10 or 11 and ask them to:
1. Co-sponsor the Adoption Tax Credit Refundability Act (H.R. 2434/S. 950) and
2. Attend the Member Day Hearing on Tax Legislation and speak in support of making the ATC refundable.
(To find your Representative, go here: http://www.house.gov/ )
In other news, our bipartisan congressional briefing on Tax Day, April 18th, was a success! Senator Roy Blunt (R-MO), Senator Bob Casey (D-PA), Representative Diane Black (R-TN) and Representative Danny Davis (D-IL) were honorary hosts. As Representative Black said in her remarks, “Families have room in their hearts to adopt, but they don’t always have room in their budget.”
Adoptive mothers, Margaret Fink, Christine Brinker and Laura
Hertenstein, shared moving stories about their adoption journeys and how
the credit has impacted their families. The importance of a refundable credit is more apparent now than ever. “This credit made my family possible.” – Grace Brinker & mother, Christine, of Pennsylvania
Since our bipartisan briefing on April 18th, the Adoption Tax Credit Refundability Act, H.R. 2434, gained two new cosponsors!
- Rep. Tim Murpy (R-PA)
- Rep. Vicky Hartzler (R-MO)
Keep showing Congress how passionate you are about passing H.R. 2434/S.950 on behalf of children in need of families. There are nearly 108,000 children in U.S. foster care who are waiting to be adopted.
Warm Regards,
The ATC Working Group Executive Committee
American Academy of Adoption Attorneys
Adopt America Network
Christian Alliance for Orphans
Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute (Secretariat)
Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption
Donaldson Adoption Institute
National Council for Adoption
North American Council on Adoptable Children
RESOLVE: The National Infertility Association
ShowHope
Voice for Adoption
News From Armenia: A loving son, a fun brother – a fulfilling life.
Source: http://digital.olivesoftware.com
By Katie Martin
Some events in life are priceless such as weddings, graduations or births.
But for Christie Orta, an important life moment was a simple trip to the beach a couple of weeks ago.
“That one moment was worth more than every penny we paid and every tear that I cried, just to see him sitting in the ocean,” Christie said as she showed a video of her newly adopted son, Edgar, 4, playing in the surf.
“He was so excited he didn’t know what to do with himself,” she said. “He was flapping his arms so hard I’m surprised he didn’t fly away, he was just so excited.”
Since 2013 Christie and her husband, Raymundo Orta, have been working through the adoption process to bring Edgar, who has Down syndrome, home from Armenia. In February, they, along with their biological daughter, Laura, 9, officially became a family of four, bringing Edgar home to Savannah.
“I think he has completed our family in ways that we never thought he would. He’s made us a better family,” Christie said. “People have said he’s so blessed to be in a family now, but I think the opposite. We’re so blessed to have him.”
Read more.
By Katie Martin
Some events in life are priceless such as weddings, graduations or births.
But for Christie Orta, an important life moment was a simple trip to the beach a couple of weeks ago.
“That one moment was worth more than every penny we paid and every tear that I cried, just to see him sitting in the ocean,” Christie said as she showed a video of her newly adopted son, Edgar, 4, playing in the surf.
“He was so excited he didn’t know what to do with himself,” she said. “He was flapping his arms so hard I’m surprised he didn’t fly away, he was just so excited.”
Since 2013 Christie and her husband, Raymundo Orta, have been working through the adoption process to bring Edgar, who has Down syndrome, home from Armenia. In February, they, along with their biological daughter, Laura, 9, officially became a family of four, bringing Edgar home to Savannah.
“I think he has completed our family in ways that we never thought he would. He’s made us a better family,” Christie said. “People have said he’s so blessed to be in a family now, but I think the opposite. We’re so blessed to have him.”
Read more.
Friday, April 22, 2016
Friday, March 25, 2016
Georgian Crush. A Little Adrift by Shannon O'Donnell
Source: www.alittleadrift.com
Maybe it was the wine. Or perhaps it was the latticed balconies? The unfettered hospitality played a part. And the idyllic scenery was persuasive. For the life of me, I can’t pin down precisely what made Tbilisi, Georgia so charming.
Since I left the country in late October, I took on the mantle of fangirl for the Republic of Georgia. I gush about it to any willing ear. I returned home late last year to holiday dinners and nights spent playing cards with friends. Between these engagements, I edited photos from my fall travels. Each night, with a swipe of the keyboard, a new image flashed on the screen. Like a slide projector warming up, memories flickered into my consciousness. Each cropped and straightened photo rekindled my crush on this beautiful little city in the far east of Europe.
Read more.
A Little Crush… Uncovering the Charms of Tbilisi, Georgia
Maybe it was the wine. Or perhaps it was the latticed balconies? The unfettered hospitality played a part. And the idyllic scenery was persuasive. For the life of me, I can’t pin down precisely what made Tbilisi, Georgia so charming.
Since I left the country in late October, I took on the mantle of fangirl for the Republic of Georgia. I gush about it to any willing ear. I returned home late last year to holiday dinners and nights spent playing cards with friends. Between these engagements, I edited photos from my fall travels. Each night, with a swipe of the keyboard, a new image flashed on the screen. Like a slide projector warming up, memories flickered into my consciousness. Each cropped and straightened photo rekindled my crush on this beautiful little city in the far east of Europe.
Read more.
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