Remembering ‘Grandma’

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A Page from Holt History

Nurse, farmer’s wife, and mother, Bertha Holt was simply “Grandma” to thousands of children adopted through Holt International, to all of the adoptive families including birth children, and especially to thousands of children who waited and hoped to be adopted.

After Harry Holt died in 1964, [...]

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Holt Families: A Family Gives and Works for Children in China

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The entire Dietrich family found creative ways to help children affected by the recent earthquake in China.  On a recent sunny afternoon in Reno, Nevada, they held a combination yard and bake sale.

Sisters, Maddie, 10, and Macayla, 12, took the lead; parents, Dan and Stephanie, and little brother Logan, 3, also got involved.  Both Dan [...]

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Holt Online: Transracial Adoption Interview to be Broadcast

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Susan Soonkeum Cox, Holt International Vice President of Public Policy, will speak on transracial adoption in an interview to be aired on BlogTalkRadio.  Host Dawn Davenport will interview Susan and take questions and comments from callers.

Susan, who was adopted from Korea during the early years of Holt’s work in international child welfare, has been an [...]

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