Save the Date! Holt Picnic in Lakewood, NJ

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Hot diggity dog, it’s still summer time! Come celebrate children from near and far at Holt’s annual picnic in Lakewood, NJ. All are welcome! There will be a special meet-and-greet session for new and prospective adoptive families to talk with Holt staff about adoption. There will also be fun children’s activities and special [...]

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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 Happenings: Holt Family Picnics

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Holt International’s Annual Picnic in Portland — Saturday, June 28th, from 11:00a.m. – 3:00p.m. at Washington Park (in the Elephant House Shelter next to the playground equipment in the back of the park), in Portland. I hope you, your family, and friends can join us for a day of food and fun – [...]

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Adoptees in the News: Number 10 Downing Street

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Kara Siert, a 12-year old Holt International adoptee from China, recently made an appearance at the home of Britain’s Prime Minister. This update on the young author of the children’s book Tales of Cunburra and Other Stories comes from her mother, Linda Siert:

“Kara continues to remain cancer free after nearly two [...]

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Adoptive Families Post: From an Ethopian Orphanage to the Presidential Campaign Trail

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Only a few weeks ago Eli Werness was in a child care center in Ethiopia waiting for his adoptive parents. And now, he’s already meeting the presumptive Democratic nominee for President of the United States, Barack Obama, up close and personal.

The little boy was one of the first Holt is placing with adoptive parents [...]

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Holt Happenings: Holt Family Picnic—Sacramento, CA

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Hot diggity dog it’s summer time! Come celebrate children from near and far at Holt’s annual picnic in Sacramento, California. All are welcome! There will be a special meet-and-greet session for new and prospective adoptive families to talk with Holt staff about adoption. There will also be fun children’s activities [...]

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