Volunteers Needed to Join the Christmas Gift Team to Korea

brighten the life of a child in Korea this Christmas

Holt needs volunteers to sign up for this year’s Gift Team trip to Korea. Every December volunteers on Holt’s Korea Gift Team deliver gifts and host celebrations for the children, foster mothers and caregivers at the Ilsan Center and Jeonju Babies’ Home—A tradition that the children [...]

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Witnessing Holt’s Legacy in Korea

Amy Weinkauf and her family share in the experiences of Holt-Korea adoptees traveling to Korea for the first time

By Amy Weinkauf

It is the end of day seven, and I understand that I have an interesting position on this Holt Heritage Tour. I don’t have any adoptees to immerse in Korean culture, or [...]

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Christmas at Jeonju Babies’ Home

by Sally Dunbar, Holt Family Recruitment Specialist

Jeonju, Republic of South Korea—Few things are more precious than a child’s face on Christmas. The 2008 Holt International Gift Team hosted the annual Christmas party for infants and children at Jeonju Babies’ Home on Saturday. Jeonju is a homelike care center for infants and children whose birth families [...]

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The Gift of Happiness

by Sally Dunbar, Holt Family Recruitment Specialist

Ilsan, Republic of South Korea—It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas at Ilsan Center, known affectionately as Holt Ilsan Town! Today was the annual Christmas party at this residence center for homeless, disabled children and adults, some of them now in their late 50s and who [...]

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A Day to Honor Angels

by Sally Dunbar, Holt Family Recruitment Specialist

Seoul, Republic of Korea—Holt International’s 2008 Korea Christmas Gift Team held a reception party today to honor the Korean foster mothers who care for relinquished, orphaned or abandoned babies.

Today’s party at the offices of Holt Children’s Services of Korea (HCS) was the 40th Annual Celebration for Holt’s [...]

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