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Share This morning on Omaha Morning Blend, a local talk show, Celeste Snodgrass, Holt’s Midwest branch director, discussed Holt International’s upcoming gala and dinner auction. Adoptive parent Juliet Brown and her son, Gavin, joined Celeste during the interview. “This event is going to help renovate the buildings at the Ilsan center in Korea,” said Celeste. “They have [...]  Share
Juntunen family on holiday. Several years ago, while volunteering at an orphanage in Haiti, Craig Juntunen’s heart was captured. Her name was Esperancia. “I can’t explain it at all, other than to say she instantly captured my heart. I called and told my wife that we were about to become parents,” he told [...] Share Join the Holt Ambassadors Network National Adoption Awareness Month – a wonderful time to spread the word about children throughout the world who need loving families – is coming up in November. Many Holt adoptive families have found a great way to raise awareness about adoption and help more children find families through the Holt Ambassadors [...] Share You Are Invited to Holt’s Annual Gala and Dinner Auction in Portland, Oregon Holt’s dinner and auction event in Portland, Oregon is coming up on October 16th. The event will benefit homeless and at-risk children in Vietnam and will be held at Montgomery Park at 5:30 p.m. There are more than [...] Share University of Oregon graduate Ally Tritten is currently in Thailand working with Holt Sahathai Foundation (HSF) as an intern with IE3 Global Internships. Ally, a family and human services major, will work for HSF for six months, helping to find homes for 200 children with special needs. The children are currently in government-run [...] Share A mother’s perspective When my nine-year-old declared there was “no way” he would go to Holt Adoptee camp for a whole week, I was disappointed. I was sure it would be a good experience, but he didn’t want to sleep away from home. I considered the usual parental options: persuasion, bribery and coercion! [...] Share Communities build around shared experiences. Every year, adoptees and their families gather at Holt Annual Picnics to enjoy the company of those who share the unifying experience of adoption. Last year, over 2,100 people attended Holt’s picnics, from Oregon to New Jersey and several states between. We hope you can attend a Holt picnic this [...] Share A week of self-discovery, friendship and fun “The Holt Adoptee Camps are about creating an adoptee community. International and transracial adoptees come together and get a chance to be around people who understand them,” said Holt Youth Services Coordinator Michael Tessier, a former camper and camp staff member. Every summer Holt manages five [...] Share Here is one way you can help orphaned, abandoned and vulnerable children in Holt’s care this holiday season…. When you enter amazon.com through Holt’s website all purchases you make through Amazon will benefit children in Holt’s care. ….Click here to go to the site and for more details Tweet Share Foster mothers from South Korea visit Holt Headquarters Two foster mothers from Seoul, South Korea, made the long journey to Holt’s headquarters in Eugene, Oregon in November for a very special day that would reunite them with the children they had said goodbye to so long ago. Mrs. Jang, Woo-kyung and Mrs. Lee, Chung-sun have dedicated their lives [...] |
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