On April 18th, Holt adoptee Annie Clark received the Nicholas Maxim Special Award for Excellent Penmanship. [...]
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In 2007, Cindy Kaplan and Mishelle Rudzinski founded the SPOON Foundation, a nonprofit organization working to improve the way orphaned, fostered and adopted children around the globe are nourished. Here, Mishelle shares her story of adopting Bakha, who — along with Cindy’s son Jadyn — inspired the creation of this pioneering [...] Share The mother to the youngest member of Holt’s Korea heritage tour last summer shares about their experience by Lori Eurich My husband Dane and I took our 8-year-old son, Ryan, on last summer’s Holt Korea Heritage Tour to give him the opportunity to visit and experience his birth culture. We also wanted him to meet and thank [...] Share An adoptive father and longtime Holt employee recently traveled to Oregon’s capital city to testify on behalf of a bill that would increase insurance coverage for cleft lip and palate surgeries in Oregon. His story can be found on the front page of today’s Register Guard.
Lydia Hale, with parents Dean and Cindy Dean Hale, Holt’s [...] In China, Holt staffer Chris Zhen prepares many older children before they join their adoptive families in the U.S. Here, he shares insights from a recent visit with two older girls, now home with their families in Los Angeles, [...] Share An interview with Steve Kalb, Holt’s camp director and post-adoption services social worker. Every year, Steve organizes and designs curriculum for Holt’s six adoptee camps, now held in Oregon, Iowa, Georgia, California, Wisconsin and New Jersey. He also assists with background information requests and birth search counseling. Steve is a Holt International adoptee, born in [...] Share
Through candid (and often funny!) observations and heartwarming personal stories, a Holt adoptive mother shares the challenges and joys of parenting adopted children. Read more of Jane’s post adoption blogs by clicking here. by Jane Ballback, Holt Adoptive Mom Unlike the day we picked [...] Share Shane and Angel Moffitt have adopted twice through Holt’s China Child of Promise program for children with minor to moderate special needs – Holt’s most popular track to adopt from China. The first time was easy. The second time was anything but. by Robin Munro, Senior Writer Introducing Jaili Joi Moffitt. Lightning struck. And everyone fell in [...] Share by Jane Ballback Of the three of my adopted children, Stacee has always been the most curious and connected to her Asian roots. She began a very creative exploration process of what it meant to be Asian when she entered junior high. If you know anything about adolescent development, this is not at all surprising. Every [...] Share Through candid (and often funny!) observations and heartwarming personal stories, a Holt adoptive mother shares the challenges and joys of parenting adopted children. Read more of Jane’s post adoption blogs by clicking here. If you’ve been reading my blogs, you will know how much I love photography. I had my children photographed many times [...] |
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