Holt Adoptee, Born Without Hands, Wins National Penmanship Award

On April 18th, Holt adoptee Annie Clark received the Nicholas Maxim Special Award for Excellent Penmanship. [...]

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To Help Them Grow and Thrive

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 [...]

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Rediscover Korea

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 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 [...]

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Holt Employee Testifes for Proposed Legislation on Cleft Lip and Palate Surgeries

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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 [...]

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The Tiger Mother Got It Wrong

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, [...]

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Building Adoptee Community... at Camp

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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 [...]

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Surviving, Learning, Laughing: A Little Girl's Smile

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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 [...]

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Same Path, Different Journeys — A Family’s Story

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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 [...]

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Surviving, Learning, Laughing

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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 [...]

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Surviving, Learning, Laughing: A Picture Really is Worth a Thousand Words

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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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