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International Adoptive Families
is a support group for families who adopt children from other countries. We provide information and support to people considering international adoption, beginning the process, or waiting for their child. We hold monthly meetings regarding the physical and emotional health of institutionalized children, and dealing with the paperwork. We welcome returning families or arriving children at the airport.
For more information contact us
Click here to print off a 2009-10 membership form if you wish to join the support group.
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March Meeting: Hygiene Kits for Haiti
Time: 5-8 pm on Saturday, March 13, 2010 at the Grace United Methodist Church located on the corner of Cherry and Jefferson in downtown Springfield. Parking on Cherry St, enter through east door. To RSVP please call 882-2516.
To recognize our organizations connection to Haiti, through our children adopted from there, we are making a contribution to the aid effort after the recent devastating earthquake
We invite all our families to donate items that our older children can assemble into hygiene kits that can be distributed to those in need in Haiti. We will be donating, to the Convoy of Hope, bags containing the following items:
- Full- size bottle of shampoo
- Hand towel
- Single-wrapped adult toothbrush
- Full size toothpaste
- Antibacterial bar of bath soap
- Comb
We invite children in middle and high school to a get-together to work on this project and to socialize with each other. We will serve pizza and lemonade.
Please donate items to help our kids help Haiti. We have two drop-off places:
For the east side of Springfield, near HWY 65, please leave them on Jessica Gerard’s front porch at 4349 E. Kensington. To get there, take E. Sunshine east of 65, go south on Blackman Road, east on Farm Road 156, then turn left north on Mumford into Ingram Hills Estates, then at the top of the hill turn right, to the second house on the left with the brick porch. You can leave the items at the front door. Phone: 882-2515 or email jgerard95@aol.com
On the west side of town, handy to Campbell and James River Freeway, drop off your donations at the Amplemans’ home,
5326 S. Woodfield Ave 65810 For directions, call Kate Ampleman at 877-1207, or email amplemanfamily@gmail.com
APRIL MEETING: Americas Party
Mark your calendars for our celebration of our children from Colombia, Guatemala and Mexico.
Once again, we will be having fun at the Ozark Mountain Gym on Saturday, April 10 from 6:30-8pm
For further information, call Shurdena Evans,736-2152 or email shurdenaevans@missouristate.edu
NEW SHANGHAI CIRCUS 4th Annual FAMILY REUNION on Friday, June 11
The Annual IAF PICNIC is on JUNE 26, 2010 from 4-8 PM at the PHELPS GROVE PARK in SPRINGFIELD
CAMP PANDA, the annual Chinese heritage camp presented by Missouri State University
and International Adoptive Families will be August 2-6, 2010
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