Fox Valley Adoption Support Group - History
The Fox Valley Adoption Support Group has provided invaluable support
for adoptive families for over 20 years. Its board and volunteers
hosted many activities including adult education seminars, children's
holiday parties at Halloween, Christmas, and Valentine's Day,
Bowling and Fishing Family Parties, Summer Picnics, a Playgroup,
and Progressive Dinners for Adoptive Parents. In recent years,
the demands on adoptive parents and the needs of current adoptive
families have changed. There has been a lack of volunteers to fill
the leadership roles of the group. Therefore the former board members
decided to disband the Fox Valley Adoption Support Group in the form
it was with board members, dues, and regularly scheduled activities,
effective January 31, 2007. The monies in the treasury have been
allocated as follows: $375.00 donated to Camp Pride Korea, $375.00
donated to Hands Around the World, and $50.00 to cover expenses of
our volunteer webmaster who will maintain the website and email list
as an adoption forum.
Fox Valley Adoption Group - Who we are
The Fox Valley Adoption Group is now an affiliation of people who
want to encourage adoptive parents in the Fox Valley area (in the
Chicago, Illinois, western suburbs) to get together and support
each other regarding adoption issues. Most of our members are from
St. Charles, Geneva, Batavia, North Aurora or Aurora, but others
live in other nearby towns, mainly in Kane and DuPage counties.
There are no membership dues. Our web site may be used as a forum
where events of interest to adoptive parents living in the Fox Valley
area may be posted, and we have an email list for all of our members.
If you want to post something, want to join, or have questions,
contact info@fvag.org.
Activities
Contact info@fvag.org for more
information.
Hands Around The World Culture Camps, JULY 14-18 2008, Roselle, Illinois
Hands Around The World is sponsoring six culture day camps: African
American, China, Eastern European, KISS (a Korean, Indian, Southeast
Asian Spectacular) Latin American, and a multicultural experience
for teens called The Cutting Edge. Culture Camp promotes healthy
identity development by giving adoptees an opportunity to immerse
themselves in self-discovery with peers, experience positive mentoring
and friendships, share their common experiences, support one another,
and learn about their rich heritage and traditions through specialized
hands-on activities and classes in ethnic cooking, arts and crafts,
native animals, music and dance, puppetry, language, martial arts,
ethnic games and more. Come join in the fun! For information and
registration materials, go to
www.handsaroundtheworld.com.
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