FUTURE OLYMPIANS
  
     
 
  As the entire country prepares for the Beijing Olympics, the children of TCH were introduced to the Olympic idea at a recent Friends in the Park gathering. Each child participated in different sporting activities and each received a gold medal.  
Hong Men makes the victory sign
      
Hao Huan is a future badminton
player
 
     
     
     
 
  Children’s Home Program
Birthday Celebrations
 
   
   
     
 
 
 
Dongguan Home
Yu Hui celebrates his first birthday!
      
Dongguan Home
Hai Chi celebrates his first birthday!
 
     
 
  Medical Care Program
Surgeries
 
   
   
     
   
   
   
     
 
  Foster Care Program
 
   
   
     
 
Hai Yu (boy)
Foster Care (FC) Mother—Zhang Zhao Lian
Foster Care (FC) Father—Li Jiu Hui
Fourth time foster parents
Wen Yi (girl)
FC Mother—Li Yun Jiano
FC Father—Li Guo Wen
Second time foster parents
 
     
 
  Foster Care Program
Friends in the Park
 
   
   
     
 
  Friends in the Park is a quarterly gathering of TCH children and their foster care families. Approximately 18 children attend each outing where they are enjoy games and rides, a snack and play time with their friends. This is also a good time for foster parents to meet each other and share the joys of being a foster parent. This month the Dongguan Volunteer Association, Humen Branch, joined in the fun.
Fushengang Park
    
 
     
 
  Birthday Celebrations
 
   
   
     
   
     
 
  Community Outreach
 
   
   
     
 
BAYVIEW HILL ELEMENTARY MAKES A DIFFERENCE
  
     
 
   
 
     
  Students at Bayview Hill Elementary School in Richmond Hill, Canada, led by teacher Kate Sluser, made a commitment to help the children at True Children’s Home. The students organized a bake sale to be held during the annual Arts Night. Students, staff, and parents prepared delicious treats to sell. The bakers worked hard and created enough treats to continue the sale for several days. Through their hard work and dedication the students at Bayview Hill Elementary School raised $2,000 for the children at TCH.  
 
 
 
  Thank You For Making a Difference!
 
   
   
     
 

 

Thanks to Doctor Vinit Mahesh of Huntsville,
Alabama, who donated Albuterol Sulfate and
Pulmicort respules to TCH. Used with a nebu-lizer these medications open the airways of children with asthma, bronchitis and respiratory problems.

 
A child gets a breathing treatment
 
     
 
  True Hero
 
   
   
     
  There are many people working together to make a difference in the lives of children that come to TCH.
Each month we will spotlight one of those individuals as our True Hero.		  
     
 
For over two years, Mr. Yang, owner of Fengxing Bottled Water Company, has been providing 150 gallons of bottled water per month to our first children’s home in Dongguan. Tap water is unacceptable for the health of the children so there must be purified bottled water to mix with the children’s formula. Thank you Mr. Yang for making a difference in the lives of children at True Children’s Home. You are a True Hero!
 
     
 
  Succesful Adoptions
 
   
   
     
 
 

Wei Luo and her adoptive family
from the U.S.
Yu Ming and his adoptive family from the U.S.
  
   
 
Ai Kun and his adoptive family from the U.S.
    
 
 
 
 
  Adoption
Update on Jack (Yu)
 
   
   
     
 
Jack (Yu) Hears a Whole New World
 
     
  After bringing Jack home from China in August 2007, we were thrilled to learn from our various doctors that Jack’s cleft lip and palate repair were done so well that he wouldn’t need further surgery until age four. Thanks to the wonderful caregivers at True Children’s Home and the skilled hands of Dr. Li, we could focus our attention to Jack’s other special need—his hearing loss. Along with bilateral cleft lip and palate, Jack was also born with bilateral microtia, or small ears, which is the cause of about 50% hearing loss in each ear.  
     
 

We worked with a pediatric audiologist to find the right solution for Jack. After several months of trials, we decided that Jack could hear the best with behind-the-ear hearing aids. Because of Jack’s small ears, we have to use toupee tape to stick the aids to his head behind his ears to keep them in place. It does the trick and Jack wears his hearing aids almost all day, every day. Finally, in June, Jack received his very own, personal hearing aids! He was so excited, and he showed them off to his Daddy when he came home from work.

It has been amazing how well Jack can hear now. During the past year, he has had to go through so many adjustments—a new family and home, a new language, new doctors—and having these incredible hearing aids has helped him tremendously to hear his new world. He is so curious and interested in his environment, pointing and wanting to know the names
of everything around him.

In August, Jack will start going two days a week to a Mother’s Day Out program at our church with his big brother, who will be in the preschool.
A happy Jack
  
 
     
  When Jack turns three next year, he’ll have the opportunity to join a special class for hearing impaired children where he will learn how to listen. Our hope is that he can continue going to preschool part of the week with his normalhearing friends as well. One day, we hope he will be able to hear and speak well enough to mainstream
into regular Kindergarten by age five.		  
     
 

We are so thrilled to have Jack in our family. He is a wonderfully sweet and smart child, and we’re so proud that he is our son. And, we will always be thankful to True Children’s Home for doing so much for Jack to help him have the best possible life.

—Jack’s Mom
 
Jack shows off his new hearing aid
 
     
 
  Adoption Update
Cara (Ni) and Max (Zhi)
 
   
   
     
 
 
 
Cara (Ni) and Max (Zhi) got together with their new families in
the U.S. for a play date. They seemed to recognize each other and
even shared a cookie!
  
 
 
 
  Vital Statistics
 
   
   
     
  Children who received care—84  
     
  Surgeries performed—87  
     
  Children transitioned to foster care—48  
     
  Children adopted—23*  
     
  *Children have been adopted into families in China, Holland, Spain and the U.S.  
     
  True Children’s Home relies on donations from individuals, organizations and corporations. One hundred percent of donated funds goes into one of our four programs: children’s home, medical care, foster care or community outreach.  
     
  True Children’s Home is affiliated with China Care foundation, a 501c3 non-profit organization. Donations to TCH are completely tax deductible. All administrative expenses are underwritten by Alan and Twila True.  
     
  If you would like more information on how you can help, contact us at info@truechildrenshome.org or visit our website at www.truechildrenshome.org.  
     
  For monetary donations, please make the check payable to China Care Foundation. In the Memo/For section of the check write “True Children’s Home.” All checks must be drawn on a U.S. bank. Send your check to True Children’s Home, c/o True North America, P.O. Box 51057, Irvine, CA 92619-1057. To make donations by credit card, please visit our website at www.truechildrenshome.org.  
     
     
 
Making a difference in the lives of children…..one child at a time!