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Spring Has Arrived! |
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Clara Mill Designs has been hard at work creating a new color line of necklaces for True Children’s Home. With
four colors to choose from: warm pink, cool blue, natural green and dark earth, you can find a gift for any occasion
(or even to celebrate yourself!) As with the previous collection, each necklace is custom made and hand painted with
the word “True” etched on the back, a forever reminder of the giving spirit of True Children’s Home and its many
generous donors.
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These necklaces are the perfect gift for mom, the graduate, teachers, or anyone special in your life. To purchase,
contact www.claramilldesigns.com. A portion of the proceeds from each purchase will be donated to True
Children’s Home—making a difference in the lives of children! |
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Children's Home
New Addition |
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Xin Xu
Born October 2008
Female
Cleft Lip and palate
TCH #2 |
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Orphanage Staff Visit TCH
This month, the Director of one of the
orphanages with whom TCH works,
came to Dongguan to visit the children.
The Director was accompanied by orphanage
staff and visited TCH 1 and 2,
and then spent time with the children in
foster care. |
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Yu Xiong celebrates his first birthday |
Hua Yi and friends celebrate her 2nd birthday |
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Yu Xiong before stoma closure surgery
Surgery Sponsor: Mary & Peter DeVries |
Hui Ying before cleft lip and palate surgery
Surgery Sponsor: Lorraine Glancy |
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| The children gathered with their foster mothers at a local park for a Friends in the Park outing. Students from West Island
School in Hong Kong spent the day with the children and foster mothers playing games, blowing and chasing bubbles,
making crafts and celebrating two birthdays. The children also enjoyed a few rides in the park before the end of the
day. |
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Xin En celebrates her 2nd birthday |
Hai Rong celebrates his 2nd birthday |
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A Performance to Remember
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| Students at Faust School in Hong Kong donated a portion of the proceeds from their recent performance of “Lord of the
Flies” to True Children’s Home. These funds will help provide heart surgery for Jing Lei. |
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Students from West Island School
Hong Kong visited the children at
TCH and enjoyed some time with
foster children and their mothers at
the Friends in the Park outing.
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Every Child Needs a Blanket
True Children’s Home recently received several
beautiful, plush, baby blankets from the nonprofit
group Blankets for Babies. Founded by
Lindsay Rattay, the mission of Blankets for Babies
is to give babies living in poverty and distress
the opportunity to be filled with hope, love,
warmth, joy and peace through the gifts of
blankets. For more information visit
www.blanketsforbabies.net. |
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Yun Long
Yun Long and his family are all smiles—especially
now that his cleft lip and palate surgery is complete.
The family recently acquired this sewing machine
which will increase their ability to increase their income. |
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QSI Dongguan Hosts Silent Auction to
Benefit True Children’s Home
Students, families and staff at QSI Dongguan, gathered
for fun and bidding at a Silent Auction fundraiser.
Their goal of raising enough funds to sponsor
surgeries for two children was exceeded. With the
energy and dedication of the staff and families they
raised funds to sponsor three children’s surgeries!
Thank you QSI Dongguan for making a difference in
the lives of these children. You are True Heroes!
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Wen Yi and her family from Sweden |
Xin Jue and her family from the U.S. |
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Xin Huan, her mother, father and big sister |
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Thriving in Denmark
The staff at True Children’s Home likes to stay in contact with the adoptive families of children who have been cared for at True Children’s Home. There was one child, Jun |
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Lin, who was adopted in July 2007 that we were unable to locate until a chance meeting between his adoptive parents and another TCH adoptive family. A posting on the internet brought two TCH families together and prov-ided the contact for Jun Lin (Albert) and his family in Denmark.
Jun Lin’s family reports that he is a cute boy with brown eyes and a cute nose. They are excited to have made a connection with other adoptive families of TCH children through ApaTCHina. |
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| http://groups.yahoo.com/group/apatchina |
| Adoptive Parents of Alumni of True Children’s Home-China, an online group exclusive to families who have adopted, or
have a referral for, a child who spent time at TCH. We hope to grow into a positive, supportive community that will foster
relationships with the families of TCH’s “brothers and sisters,” while discussing travel, continuing medical care at home
and general China adoption topics. We would also like to find ways to help TCH with fundraising. If you have a picture
of your child on a “boppy pillow”, your child might be a TCH alumni! |
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| http://www.claramilldesigns.com |
| Order hand-painted necklaces, teardrop or round style, to benefit the children of True Children’s Home. |
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| http://madebynikki.blogspot.com/ |
| Blogs for a cause selected TCH as their February 2009 charity. |
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| http://www.blanketsforbabies.net |
| Providing the gift of blankets to children throughout the world. |
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| Children who received care—100 |
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| Surgeries performed—111 |
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| Children transitioned to foster care—59 |
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| Children adopted—45* |
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| *Children have been adopted into families in China, Holland, Spain and the U.S. |
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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. Donations to TCH are completely tax deductible. All administrative expenses are underwritten
by Alan and Twila True. |
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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. |
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Working together we can make a difference in the lives of children…
one child at a time! |
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