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Information sessions for prospective parents
 | September 28, 2008 -- Open Arms to International Adoption presents a free
seminar on adopting from China starting at 1 p.m. at Mooredale House, 146
Crescent Road, Toronto (east of the Rosedale Subway Station)
Click here for
directions (requires Adobe Acrobat Reader PDF file 17k). |
Special Events and Celebrations
| November 2, 2008 –- Open Arms is pleased to present its annual holiday
party. Further details will be mailed to Open Arms members. |
Other Events of Interest
| October 18, 2008 –- FCC Toronto invites you to a special screening of
the new documentary film "Long Wait for Home" at 1:45 p.m. at the S. Walter
Stewart Library (Coxwell and Danforth area). Pre-registration is required
for this event.
Click
here for a registration form. Dr Changfu Chang, the film's
producer/writer/director will be present at the screening to share
information about the making of the film and to lead a question and answer
session afterwards. Dr Chang is associate professor of communications at
Millersville University of Pennsylvania. Long Wait for Home is a 50 minute
film, the culmination of five years of research and 100 hours of footage by
Dr. Chang and his crew. The film profiles three birth families, several
orphanages and presents Chinese views on international adoption. |
For more information about this and Dr. Chang's other films about
adoption, go to
www.lovewithoutboundaries.org. Dr. Chang will have available for sale
DVD copies of Long Wait for Home ($5.00 discount) and will offer his other
adoption-related documentary DVDs at 10% off.
| April 24 -– 26, 2009 – Dr. Jane Liedtke of Our Chinese Daughters
Foundation present a weekend of Chinese culture seminars and children’s
activities at the Great Wolf Lodge in Niagara Falls, Ontario. More details
can be found at the following webpage:
www.ocdf.org/gwl.htm |
For more information about how Open Arms can assist you to adopt from
China, please call Deborah Maw at (416) 966-0294 or e-mail:
info@open-arms.com.
If you have any feedback with respect to any Open
Arms events, including
comments or suggestions for future events, please e-mail us at
info@open-arms.com
Events that are not sponsored by Open Arms to International Adoption are
listed as a convenience for visitors to this web site. Open Arms does not
have any involvement with, or responsibility for, such events. In
particular, it should be noted that FCC Toronto (Central Ontario Families with
Children from China), an adoption support group for families who have adopted,
or are considering adopting, children from China in the greater Toronto area,
is not affiliated with Open Arms to International Adoption (or with any other
adoption facilitator). It has a separate board of directors and sets its
own policies and procedures. Membership information about FCC Toronto is set
out on the resources page of this web site.
This page updated September 29, 2008.
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