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News The Annual FRUA conference was held in St. Louis in late March. We had a great turnout and some terrific speakers.
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Including Neighboring Countries-St. Louis, MO Chapter
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Welcome!!!
Welcome to the home page of the St. Louis Chapter of Families for Russian and Ukrainian Adoption Including Neighboring Countries (FRUA).
FRUA is a non-profit support network for adoptive families with children from the former Soviet Union and has chapters throughout the US.
Our role is to support adoptive parents living in the greater St. Louis region at all stages of adoption through sharing our experiences, holding several annual cultural and ethnic events, and working to improve our families.
St. Louis member families have adopted children from Russia, Belarus, Romania, Bulgaria, and Ukraine, and we hope to broaden country representation in the months and years ahead.
If you're ready to join online, please access the membership form through the first link listed on the left side of this page.
If you're already a member, come join us in our Yahoo Group at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FRUASTL-Members/ If you're interested in not only joining this new and growing St. Louis chapter, but helping out, please let us know.
FRUA Annual Picnic!!!
June 22, Sunday, from 1 - ?, at Des Peres City Park (corner of Ballas and Manchester, (kinda catty corner to West County Mall.
We look forward to our annual chicken and watermelon picnic. We plan to set up near the sprinkler and little kids playground. FRUA will have fried chicken, watermelon and drinks. Please consider bringing a side dish...appetizer, veggie dish, dessert...whatever! Thanks! We look forward to seeing everyone. LIttle ones might want to bring their bathing suit or a change of clothes.
Dvin: 8143 Big Bend Blvd (downtown Webster) Phone: 968-4000. Run by Lidia from Rostov and her friend from Kaz. Russian/Georgian cuisine. Named after a mountain in Armenia.
Taste of Europe: Last time I went by, it looked like it may have closed. It was at 725 New Ballas near Olive. Phone: 432-5050. Very clean, run by a Belarussian couple. Typical deli food but in the back there's frozen pelmeni, and other Russian treats like chocolates, candies, snacks, and other imported foods.
Zhivago's: upscale, great atmosphere and music (see link for more info).
Astoria - This may have closed!...it was at 12949 Olive, near Fee Fee and Olive. The phone # is wrong in the SWB book.
Rizzo's - On Olive in Univ. City (blue awning says "Fish") One enters from the alley into a deli full of authentice Russian/Eastern European deli foods: sausages, hams, fish, oils, flours, pelmini, blinis, mustards, jams, juices, candies, etc.
a Russian book & art store:
Russian Art Expo 7921 Forsyth Blvd., Suite A (near India's Rasoi, down the stairs), St. Louis, MO 63105, Phone (314) 721-2254, Time 12.00 -19.00, The owner is Svetlana and it is closed on Sundays and Tuesdays.
(Please let us know of other Eastern European restaurants in the St. Louis area that we've excluded!)
As for churches, see the link to the left for St. John's (Russian). There's also a Ukrainian Catholic Church - St. Mary's Assumption (Byzantine - Ukrainian/St. Nicholas-Chicago). Address info: 11363 Oak Branch Dr., P.O.Box. 10763, St. Louis, MO, Phone: (314) 487-1786
Chapter Address
Families for Russian and Ukrainian Adoption
Including Neighboring Countries
St. Louis Chapter
C/O Kim and Jerry Wood
511 Monroe Street
Desloge, Missouri 63601
