Contact List:


President:
Jennifer Greenman
Vice President:
Anna Burdumy
Treasurer:
Kay Tracy
Newsletter Editor:
Jennifer Greenman
Internet Contact:
Gina Pollock
Membership Chair:
Michele Scott
Playgroup Coordinator:
Katie Shemwell
Events Coordinator:
Anna Burdumy
Grow BAg Coordinator:
Alison Evans
Orphanage Support:
Gina Pollock
South Central PA Contact:
Gina Pollock

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	FRUA NATIONAL
	FRUA-PA ANNOUNCEMENTS - YAHOO LIST

FRUA-PA Who we are:

We are the Pennsylvania chapter of FRUA, Families for Russian and Ukrainian Adoption, Including Neighboring Countries. We sponsor social events and orphan outreach programs throughout the year. We also publish information on Eastern European Cultural events in Pennsylvania and therapuetic, medical and educational support for adoptive families. FRUA-PA is a 501(c)(3) non profit corporation.

We currently have 84 member families in our chapter and we are looking to actively grow our membership across Pennsylvania through the establishment of regional subchapters. FRUA National has over 2,000 member families. Membership in FRUA is easy and inexpensive. To join see our links below.

We continue to welcome all families who have adopted from or are planning to adopt from the former Soviet Republics and other Eastern European countries. Currently, our chapter represents adoptive families with children from:

• Belarus
• Latvia
• Lithuania
• Russia
• Ukraine

Important Hague Announcement by US Department of State: The DOS has published the list of agencies approved to offer adoption programs in Hague convention countries:

http://travel.state.gov/family/adoption/convention/convention_4169.html

If you are planning to adopt from one of the following EE/former soviet countries and did not have your i600a filed by March 31, 2008, be sure you select a Hague accredited agency:

Albania, Armenia, Azerbijaijan, Belarus (currently closed), Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Estonia, Republic of Georgia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Poland, Romania (currently closed), Slovakia, Slovenia.

FRUA-PA Annual Fall Hayride: Saturday evening, October 11, 2008 at Linvilla Orchards. Please meet us at 5:45 in the hayride area at the little house beside Pumpkin Land, for a 30-minute hayride. The hayride will depart at 6:15 and will be followed by a 45-minute bonfire. The cost per person is $8.00 for FRUA members and $10 for non members, and everyone (including babies) is counted. We have reserved two private wagons (a 50 person and a 30 person) just for FRUA and will have a private bonfire to roast hot dogs and marshmallows and drink cider (all included). Your reservation and payment for this gathering is due in advance, by October 5, and is non-refundable. Please send a check, payable to FRUA-PA, to Jennifer Greenman 4 Thomas Drive, Boothwyn, PA 19061 to reserve your hayride space. Include a list of attendees with your payment. Reservations will be accepted on a first come, first served basis. If you have any questions, email Jennifer Greenman at wgreenman@hotmail.com

FRUA-PA operates a chapter-affiliated Grow Bag Program. Grow bags are given to adopting parents and are filled with good donations (clothing, over-the-counter medicines, toiletries, and developmental toys) collected by our membership. The bags are hand delivered to the orphanage by the traveling family. The family then returns the Grow Bag back to FRUA-PA to be refilled for the next traveling family. Participation in the Grow Bag is availble only to FRUA members.

FRUA-PA member Michele delivering Grow Bag to Russian Orphange