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Co-President:
Sandra Olson
Vicky Pitts
Database Coordinator:
Beth Ellen McKinney
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Secretary:
Beth Euler
Newsletter Coordinator:
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Ellen Allam
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Archive of Past Events
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2006 Speakers/Events |
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April 8, 2006Monthly meeting
Saturday, April 8, 2006 5 pm - 7 pm Dallas Gymnastics Center
(www.dallasgymnastics.com) 4350 Sojourn Education and your children Guest Speakers: Keith and Pam Quarterman, adoptive
parents, will be speaking on education and your children. Pam is the Director at Oakhill
Academy which focuses in children with learning differences and/or ADD/ADHD. Meeting Details
Dinner: Dinner will be potluck. Bring a dish to share and drinks
for your family. Members with last names starting with:
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A-G please bring a casserole/main dish ·
H-N please bring a dessert dish ·
O-Z please bring a salad dish (fruit, vegetable, green, pasta) DFW FRUA will provide paper products. Childcare: $6/child Children will be free to enter the gym as soon as they finish
eating. The Dallas Gymnasium
staff will supervise the children's use of the gymnastics areas. However, you
must RSVP to Vicki Davis at dfwfrua@benefit1.com with your
child(ren)'s names and age(s) by Thursday April 6th. The cost is $6/child.
Dallas Gymnasium will not be able to accommodate those children who do not
have reservations. This is due to the instructor/student ratio requirements
set by the facility. Thanks in advance for contacting Vicki as quickly as
possible before each meeting. |
May 7, 2006Family PicnicSunday, 4:00 to 6:00 pm |
May 20, 2006Gently Used Children's Items Sale
Saturday, 8 am - 3 pm All proceeds from this event will go toward our Orphanage Support Fund. What type of items can DFW FRUA members and other generous contributors donate? Clothing, shoes, coats, toys, books, stuffed animals, bedding, baby items, sports equipment, furniture, etc. How can I donate? Items can be donated in the following ways:
Please consider donating your time to help make this event a success. Email Lisa Knoop at lknoop@hotmail.com to volunteer to help us raise funds. Your donations of items and time will go directly toward lessening the plight of Eastern European orphans. Also, as a benefit for our members, there will be "members only" shopping on Saturday, May 22nd from 7-8am. This will be an excellent opportunity to get things for your own kids. All items
remaining after the sale is over will be donated to Buckner Orphan Care
International. |
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If you have a meeting topic or activity event suggestion, please email your Co-Presidents Blake Deatherage or Cathy Heleski. We'd love to get your input on the topics and events you want. |
Past 2005 Speakers/Events |
January 8, 2005DFW-FRUA Annual Russian New Year
Potluck Party
Saturday, 5 pm
- 8 pm Grow Bag Item of the Month: Children's ClothingCost is $5/family for FRUA
members, $10/family for nonmembers.
Each attending family should bring a Russian dish to share. After dinner, there will be cultural entertainment for the whole family by the Krassovska Ballet. The evening will end with a visit from Grandfather Frost and the Snow Maiden who will have a small cultural gifts for the children. |
February 19, 2005Parents Cultural Movie Night Out -
"Alexander Nevsky"
Saturday 7 pm
- 9 pm Grow Bag Item of the Month:
Hygeine Items
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March 12, 2005Good "Kid Stuff" Sale
Saturday, 8 am
- 4 pm All proceeds from this event will go toward our Orphanage Support Fund. What type of items can DFW FRUA members and other generous contributors donate? Clothing, shoes, coats, toys, books, stuffed animals, bedding, baby items, sports equipment, furniture, etc. How can I donate? Items can be donated in the following ways:
DFW FRUA members can donate their time the following ways:
Please consider donating your time to help make this event a success. Email Lisa Knoop at lknoop@hotmail.com to volunteer to help us raise funds. Your donations of items and time will go directly toward lessening the plight of Eastern European orphans. Also, as a benefit for our members, there will be "members only" shopping on Saturday, March 12th from 7-8am. This will be an excellent opportunity to get things for your own kids. All items remaining after the sale is over will be donated to Buckner Orphan Care International. |
April 8, 2005DFW-FRUA Group Readoption
Friday, 12pm
(Noon) DFW-FRUA members will have the opportunity to participate in a Group Re-adoption Ceremony on April 8th at 12pm in Tarrant County. Susan Paquet, a renowned attorney in the DFW area who specializes in Adoption Law, has agreed to provide legal services to our chapter for a reduced rate. Legal fees per family for the re-adoption will be $350 (Susan's regular fee is $550). Out-of-pocket expenses will be $320 for one child, $420 for two children and $520 for three children. Out-of-pocket expenses include filing fees, postage, copies, mileage, parking and birth certificate fees. There is also a $15 charge from the state to process each persons fingerprints. So total costs per family not including fingerprints will be $670 to readopt one child, $770 for two children and $870 for three children. DFW-FRUA members who wish to participate in the Group Re-Adoption should contact Susan Paquet directly at (817) 596-3337 on or before December 16, 2004. Please identify yourself as a DFW FRUA member (membership dues must be current) to participate in the April 8, 2005 Group Re-adoption at the reduced rate. Please be aware that space is limited to 15 families so "first come, first served". See the Group Readoption page for more details. |
September
2005
Saturday, September 10, 2005 5 pm - 7 pm 200 Fitness Court Grow Bag Item of the Month: Poly-Vi-Sol Vitamins
or Chewable Children’s Vitamins
Building a Lifebook for your Adopted Child Guest Speaker: Kathy Johnson, a StampinUp
Demonstrator, will be speaking on how to create a Lifebook for your
child. Kathy will demonstrate
some ideas on how to create pages and how to create lasting memories for your
children. Meeting
Details
Dinner: $6.50 per
person over age 12, 12 and under free
Everybody Fits will be serving a spaghetti dinner, buffet
style, to our group from 5-6pm.
The meal will consist of a side salad, spaghetti with choice of meat
or meatless sauce, cookies, lemonade and water. Please RSVP to Vicky
Davis at dfwfrua@benefit1.com with the number of people who will be
eating and their ages by Friday, Sep 2nd. Those who do not RSVP for the
spaghetti dinner will need to eat before arriving to the meeting or from the
snack bar at Everybody Fits. The
new policy at Everybody Fits is that people may not bring their own food into
the facility.
Childcare: $4/child During the speaker portion of our meeting, the Everybody Fits staff will
supervise the children's use of the gymnastics areas. However, you must
RSVP to Vicky Davis at dfwfrua@benefit1.com with your child(ren)'s names and age(s) by Friday, Sep 2nd.
The cost is $4/child. Everybody Fits will not be able to accommodate those
children who do not have reservations. This is due to the instructor/student
ratio requirements set by the facility. Thanks in advance for contacting Lisa
as quickly as possible before each meeting. |
October
2005
Saturday, October 8, 2005 5 pm - 7 pm 200 Fitness Court Grow Bag Item of the Month: Dental Care Items
A Cultural Look at Life in Russia Guest Speaker: Sharon Hudgins author of, “The Other
Side of Russia: A Slice of life
in Siberia & the Russian Far East.”
will share her experiences in Russia set within their historical and
cultural context—Lake Baikal, the cities of Vladivostok and Irkutsk, the
Trans-Siberian Railroad, farmers' markets, New Year's, Christmas, and Easter
celebrations, housing conditions, and the education system. Meeting Details Dinner: $6.50 per
person over age 12, 12 and under free
Everybody Fits will be serving a spaghetti dinner, buffet
style, to our group from 5-6pm.
The meal will consist of a side salad, spaghetti with choice of meat
or meatless sauce, cookies, lemonade and water. Please RSVP to Vicky
Davis at dfwfrua@benefit1.com with the number of people who will be
eating and their ages by Friday, Sep 30th. Those who do not RSVP for the spaghetti
dinner will need to eat before arriving to the meeting or from the snack bar
at Everybody Fits. The new
policy at Everybody Fits is that people may not bring their own food into the
facility.
Childcare: $4/child During the speaker portion of our meeting, the Everybody Fits staff will
supervise the children's use of the gymnastics areas. However, you must
RSVP to Vicky Davis at dfwfrua@benefit1.com with your child(ren)'s
names and age(s) by Friday, Sep 30th. The cost is $4/child.
Everybody Fits will not be able to accommodate those children who do not have
reservations. This is due to the instructor/student ratio requirements set by
the facility. Thanks in advance for contacting Lisa as quickly as possible
before each meeting. |
November 19, 20055th Annual DFW-FRUA International
Adoption Fair
Saturday 10 am – 5 pm
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Past 2006 Speakers/Events |
January 7, 2006Annual Russian New Year Pot Luck
Party
Saturday 5-8 pm
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February
11, 2006
Saturday 10 am – 5 pm Dallas/Fort
Worth Families for Russian and Ukrainian Adoption (DFW-FRUA) invites you to
join us for our February get together. An Adoptive Family will be speaking on
a recent Homeland Tour their family made. The meeting is going to held at the
Dallas Gymnastics Center. The children will be free to enter the gym as soon
as they finish eating. The Dallas
Gymnasium staff will supervise the children's use of the gymnastics areas.
However, you must RSVP to : Vicky
Davis. with
your child(ren)'s names and age(s) by Monday, February 6th. The cost is
$6/child. Dinner will
be potluck.
The Grow Bag item of the
month: Hygeine Items (shampoo/baby shampoo, soaps/baby wash, lotions, dental
items. For more details go to the Grow Bag Page
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. March 25th, 2006Monthly meeting
Saturday
5:30 – ?? pm |
Archive of Past Speakers/Events |
