Adoption Initiative Conference June 9-11, 2016

You’ll want to attend this popular biennial Adoption Conference!  The next one will be June 9-11, 2015.  It will be held at Montclair State University, Montclair, New Jersey which is close to New York City.   Spend a couple of extra days and tour New York City.

The conference includes lots of good discussions, new information, meet professionals in the field of adoption as well as meet those touched by or interested in adoption.  The theme is Myth and Reality in Adoption:Transforming Practice Through Lessons Learned.

For more information:  www.adoptioninitiative.org

When: June 9 – 11, 2016

Where:  Montclair State University, Montclair, New Jersey

2015 Adoptee Reunion – Journey Home to HK

2015 Hong Kong Adoptees Reunion – Journey Home

Week of November 8, 2015 in Hong Kong

 
We invite adult adoptees from Hong Kong orphanages to attend our next reunion, which will be held the week of November 8, 2015 in Hong Kong.  This is a special opportunity to meet other Hong Kong adoptees like yourself – to share adoption experiences, develop friendships and be part of our network.
 
Come join your fellow HK Adoptees in discussion group meetings, special arranged visits to Hong Kong orphanages, as well as sightseeing, free time and lots of eating! Friends and family are welcome to attend too.
 
Explore your pre-adoption and HK cultural history in a fun, informal and spontaneous way. This is also an opportunity for you to look for your Hong Kong records, birth family and relatives.
 
See what fun we had at our first Hong Kong Adoptee Reunion held in 2010. 
 
 
If interested in attending, please register by contacting us at  info@fanlingbabies.com

Feb 28, 2015 Special San Francisco Event

Tribute to Muriel Tonge,  St Christopher’s Supervising Nurse

Feb 28, 2015 we will host a special event in the San Francisco area to honor Muriel Tonge.  In the early 1960’s, she was the Supervising Nurse at St. Christopher’s orphanage in Hong Kong.   It’s a rare opportunity to hear a first hand account from one of our care takers.  Any adoptee interested in attending, please send email to hkadoptees@yahoo.com

NYC Picnic – August 2012

Location – NYC, specific park being discussed and TBA
Date – August 2012, day TBA

Open to to Hong Kong, Taiwanese, or Chinese adoptees, friends & family.

This will be the first gather for the USA Hong Kong Adoptees Network. As it is the first USA HKAN meet this will be a casual picnic. As the initially two co-founders of the USA group are from NYC, they felt it would be good to keep it simple to start with. It is hoped in the future that it will grow and be held in different places each time.

Please contant Kimberlee Mar to register your intrest, have questions or what to be kept informed about this or future events details on the Contact page.

(unfortunately the event was cancelled)