Russian Schools (fwd)

[Devin Browne]

This message was sent to me by someone trying to locate people to volunteer
as translators at a summer camp for Russian adoptive children in Lancaster,
Pennsylvania.  If you are interested, please contact Connie Stallings
directly at her email address listed at the bottom of the message.

Please forward this to anyone in or around Lancaster, PA (high school
teachers, university profs & grad students, etc.).  Thanks for your help!

Devin

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Hello,
I was on your web site while researching Russian Schools.  My name is
Connie  Stallings and I am with International Family Services Adoption
Agency.  We  are a non-profit adoption agency based out of Friendswood,
Texas, however we  have offices located all over the United States.

We are sponsoring "Summer Miracles 2001" this year (this is our 2nd year
for  this program).  This program is ultimately to find adoptive homes for
Russian  children ages 5 to 10.  The children are from Orphanages in
different parts  of Russia and we bring them here for a 5 week summer camp
experience.  While  they are here we get extensive media attention and try
to find adoptive homes  for all of the children.  (We do find some
prospective adoptive homes before  we bring the children here.)  We found
"forever homes" for all 46 children  last year and hope to be able to do
this for many more children this year.   We contact summer camps for
scholarships and also receive donations from  business' or individuals to
pay for other costs associated with this program.  I live in Lancaster, PA
  and hope to be able to do this for 20 children from  Russia.  We will
keep "my" group(s) of children within about 1 to 1.5 hour  radius of
Lancaster.  We are doing this with groups of 10 or 20 children in
different areas of the US.

I am writing to you because I was hoping maybe you could help me with
obtaining information.  I am trying to research schools that would have
high  school students or college students (needing lab hours, etc) to
volunteer  their time over the summer to go to the camp(s) with these
children to  translate for them.  These volunteers would have to live close
to or within  driving distance of Lancaster.  The kids won't speak much
English.  I have a  feeling that this may be a big project that will take a
lot of time.  That is  why I am starting the research now.

Would you have any ideas/suggestions?  Thank you so much for any help that
you can offer!

Connie Stallings
Adoption Consultant
International Family Services
414 Philmont Drive
Lancaster, PA  17601-2822
(717)581-1881
ConnieIFS at aol.com

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