Adoptive Parent's Conference! {AKA Meet Superkids Volunteers!}

We are so excited to be presenting at the Adoptive Parent's Committee Conference in New York City next weekend! Both Keely O'Dell and Erin Martin plan to be there with April Uduhiri, Wendy Stanley, Leta White, and Mary Chapman. We will be holding a workshop in the afternoon, but we will also be available to talk about Superkids and China adoption throughout the day. We are planning leave our lunch hour open so we have time to visit with anyone who wants to join us!

We are thrilled about this opportunity and hope to meet some of you there!

Come Join The Adoptive Parents Committee Inc., 
on Sunday November 22, 2015 at the 35th Annual APC Adoption Conference!
 Doors Open At 8:00AM 
St. Francis College Brooklyn, NY
 Key Note Speaker: Pat O’Brien President Citizens Coalition Of Adoptable Children, National Child Advocate Of The Year 2015 
For More Information Please Call (212) 304-8479 
Register Online! www.adoptiveparents.org 
70 Workshops, 35 Exhibitors & A Bookstore All In One Place, For One Day!

Webinar Time!

It is almost time for our monthly Superkids Spotlight webinar!

Join Superkids Pediatric Physical Therapist Keely O'Dell for an informative series on common medical needs seen in children available for adoption. Our November webinar will focus on children with neurological issues, specifically those related to the spine. 

Superkids Spotlight: Neurological Conditions Part Two - Getting to Know the Spinal Cord and Nerves

Adoptive mom, Jenny Calfee will be joining us to share her family's experience adopting a child with Brachial Plexus.

We will also be sharing some kids who are available for adoption!

Join us on Friday, November 20, from 1-2 PM EST

Update Time For... Gayly!

Gayly is a gorgeous 5 year old girl. She has post-operative complex CHD and developmental delays. Please watch her video and share it to help us her family! You can contact April Uduhiri at april.uduhiri@gladney.org for more information!

Thankful Thursday {#gratefulfor}

Right up at the top of our list of things we are #gratefulfor is...

Well...

YOU!

Each time we go to China and Taiwan we come to you asking for donations to take with us, each time our list is taken care of in short order. You bless us with financial donations, making our trips possible. You come up with fundraising ideas like being a charity organization in the NYC Marathon the other week. Some of you make sure that you bump our kids to the top of advocacy groups regularly. It all makes a difference and I'm proud to be a part of this community!

Playing with Legos, one of the many donations we took on our last trip.

You read, you share...

But more than all of that, you love our kids.

We meet these wonderful children and we fear just a bit that we will not be able to communicate their unique preciousness to you. We introduce them to you and time after time, you read, you share, and you fall in love. Child after child is seen for who they are. They are loved for who they are. Their family steps forward and they are brought home to flourish.

And for that, we are forever grateful!

What are you #gratefulfor today? Tell us on our Facebook page or comment here!

Wordless Wednesday {New Files!!}





Sweet Felicity {Taiwan}

Felicity is an adorable almost 12 year old girl who wears glasses and has a big smile. Superkids was not able to meet Felicity on our recent trip due to the typhoon disrupting our plans, but she is described by her caregivers as gentle, shy, and sweet. She loves to lend a helping hand to others and gets along well with her peers in school and at the orphanage where she lives.

Taipei 101 
Felicity loves creative activities! She enjoys doing arts and crafts, and drawing. She also took a music class where she learned to play the bongos! She likes to play games with her friends after school. On a recent trip to the zoo, Felicity fell in love with koalas!

Felicity is diagnosed as having mild/moderate mental disabilities. She receives some extra help at school, however she is in a class with her same aged peers. She does not need assistance with normal daily activities or self-care.

We hope to meet Felicity on our next trip to Taiwan – and maybe we’ll be able to bring her a stuffed koala!



Could sweet Felicity be your daughter?  For more information on Felicity, please contact Taiwan program caseworker Mary Chapman atmary.chapman@gladney.org.

Captivating Courtney {Under Consideration}

We were talking about Courtney recently trying to remember if she has any delays. Both of us who had met her just said, "I only remember her as being perfect in every way!" This little girl just exudes joy. She is such a little darling!



Courtney is 3 years old and her nanny was determined to show us everything she could do! She has limb differences, but she is very determined and figures out how to do what she wants to do!



We took a helmet for Courtney when we went to China in September since she cannot catch herself when she falls and she bumps her little head. We thought it might frighten or distress her to put it on her. Boy were we ever wrong! She absolutely loved it. As a matter of fact, one of the other kids was upset that we did not bring one for him too! It was so adorable watching her decorate her helmet with stickers.



She is doing very well developmentally. She walks, runs, and jumps. She can throw a ball and follows simple directions. She speaks in simple sentences. She is potty trained. She likes to color and can stack blocks. Pretty much she does everything you would expect a little 3 year old girl to do.



This little girl is so precious! We all just fell in love with her! Superkids has seen her several times, the first time being when she was only 10 months old. We have cradled her as a baby and watched her grow into the independent, amazing little girl she is today!



And now we get to share her with you! Courtney needs a family to help her continue to develop to her full potential. Could she be your daughter? Please contact April Uduhiri at april.uduhiri@gladney.org for more information.

And please share this post! Let's find Courtney's family together!