Twenty-two Haitian children, who came to Colorado under the humanitarian parole visa right after January's devastating earthquake, received wonderful news today:  Their adoption by their American parents has received court finalization!  Colorado's District Court of Arapahoe's Chief Judge Honorable William Sylvester resided over the finalization ceremony attended by adoptive parents, children, friends, media, as well as CCAI CEO Lily Nie. 

"CCAI is an amazing agency to work with.  Their tireless efforts make today's finalization possible," declared Judge Sylvester to the media. 

Congratulations to all the proud parents and happy children!  For more information on how you can adopt from Haiti, please visit us at www.haitiadoption.org.

June 21, 2010

Over 700 adoptive parents and children from all over the country attended CCAI's 16th Annual Reunion and Open House Carnival in Denver, Colorado, on June 19.   Once again, CCAI put on a huge party for its guests and supporters.  Old friends who traveled to China together and new parents who have just returned from China celebrated their friendship and adoption and enjoyed  the famous CCAI dumplings and hot dogs.  Children had tons of fun with endless games and yummy goodies.

A huge thank you goes out to the CCAI Adoptive Parents Council who helped cover the reunion expenses, as well as Teresa Krier, our amazing Office Manager, who spent countless hours in the past weeks to prepare for and coordinate the entire reunion event.

In August 2008, seventeen orphans' dreams to attend college came true as a result of Chinese Children Adoption International's visionary efforts.  This was the first time in Chinese history that full scholarships were made available to enable orphaned high school students to enter a higher learning institute - Changsha Social Workers College.  With CCAI's charity fund and its generous donors, the entire cost of their college education and living expenses will be covered until graduation. 

Now, they have successfully finished their 2nd year and, according to their college counselor Ms. Hur, "They are all doing very well!"  For more information on how you can sponsor an orphan for higher education, please contact us at donation@chinesechildren.org.

On Friday, June 18, Joyous Chinese Cultural School summer campers put on an impressive preformance showing off their Chinese dancing and vocal prowess, bringing their exciting week-long cultural camp to a very entertaining end.  In addition to dancing and singing, the campers displayed some daunting kung fu moves, expert Chinese conversations, and hilarious laughter. Thank you to all the JCCC Summer Camp participants and their parents!  We had so much fun!

June 8, 2010

Congratulations to nineteen families who received their long waited child match today from the traditional non-special need program, and thirty families who find their matches in May through the Waiting Child program!  Once again we thank our waiting families for their tremendous love, enduring patience, and steadfast support.  It is truly a privilege to serve all of you.    

Fifty adoptive parents and their children from Haiti got together on May 22, 2010 at CCAI headquarters to celebrate their first reunion since January's Haiti Earthquake.  Hugs, tears and laughter filled CCAI Meeting Hall where Haitian food prepared by CCAI staff was served.  It is amazing to see how well all the children of different ages have adjusted to their new life in America and how quickly the children and their parents and siblings have attached to each other.

Parents with children from Haiti also joined many other adoptive parents in the process of Haiti adoption to listen to a seminar on cross-racial adoption presented by Mr. Mark Miller.

For more information on adoping from Haiti, please visit www.haitiadoption.org 

May 22 was the last day of JCCC 2009-2010 school year.  Over 300 students and 600 parents and grandparents came to the parties where students of different ages showed off what they had learned to their proud parents and teachers.  Our huge thanks go to all the teachers who passionately believe in the importance of helping children understand their heritage, to all the parents who support JCCC's mission, and to all our students who allow us to have all the funs and great time.

Joyous Chinese Cultural Center is the largest and only adoptin agency operated learning center serving both the adopted children as well as non-adoptive children of all backgrounds.  2010-2011 school year will start in September 2010.  For registration information, please visit www.joyouscenter.org.

Xpress Yourself: A fun and helpful group for international adoptees ages 9 – 12

Whether or not your daughter feels comfortable opening up to you about her fears, questions, and frustrations about her experience as an international adoptee, wouldn’t it be nice to know she has a place she can go

• where she’s not singled out because she’s adopted, but fits right in?
• where she can breathe a sigh of relief and know she’s in the company of others who also have to answer well-meaning but sometimes hurtful questions about their adoption stories?
• where she can ask difficult questions about her birth family and know she’s not alone in wondering? 
• and finally, where she can integrate her unique adoption story into her identity in a positive and empowering way?

Launched in 2007, the Xpress Yourself program offers just such a space for adoptees between 9 and 12 years old.  Led by XY licensed therapists and following XY copy-righted curriculum that offers a combination of art and play therapy activities, pre-teen adoptees will have the opportunity to address the often difficult concerns all internationally adopted children face on  some level, in a way that is fun, non-threatening, and doesn’t feel like "therapy" at all, but rather a fun and creative group that’s just for her.  For more information, please visit www.chinaadopteen.org or send an email to mail@chinesechildren.org