ADOPT(ED) GOLF SCRAMBLE!

Just a reminder to sign up today for the Adopt(ed) Golf Scramble - it is held at the beautiful Golf Club of Oklahoma on October 4, 2010! Sign up as an individual or sign up your team HERE and email MINON if your business wants to be a tourney sponsor!

All proceeds benefit grants and loans to adoptive families, investing in the lives of foster care families, and international orphan care.

From last year's proceeds we were able to accomplish the following amazing things:

For Adoptions we gave out $16,000 in grants and loans that helped bring home 5 Children from Russia, South Korea, Ethiopia, and the US.  

We were able to provide financial relief in partnership with Thirst No More to feed hundreds of orphans, provide water treatment for thousands, and provided financing to purchase a brick press that is a start to a long term development project in Haiti.  The first project of the press is to provide a 2000 square foot trade school for an orphanage in Caboret, Haiti - http://jbahaiti.org/  

Internationally we have also sponsored two microloan projects for two women living in Cairo Egypt.  These women are widowers with children and we have assisted both of them by buying them sewing machines in which they can start seamstress businesses with.  We have also assisted with monthly food and financial assistance for these women to help them get going in their business during their first year of operation.  This project has been done in partnership with the Coptic Church  

Lastly, we have hosted the Tulsa Advocates for the Protection of Children meeting.  This meeting had over 150 individuals that were involved in fostering children in the Tulsa County DHS program.  This event was meant to encourage these individuals and help them advocate for other families to become foster care parents.  TAPC doesn't always have the funding to put on these events and we were able to also provide the meal in partnership with them.