HIC Ohana Garrett Sullivan has been selected by the Small Business Association as this year’s Small Business Person of the Year. Garrett and his wife, Janis Loo (former and present HIC Board members, respectively) are adoptive parents and inspirations to everyone for their service to the community. You can read the entire article on page [...]
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The Annual Vietnam Adoptive Families Pot Luck Picnic held on June 27, 2010 at Kapiolani Park was great fun! The children laughed and played the parachute game and found new uses for all the other fantastic toys provided by organizer Lori Mozdren.
“It was my pleasure to help you organize the picnic! We all enjoy seeing the children grow up [...]
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HIC maintains a list of waiting children available for adoption. Please contact John at 808-589-2367 ext. 202 for more information. Clients who are interested in available children must have a completed, valid and approved home study in order to receive child information. If you would like to receive waiting child information, please complete the Intent [...]
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There are some upcoming changes expected in the Taiwan Program. A new law in Taiwan will require that all children be more strongly considered by local families before being considered for intercountry adoption. For this reason, we should expect referrals for older children in the future. As this law goes into effect, we will expect [...]
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HIC’s Taiwan Program is currently limited to Hawaii applicants only. All non-Hawaii residents currently in the program will be able to complete their adoptions. HIC is continuing to work with a number of highly respected social welfare organizations in Taiwan. We have completed four placements and two additional families are formally matched with Taiwan waiting [...]
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Welcome home and congratulations to the family of Jenny, a five year old girl who arrived home from Taiwan on 17 March. Two other families have been matched with children. One family has been matched with a five year old boy and another family is matched with a sibling pair.
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HIC’s new Philippines Program is now accepting applications. The wait time from the time of application until the time of travel is estimated to be no more than 2 years, with travel time in the Philippines lasting approximately 7-10 days. Children currently available are over the age of 2, although it is anticipated that younger [...]
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Once again an amazing group of volunteers, led by the multi-talented and tireless Karen Nishigata, delivered a fun-filled Lunar New Year Picnic!
In a reprise of last year’s venue, the McCoy Pavilion lawn was filled with laughing children, gregarious lion dances presented by the Hawaii Lion Dance Association, and Chinese games tutored by the Punahou Chinese [...]