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September 2003

More links have been added to the Adoption page.

Click here for an article from the Stockton Record about another Chinese girl who attended the same Children’s Citizenship Ceremony at the Sacramento Zoo.
Pictures from the Citizenship Ceremony are now on the Photo Album page.

Today was Citizenship Day for Emily. There was a ceremony held at the Sacramento Zoo by the local office of the BCIS (formerly the INS). It was in a covered outdoor amphitheater with a stage. There were a few speeches then each child was called up to pick up their Certificate of [...]

Click here for “Changing lives around the world:Couples who adopt overseas delighted with their daughters” from the Coshocton Tribune (Ohio).

Click here for “Readers share adoption stories from the heart” from the Seattle Post Intelligencer.
Click here for “Helping to hold up half the sky”, a Chinese adoption related news article from the Gilroy Dispatch (California).
Click here for “China’s orphan is Pepperell couple’s joy” from the Pepperell Free Press (MA).

Some adoption agencies are reporting that people with DTCs up through late November 2002 received their referrals during the last few days.

Click here for “Couple to honor daughter’s heritage” from the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Click here for “Local families settling in after SARS adoption worries, delays” from the Appleton Post-Crescent (Wisconsin).

Click here for “With adoption final, joys of parenting begin” (a Chinese adoption related news article) from Florida Today.

According to the Chinese adoption internet bulletin boards, people have been receiving their referrals today. Their DTCs were October and November 2002 (up to mid-November).

Family pictures from the California State Fair are now online. Click here to view.