STARS Connection

Foster Care & Adoption e-Newsletter
Summer 2007

 
Dear Theresa,
Hooray for cookouts, baseball games, picnics, swimming, amusement parks and ice cream. When skys are sunny and it is hot, families enjoy being outside.
In This Issue
Ice Cream Social
Struggle for Identity Presentation
101 Tools for Tolerance
President's Message
Ice Cream Social

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Foster and adoptive families are welcome to attend STARS Ice Cream Social on Thursday evening, August 2, 6:30 to 8:30 at Church of the Apostles in Lancaster.
 
 
 
 Many thanks to Turkey Hill Dairy. They donated the delicious ice cream for this STARS event.

Struggle for Identity A Conversation 10 Years Later
STARS Presentation on September 13, 2007

FREE Children's Programming is available.

 
    Join us for the DVD presentation and discussion of Struggle for Identity - Issues in Transracial Adoption and A Conversation 10 Years Later. In the DVD, adoptees discuss their experiences growing up in transracial adoptive families. They delve into complex issues such as confronting stereotypes and racism, fitting in with their birth culture, learning to define themselves in terms of race and creating multicultural families. Their compelling voices of experience are touching and their observations are honest and heartfelt.
 
101 Tools for Tolerance
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Take a few moments to read 101 Tools for Tolerance. You will learn ways to promote diversity and equity in everyday situations. Some of the ideas are things to do. Some will make you ponder. Some are ideas to remember. This informative web guide explains how to model tolerance within our families, our schools, our workplaces and our communities.
Thanks for your continued interest in STARS.
 
Warm regards,
 

STARS President

President's Message

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Summer is the season for lots of outdoor activities. STARS had its Second Annual Cookout on Sunday, June 24.  Families gathered at Buchanan Park in Lancaster on that beautiful sunny day, ate picnic foods and participated in games. The children blew bubbles, played on the playground, worked out with hula hoops and wore star shaped sunglasses.

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