Families with Children From China,
Northern California Welcome! We are an international network of families who have
adopted, are waiting to adopt, or are considering adopting a child from China,
Hong Kong and Taiwan. Formerly the San Francisco Bay Area Chapter, we have
expanded throughout Northern California. We are an all-volunteer nonprofit
public benefit corporation with 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status from the IRS. We
have many regional groups in Northern California, throughout the greater Bay
Area, Sacramento/Sierra/Foothills, Chico/North Sacramento Valley, Fresno, and
the Central Coast. Please feel free to contact us at boardfccncalif@yahoo.com, or join our
organization by filling out our subscription form.
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Mailing address:
FCC - N. California, P. O. Box 6688, Albany, CA 94706
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Events
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Our Mission
Statement
Families with Children from China, Northern California
Chapter provides a network of support for adoptive families and waiting parents
to:
to promote
a spirit of philanthropy among FCC members for the benefit of orphans and
orphanages in China.
FCC Northern California provides local and regional networks of
support for families who have adopted from China, and is a source of information
for prospective adoptive parents. Membership fees are tax
deductible.
We sponsor many
events throughout the year,
including playgroups, get-togethers, and holiday celebrations for children and
families, Chinese culture and language groups, parents' nights out for informal
or panel discussions of many issues, forums for waiting and prospective parents
to meet and ask questions, and a growing list of other activities-all organized
by parent volunteers. Our network of families can provide links to information
about local services and resources. We strongly encourage families to connect
with their local Chinese American communities and the greater adoption
community. We actively support and cosponsor events with community
organizations, focusing on adoption, cultural, and educational opportunities.
Selected FCC-Northern California events and activities raise donations for
charitable organizations with a demonstrated track record of assisting children
in Chinese orphanages.
Browse our website which provides listings of
upcoming events and
playgroups, information on events in the larger Bay Area - Northern California
community, links to
cultural resources, selected articles from our
newsletter, and regional FCC
contacts, including playgroups, as well as parent support
groups.
Who May
Join
FCC welcomes all families who have adopted or plan to adopt
children of Chinese heritage, whether from China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, or the
United States. Many of our families have children from other Asian countries,
and have biological kids as well. We also warmly welcome prospective and waiting
parents, adult adoptees, friends of adoptive families, adoption agencies, and
other educational and business groups that support FCC's mission.
What You Get When You
Subscribe
Please join our chapter. Your
subscription is tax deductible to the extent permitted by law. Each year you
will receive issues of the newsletter containing a wealth of articles and
resources on adoption and transracial family issues, health topics, resources
available to our families, media and education issues, and much more. We also
send mailings about upcoming events, and a directory families may use to contact
one another.
Subscribe to
our Email Postcard List
Please join FCC and subscribe to our main
e-mail "postcard" list, which provides up-to-date information on FCC events,
community activities and resources. To subscribe, send a blank email to: fcc-ncalif-subscribe@yahoogroups.com.
Once subscribed, members can choose to receive the messages (0-3/day), receive
the daily digest form (that batches together each day's mail), or simply read
current and archived messages on the web at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/fcc-ncalif.