MeFCA
A Letter from
our Co-Presidents ...
To all former and current members of MeFCA (Maine Families with Children from Asia):
The MeFCA organization is changing its mission and we thought you might be interested in exploring the possibilities with us.
MeFCA was formed as a grassroots organization to be a resource for bringing together families with children from Asia. During its early days MeFCA was a vibrant organization. Thanks to the dedication of its board members and a core group of active members, MeFCA met its mission to provide opportunities for children, parents, and siblings to learn about and celebrate the richness of our children's Asian heritage.
As the years have passed and other opportunities to celebrate Asian heritage have increased and the networks our members established have strengthened, MeFCA has lost much of its driving spirit.
The Board recognizes that over the years, the face of adoption has changed. Likewise, the need exists to acknowledge and embrace all families brought together through adoption. As the face of adoption has changed, so must the focus of MeFCA. Having achieved our original mission, the Board wished to recapture some of its early enthusiasm and become a vibrant organization dedicated to the needs of all adopted families. This new incarnation, Maine Families Created through Adoption (MeFCA) wishes to tap into new technologies, and establish a network for supporting adopted children and parents.
Returning to its grassroots heritage, MeFCA will be a virtual organization, free of membership dues. We hope to establish family networks through the use of the internet and personal interactions. Our mission will be to bring families together through family gatherings and offer educational seminars related to adoption.
We hope the new MeFCA will provide opportunities to the adoptive community with the same success as its predecessor. Each of the Board members thanks you and we look forward to reigniting the spark in each of us that brought our families together.
Lisa Montagna and Jennifer DeCristoforo, MeFCA co-presidents
To all former and current members of MeFCA (Maine Families with Children from Asia):
The MeFCA organization is changing its mission and we thought you might be interested in exploring the possibilities with us.
MeFCA was formed as a grassroots organization to be a resource for bringing together families with children from Asia. During its early days MeFCA was a vibrant organization. Thanks to the dedication of its board members and a core group of active members, MeFCA met its mission to provide opportunities for children, parents, and siblings to learn about and celebrate the richness of our children's Asian heritage.
As the years have passed and other opportunities to celebrate Asian heritage have increased and the networks our members established have strengthened, MeFCA has lost much of its driving spirit.
The Board recognizes that over the years, the face of adoption has changed. Likewise, the need exists to acknowledge and embrace all families brought together through adoption. As the face of adoption has changed, so must the focus of MeFCA. Having achieved our original mission, the Board wished to recapture some of its early enthusiasm and become a vibrant organization dedicated to the needs of all adopted families. This new incarnation, Maine Families Created through Adoption (MeFCA) wishes to tap into new technologies, and establish a network for supporting adopted children and parents.
Returning to its grassroots heritage, MeFCA will be a virtual organization, free of membership dues. We hope to establish family networks through the use of the internet and personal interactions. Our mission will be to bring families together through family gatherings and offer educational seminars related to adoption.
We hope the new MeFCA will provide opportunities to the adoptive community with the same success as its predecessor. Each of the Board members thanks you and we look forward to reigniting the spark in each of us that brought our families together.
Lisa Montagna and Jennifer DeCristoforo, MeFCA co-presidents
Maine Families Created
Through Adoption ~
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Not flesh of my flesh, Nor bone of my bone,
But still miraculously my own.
Never forget for a single minute,
You didn't grow under my heart - but in it
--- Fleur Conkling Heylinger
But still miraculously my own.
Never forget for a single minute,
You didn't grow under my heart - but in it
--- Fleur Conkling Heylinger
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