Korea Adoption Poppy Fundraiser
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Hey everyone! We're so excited to share our first fundraiser to bring home our child from South Korea! For those of you who don't know us yet we're Amy & Kyle! When we first started dating it came up early on that we both imagined creating our family through adoption and after 6 years of marriage we have finally begun the process after a ton of research and lots of information sessions.
We ultimately landed on South Korea because we love the program and how wonderfully the children are cared for by their foster parents in Seoul until we are able to bring them home and because of the shared heritage Kyle will have with them! Kyle's grandmother and mother are from South Korea and we love that our child will be able to have some of their culture surrounding them as they grow up. We officially started the process on January 20th 2019 on the anniversary of when we first became a couple 8 years prior and since then it has been a whirlwind of paperwork, finger printing, doctors visits, notary appointments, lots and lots of education, social worker visits and much more. In June 2019 we finished our home study visits, received our official copy, and now it's in process with USCIS waiting for their approval. After that we are finally able to have our dossier sent to Korea and then it's the wait to be matched with our child! The part we're so beyond excited for!
When we get matched with our child, most of the funds are due. Adoption is an expensive (but so worth it) journey. Currently we are approved in our home study to adopt a single child or twins. We anticipate between agency fees, home study fees, country fees, travel, and miscellaneous expenses (multiple finger prints, home study updates, USCIS fees) that we will be paying approximately $50,000+ for one child and $75,000+ for twins. As one agency explained to us, Seoul is an expensive place to live and having the children with foster families instead of orphanage care makes it one of the more expensive programs. After a lot of research on attachment and the benefits for the child being with a foster family vs. an orphanage we decided it was so important to give them that great start in life to learn how to attach to a family and how much of a difference that can make that it was worth every cent extra with out a doubt.
If you're interested in seeing the breakdown of fees our agency has it published!
https://aacadoption.com/programs/korea-program/korea-adoption-cost.html
We've already been shifting our finances accordingly, applying for grants, working extra, cutting back spending, putting all Christmas and birthday gifts towards the adoption fund, collecting for a huge garage sale, and everything else that crosses our mind to help save for this baby. However we keep having friends and family ask how they can help us fund raise/donate to help us bring our child home so we decided to do a fund raiser that would also double as something tangible to signify and show all of the love and support that we've already been feeling from everyone around us.
As life long Californians (and California enthusiasts) we thought the coolest way to welcome the newest little Californian to our great golden state would be to start a fundraiser where those who wanted to could sponsor California poppy seeds to fill our babies future front yard with tons and tons of beautiful California poppies that would come back year after year and serve as a reminder of all of the people who loved them before they even knew who they were. You don't have to be local to participate, we'll take care of the planting and care! All you need to do is pick your number of poppies and make your donation! All of the proceeds will go to the adoption costs and any extra will be donated to the amazing organization caring for our child in Korea.
You can donate any amount but since it takes a lot of little seeds to fill an area we're starting with
10 poppy seeds for $10
20 poppy seeds for $20
50 poppy seeds for $50
100 poppy seeds for $100
and so on and so forth!
Want us to tear up our grass and fill that area with your donation?
We're up for that too!!! Just let us calculate the square footage times seeds and we'll get back to you with that amount!
We'll be saving all of the names and comments from those who donated to put in a book for our baby so they can remember all of the love that was around them as we go through this process! We're so excited to have you guys on this journey with us and we can't thank you enough for your kindness during this amazing time! Let's plant some poppies!!!
We ultimately landed on South Korea because we love the program and how wonderfully the children are cared for by their foster parents in Seoul until we are able to bring them home and because of the shared heritage Kyle will have with them! Kyle's grandmother and mother are from South Korea and we love that our child will be able to have some of their culture surrounding them as they grow up. We officially started the process on January 20th 2019 on the anniversary of when we first became a couple 8 years prior and since then it has been a whirlwind of paperwork, finger printing, doctors visits, notary appointments, lots and lots of education, social worker visits and much more. In June 2019 we finished our home study visits, received our official copy, and now it's in process with USCIS waiting for their approval. After that we are finally able to have our dossier sent to Korea and then it's the wait to be matched with our child! The part we're so beyond excited for!
When we get matched with our child, most of the funds are due. Adoption is an expensive (but so worth it) journey. Currently we are approved in our home study to adopt a single child or twins. We anticipate between agency fees, home study fees, country fees, travel, and miscellaneous expenses (multiple finger prints, home study updates, USCIS fees) that we will be paying approximately $50,000+ for one child and $75,000+ for twins. As one agency explained to us, Seoul is an expensive place to live and having the children with foster families instead of orphanage care makes it one of the more expensive programs. After a lot of research on attachment and the benefits for the child being with a foster family vs. an orphanage we decided it was so important to give them that great start in life to learn how to attach to a family and how much of a difference that can make that it was worth every cent extra with out a doubt.
If you're interested in seeing the breakdown of fees our agency has it published!
https://aacadoption.com/programs/korea-program/korea-adoption-cost.html
We've already been shifting our finances accordingly, applying for grants, working extra, cutting back spending, putting all Christmas and birthday gifts towards the adoption fund, collecting for a huge garage sale, and everything else that crosses our mind to help save for this baby. However we keep having friends and family ask how they can help us fund raise/donate to help us bring our child home so we decided to do a fund raiser that would also double as something tangible to signify and show all of the love and support that we've already been feeling from everyone around us.
As life long Californians (and California enthusiasts) we thought the coolest way to welcome the newest little Californian to our great golden state would be to start a fundraiser where those who wanted to could sponsor California poppy seeds to fill our babies future front yard with tons and tons of beautiful California poppies that would come back year after year and serve as a reminder of all of the people who loved them before they even knew who they were. You don't have to be local to participate, we'll take care of the planting and care! All you need to do is pick your number of poppies and make your donation! All of the proceeds will go to the adoption costs and any extra will be donated to the amazing organization caring for our child in Korea.
You can donate any amount but since it takes a lot of little seeds to fill an area we're starting with
10 poppy seeds for $10
20 poppy seeds for $20
50 poppy seeds for $50
100 poppy seeds for $100
and so on and so forth!
Want us to tear up our grass and fill that area with your donation?
We're up for that too!!! Just let us calculate the square footage times seeds and we'll get back to you with that amount!
We'll be saving all of the names and comments from those who donated to put in a book for our baby so they can remember all of the love that was around them as we go through this process! We're so excited to have you guys on this journey with us and we can't thank you enough for your kindness during this amazing time! Let's plant some poppies!!!
Organizer
Amy Fliflet
Organizer
Modesto, CA
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