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03-30-09
Westchester Families Donate
Time and Merchandise to Less Fortunate Children
Joy and
Michael Goldstein, who have dedicated their lives to
delivering happiness to parents worldwide interested in
adopting, spread happiness recently to children in Aruba
when they hand delivered $ 3,000.00 worth of donated books,
DVD’s, Frisbees, and a color printer/scanner. During
financially difficult times, local families and staff
members stepped up and purchased these requested items to
help children in greater need. Forever Families Through
Adoption, Inc. and the Law Firm of Michael S. Goldstein,
located in Rye Brook, New York arranged to visit two
orphanages/children’s homes on the Dutch island of Aruba.
Joy and Michael along with their three sons visited
with Casa Cuna and Imeldahof Children’s Homes to personally
bring these items. Last year when the Goldstein’s visited
the same orphanages they donated teddy bears and
chocolates. Aruba, one of the smaller Dutch ABC islands,
has many drug exposed babies living and growing up in what
are considered “Children’s Homes” without the likelihood of
ever finding their “forever home”. There are very few
in-country adoptions and no out of country adoptions from
Aruba. Most, if not all of the children in these group homes
will remain until they are asked to leave at the young age
of 18, when they are expected to learn the difficult
responsibility of living on their own. Although while
living within the homes they are nurtured and taken care of
by loving staff, sadly, many will end up back on the streets
or incarcerated.
The Goldstein boys and some friends they met in
Aruba while on Spring break, spent time teaching some of the older
Aruban children the art of ultimate Frisbee. They returned
to offer their time gardening at the Imeldahof Children’s
Home when they learned that the maintenance man who was
injured was in desperate need of help. To quote one of the
Goldstein boys, “As an adoptee, I can say that this part of
our vacation was so much more worthwhile than sitting on the
beach. The kids loved hanging with us and, even though they
speak Papamiento and very little English, we understood each
other enough to help put smiles on their faces”.
If you are interested in learning how
to help other children in need and/or visit an orphanage and
donate your time when you are on vacation in an
international country please visit FFTA’s website at
www.ForeverFamiliesThroughAdoption.org
or
contact FFTA directly at # 914-939-1180.
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