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.
Contacts Find a regional coordinator for your area, a local
playgroup, and more
Events Find out about
our Events
Feature Articles Read our
feature articles
Bilingual Schools Browse
a list of bilingual schools
Links See a list of related
links
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organization by filling out our subscription form
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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:
- Build community for parents and children
- Share information
- Celebrate our families
- Honor our children's Chinese and Chinese
American heritage
- Connect parents with community resources
- Develop social and cultural programs
- Sponsor language and culture classes
- Promote adoption education
- Recognize and resist racism
- Provide financial support to FCC-Northern
California Board-approved orphanage assistance projects in China,
and
to promote a spirit of philanthropy among FCC members for the
benefit of orphans and orphanages in China.
What We Do
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.
