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: Our mission is to support the whole life experience of Eastern European orphan children and to strengthen the families that are created through adoption.
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A few benefits of membership:
¤ Opportunities to share resources and helpful hints
¤ Opportunities for our children to get to know each other
¤ Subscription to The Family Focus©, our quarterly newsletter that includes profiles of geographic regions, medical and developmental information from professional sources, parenting news, book reviews, news of FRUA’s orphanage support activities, culinary ideas, regional chapter news, and other resources
¤ Subscription to regional newsletters
¤ Discounts on events and conferences
¤ Discounts on books, merchandise, and magazine publications such as Adoptive Families and Russian Life.
¤ Invitations to local Parent Networking Meetings to assist families with the challenges of raising children today, with our own twist of having internationally born, adopted children
¤ Inclusion in all mailings including the annual Forever Families Through Adoption® poster and notices, including regional activities
¤ Eligibility in our Grow Bag Program for traveling families
¤ Helping waiting families set realistic expectations and assist with the transition to home though education, publications and networking
¤ Helping veteran parents sort through the road map that is parenthood, how to face challenges and how to help our children reach their potential
¤ Access to the FRUA library and medical research
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We STRONGLY encourage you to join FRUA. If you have found this website of value, think of all the other services you would be able to access as a member!
FRUA is a completely volunteer-operated, non-profit organization. Membership
funds go to orphanage support, telephone, postage, printing our newsletter, and other
outreach activities such as this website. If you are interested in joining or wish a
one-time complimentary issue of our quarterly newsletter, The Family Focus, call
the FRUA hot-line at 703-560-6184 or email us.
(Please remember to leave your REAL name and postal address).
Our address is:
- Families for Russian and Ukrainian Adoption
- PO Box 2944
- Merrifield, VA 22116
Or you may join at FRUA,
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FRUA does NOT sell or share its membership list with outside organizations. Members should expect that their
privacy would be respected.
We are the Oregon Chapter of FRUA, Inc. Our dues are $35/annually. Please specify the Oregon Chapter when you join. Thank you.
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