| Children orphaned in Vietnam War and adopted in the US look to ...
He was one of hundreds of Vietnamese orphans crammed onto a cargo plane as part of Operation Babylift, a mass evacuation in the days before the fall of Saigon in 1975. He arrived in Chicago as an infant, and grew up on a Mennonite farm in Wolford, North Dakota, near the Canadian border. There wasn't another Asian in two states, Slaubaugh joked. When it came time to adopt their own child, Slaubaugh and his wife Amanda agreed they would go to Vietnam. They returned home with 2-year-old son Ben in late May. The trip to his birthplace was Slaubaugh's first. My adoptive son and I will have a similar bond, he said. Both of us were abandoned by our mothers at the hospital. .
Presidential Hopeful Obama Stumps In Upstate
SPARTANBURG, S.C.-- Heading into Father's Day weekend, presidential hopeful Senator Barack Obama's message during his visit to the upstate was one of strengthening families. Addressing members of the predominately African-American church, Mount Moriah Baptist Church of Spartanburg, Senator Obama said declining benefits, an inflation that has gone global and a government that has left American families vulnerable. "Without a doubt, the hardest hit have been those families who were most vulnerable to begin with," Obama said. "They are families who live in inner-cities and remote rural areas. They are disproportionately African-American and Latino." He said the government alone can't legislate healthy families, good parenting or economic success.
Family Resource Center seeks AmeriCorps member for staff
Hillsboro Family Resource Center is looking for someone committed to making a positive difference in the lives of low-income residents of the community. The center's mission is to build the community's ability to support its children and families by pooling resources and coordinating services. It provides assistance mainly to school district families by connecting them with resources and providing a variety of direct services: hygiene items, birthday gifts, bus tickets, clothing and use of computers, phone, fax and copy machines. Parenting and English classes, as well as dental vans are also coordinated through the center. The opening is for a family resource specialist to help families connect with community resources such as food boxes, low-cost counseling, medical care and legal help.
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