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Taproot issue 45 - September 2003
Presidents Corner
Here we are again another summer behind us. The TAP picnic was a GREAT success. The weather was perfect; the food was good the games were fun and people just enjoyed themselves (see inside pictures).
Good news from NACAC (North American Council on Adoptable Children). They are in the process of developing a new curriculum for parents and parent group leaders. The purpose of the curriculum is to give child welfare, medical, legal, education, and mental health professionals, as well as others in the community, a deeper understanding of adoption, more specifically the adoption of children with special needs. The goal is to have it completed by February 2004. I will keep you posted .
Mark your calendars, November 15 th TAP will host its second adoption, foster, kinship family conference in Philadelphia. The theme of this year’s conference is “Connecting & Caring in Adoptive & Foster Families”. The cost is $10 per person in advance. Childcare is free, but space is limited. Watch your mail for the registration brochures.
TAPs next parent group meeting will be September 27 th, see flyer for more details.
Don’t forget TAP’s United Way ID # is 10860
Remember my son Brian who I was so worried about going off to college and would not need me any longer. Well I am proud to say that he passed his drivers test and now has his driver’s license. My husband was so proud of him that he went out and brought him a 1989 Geo Metro. Brian is so proud of that car. It only has three cylinders so we figure he will not be racing too many people. J The other day I can home from one of my many trips to Harrisburg to find out that he had SUPER GLUED all of the loose control knobs in his car. The problem is that now nothing works. The glued must have run down into the switches and now he has no windshield wipers, parking lights, etc. We tried acetone but that did nothing. He felt so bad. It didn’t help the situation that the whole family could not stop laughing.
Phyllis
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