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           Running for Love
 

Parent Debbi Clarke Ran for the Kids at the New York City Marathon.  That's 26.2 miles!

A baby needs love.
The
First Hugs Infant Nurture program at the Fuling orphanage matches a trained, caring "auntie" with each infant and toddler . Aunties work with the babies for six hours each day helping them develop normally and thrive. 

Raised so far: $10,183.00
Thank you donors

Needed: $10,000
to keep all the kids in First Hugs in 2010!

Thanks to all of donors for helping Debbi meet her goal of $10,000 so every infant and toddler at the orphanage this coming year can have a First Hugs auntie.

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                                              A trained auntie cuddles babies in the First Hugs Nurture Program


Playful, focused interaction  helps the kids meet their milestones

Babies waiting to be adopted, and babies who will never be adopted, receive special attention at the Fuling Social Welfare Institute.   Children with and without disabilities learn to roll over, crawl, and interact with the world around them.  This innovative, cost-effective program is in its fifth year.  Your help is necessary if the children are to continue to receive this kind of loving attention so crucial to normal growth.  Your donation will make sure a child at the orphanage stays on target physically, mentally and emotionally! 

Your pledge says to these wonderful, deserving kids at the Fuling orphanage, "Yes, you matter."  

Thank you for giving.

Learn more about this successful, loving program

 


 

Debbi and her inspiration for pounding all those miles: daughter Emma Kate

This fall Debbi Clarke, proud mom to Emma Kate (Fu Xin Jie) and son Redding, ran the New York Marathon on November 1st to help raise funds to support our little "First Huggers" at the orphanage in Fuling. 

Debbi and her husband Walt met Emma Kate in January 2004 and have had a soft place in their hearts for the children who live in Fuling orphanage ever since.

Debbi trained with a friend and after completing two half marathons earlier this year they decided to go for the 40th Anniversary New York Marathon together.

Debbi says: "Running for the children in Fuling will make the race all the more meaningful for me, especially after returning with Emma Kate to Fuling on the Homecoming trip last November. That trip made such an impression on us, particularly the time that we spent with the children and staff at the orphanage. We could see, firsthand, the impact that Fuling Kids International has on the well-being and care for these precious children."

Love Has No Borders

Fuling Kids International is a not-for-profit association of families and friends devoted to our children from Fuling and their first home in China.  Fu families live in the United States, Canada, Australia, China, Sweden, France, Spain, Ireland, England, the Netherlands, Germany, Belgium and Iceland!

 


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First Hugs Donors

Nielson Family
Leah Mei Guttentag
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Goosy Gear, LLC
Jane Hardy
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Hope Bowen
Anna Bickley
Ingrid Schneider
Ruth Brendel
Don and Jill Clapham
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Tim and Laurie Price
Robert Miller
Ann and Horace Willson
Caroline Cheek-Hill
Sharalynn Fenn
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Julie and Stephen Flournoy
Kathryn and Dominic Giacoboni
Shelia Jacoby
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Heather Lear
Roslyn Sloop-Troutman
Kirsten Skow
Joy Ingall
Bethany Klein
Mary Wyatt
Kristin Tucker
Paula Gibson
Good Work
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Helen Kennedy
Thomas Bunn
Sally Pinnell
Shona Tuckman
Gretta Haren
Denise Bednar
Mark Zelle
Suzanne Scott
Janet Carey
Timothy Ryan
Sandra Yarber
Cynthia Densmore
Katherine Pellack
Julie King
Ashley Yelverton
Lisa Beisser
Danielle Yarber
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Gary Joe
Jody Lehman
Robert Shippee
Jennifer Berry
Randi Heimert
Jenoys Usher
Teresa Kemper
Shannon Cole
Patti Sontra
Maria Fields
Tracy Robinson
CD Pilates
Donna Hepp
Eric Allred
Nicky Dunlap
Rhoda Juckett
Jieying Zhou
Karin Cochran
Postma-Dobberfuhl Family
Tina and Dean Severs Wayland and Chad Stephens
Sallee and Harry Kelly
James and Dana Hardy
Linda Leech
Frank Flynn
Melissa Merchant
Gerland and Susan Lindgren
Sean and Carla Feeley
Kathryn and Lizi Mowery
William and Regina Rus
Chip and Angie Miller
Mark and Heather Luckinbill
Walter Clarke
Martha Clarke and Roger Mosier
Landon and Michell Weeks
Jill Dobbins
Julianne Briggs
Jill Sitlinger
Sherri and Mike Rivera
Susie and Mitch Levin
Angelo and Virginia Panozzo
Allison Stock
Bill and Donna Williams
Rollie and Amelia Mowery
Mary Heimert
Sharryn and Russell Caifano
Mary and Andy Baker
Katie Dougherty
Donna Purtell
Kate Sobocinski

 

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