Many of us as youngsters dream of growing up and taking care of animals. Kathy Stevens has made it her reality. She is the founder and director of the Catskill Animal Sanctuary in Saugerties, NY. Kathy’s concern for others and a desire to make a difference first led her to study public policy. When Stevens [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘adoption’
March 30, 2010
Born in Two Different Worlds Still They’re Mother and Daughter
It might not seem out of the ordinary for an American to adopt a foreign-born baby. Americans have opened their hearts and homes to hundreds of thousands of children since the middle of the last century. In the decade between 1999 and 2009, more than 173,000 children from countries all across the globe came to [...]
March 2, 2010
Catie and family
Who are we really and where do we fit in? Many of us are on a life-time journey of self-discovery. Teenagers are particularly keen to find where they belong. According to the last US census, 200,000 (13%) of adopted children are foreign-born. Asian-born was the largest group: 47,555 from Korea and 21,053 from China. These [...]
