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October 13, 2007 - Twelve-year olds, from left, Jamie Buscemi, adopted from Moldova, and Natasha Specian and Marina McHugh, both adopted from Russia, share a smile at the teen workshop during the Eastern European Culture Camp at Marlborough High School on Saturday. As part of the post-placement programming for adoptive families at Wide Horizons For Children, the agency, headquartered in Waltham, hosts camps, providing educational activities, vendors, traditional dance performances, and workshops to learn about the children’s homeland and meet adoptive families of similar heritage. Photograph by Whitney J. Fox.* * *
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October 13, 2007 - Deb Shrier (left), Social Worker and Post Adoption Counselor for Wide Horizons For Children (WHFC) at their Eastern Massachusetts Regional Office in Needham, listens to Emma Klapper (right), 12, of Newton, introduce herself during the teen workshop as being adopted from Moldova and liking horses. As part of the post-placement programming for adoptive families at WHFC, the agency, headquartered in Waltham, hosted an Eastern European Culture Camp on Saturday at Marlborough High School, providing educational activities, vendors, traditional dance performances, and workshops to learn about the children’s homeland and meet adoptive families of similar heritage. Photograph by Whitney J. Fox.* * *
October 13, 2007 - During the teen workshop at the Eastern European Culture Camp held Saturday at Marlborough High School, children adopted from Moldova, Russia, and Kazakhstan make fleece blankets to be delivered at the end of October for children of Botanica Orphanage in Chisinau, Moldova, where winters are extremely cold. As part of the post-placement programming for adoptive families at Wide Horizons For Children, the agency, headquartered in Waltham, hosts cultural camps, providing educational activities, vendors, traditional dance performances, and workshops to learn about the children’s homeland and meet adoptive families of similar heritage. Photograph by Whitney J. Fox.* * *
October 13, 2007 - Adopted from Kazakhstan a year ago through Wide Horizons For Children, Colin McGill, 12, points to New Jersey on a map during the teen workshop at the Eastern European Culture Camp on Saturday at Marlborough High School. His family drove from New Jersey to attend the almost full-day camp in Massachusetts. As part of the post-placement programming for adoptive families at WHFC, the agency, headquartered in Waltham, hosts cultural camps, providing educational activities, vendors, traditional dance performances, and workshops to learn about the children’s homeland and meet adoptive families of similar heritage. Photograph by Whitney J. Fox.* * *
October 13, 2007 - During the teen workshop at the Eastern European Culture Camp held Saturday at Marlborough High School, children adopted from Eastern Europe decorate wooden eggs during one of the workshop activities. The agency informs the children that eggs symbolize new life and growth in Eastern Europe. As part of the post-placement programming for adoptive families at Wide Horizons For Children, the agency, headquartered in Waltham, hosts cultural camps, providing educational activities, vendors, traditional dance performances, and workshops to learn about the children’s homeland and meet adoptive families of similar heritage. Photograph by Whitney J. Fox.* * *
October 13, 2007 - During the teen workshop at the Eastern European Culture Camp held Saturday at Marlborough High School, Colin McGill, 12, adopted from Kazakhstan, colors a wooden egg during one of the workshop activities. The agency informs the children that eggs symbolize new life and growth in Eastern Europe. As part of the post-placement programming for adoptive families at Wide Horizons For Children, the agency, headquartered in Waltham, hosts cultural camps, providing educational activities, vendors, traditional dance performances, and workshops to learn about the children’s homeland and meet adoptive families of similar heritage. Photograph by Whitney J. Fox.* * *
October 13, 2007 - During the teen workshop at the Eastern European Culture Camp held Saturday at Marlborough High School, Colin McGill, 12, adopted from Kazakhstan, colors a wooden egg during one of the workshop activities. The agency informs the children that eggs symbolize new life and growth in Eastern Europe. As part of the post-placement programming for adoptive families at Wide Horizons For Children, the agency, headquartered in Waltham, hosts cultural camps, providing educational activities, vendors, traditional dance performances, and workshops to learn about the children’s homeland and meet adoptive families of similar heritage. Photograph by Whitney J. Fox.* * *
October 13, 2007 - During the teen workshop at the Eastern European Culture Camp held Saturday at Marlborough High School, Marina McHugh, 12, adopted from Russia, looks at photographs of children at Botanica Orphanage in Chisinau, Moldova, where fleece blankets she helped make during the workshop will be delivered at the end of October. As part of the post-placement programming for adoptive families at Wide Horizons For Children, the agency, headquartered in Waltham, hosts cultural camps, providing educational activities, vendors, traditional dance performances, and workshops to learn about the children’s homeland and meet adoptive families of similar heritage. Photograph by Whitney J. Fox.* * *
October 13, 2007 - Twelve-year olds Marina McHugh (left), adopted from Russia, and Emma Klapper (right), adopted from Moldova, prepare with Social Worker and Post-Adoption Couselor Deb Shrier (center) to present the fleece blankets they helped make during the teen workshop for the Botanica Orphanage in Chisinau, Moldova. As part of the post-placement programming for adoptive families at Wide Horizons For Children, the agency, headquartered in Waltham, hosted an Eastern European Culture Camp on Saturday at Marlborough High School, providing educational activities, vendors, traditional dance performances, and workshops to learn about the children’s homeland and meet adoptive families of similar heritage. Photograph by Whitney J. Fox.* * *
October 13, 2007 - From left, twelve-year olds, Jamie Buscemi, adopted from Moldova; Natasha Specian, adopted from Russia; Emma Klapper, adopted from Moldova; Kevin McGill, brother of child adopted from Kazakhstan; Marina McHugh, adopted from Russia; and Kate Senie, 16, camp volunteer and adopted from Russia, present the fleece blankets they helped make during the teen workshop for the Botanica Orphanage in Chisinau, Moldova. As part of the post-placement programming for adoptive families at Wide Horizons For Children, the agency, headquartered in Waltham, hosted an Eastern European Culture Camp on Saturday at Marlborough High School, providing educational activities, vendors, traditional dance performances, and workshops to learn about the children’s homeland and meet adoptive families of similar heritage. Photograph by Whitney J. Fox.* * *
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