financing international adoption??!!!

Again, to forum management, I am really not trying to spam about this, it's just we finally added up what we did in the last couple of weeks, over this last weekend and we raised over $5K in about 6weeks, so I really want to share what has turned out to be a good thing for us! [url]http://www.NuminousFoundation.org[/url] They're a nonprofit and they have a book on Adoption Fundraising. We had no clue at all how to get going and they had all kinds of ideas and HOW to do them in detail. Seriously, we were blown away when we finally added up this weekend. I hope this helps. Suze

I just saw your posting and here is some info I found out about. if your husband is active in the service they with give you 5,000 dollars towards your adoption

My husband and I are about at the same point as you, so we have been doing a lot of research about financing. We found some banks that will do special loans for the amount that you will be reimbursed through incometax credit. As you probably already know, federal is $10,000 and our state offers $1200. I am not sure what the interest rates are but I have heard that the payments are low.

Are these banks in your local area? I would be really interested in this. I am new to this board so I will offer a brief introduction. My name is Lori and my husband is Roy. We live in Maine with our 3 bio children (16f, 14m, 12f) and a 2 yr old from Haiti whom we are hosting while he receives treatment for cerebral palsy. He is an orphan and came to the US on a medical visa in March. We have decided to pursue an adoption, but we are a one income family and funds are limited. If anyone has any good fundraising ideas I would sure appreciate hearing about them. Thanks, Lori

Hmmm... Have you thought about contacting your local officers' club and asking if they'd have a fundraiser night for you? Just an idea!

Hi Beanaries, I am in the same boat (so to speak) as Jeskarose in that my husband is active military and I am a stay at home mom of one. We are talking of adopting from China and I was interested in your post that the military would give active duty money to assist international adoption. I was wondering where you heard or saw that so that I can get my husband to follow up on it. Many Thanks

Hi there, Also a military family...the military will reimburse up to $2000 per child, max of $5000 per year (if adopting more than one child). You file for reimbursement after the adoption is completed. Hope this helps! Loralee

hi i am in the process of adopting a child from the urkriane i have came across a website for fundraising you should really check it out! we are having trouble with the money expenses too but that site is a very helpfull! [url="http://www.achildsdesire.com"]www.achildsdesire.com[/url]

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Am I the only one that cannot get [URL="http://www.numinousfoundation.org/"][FONT=Times New Roman]www.NuminousFoundation.org[/FONT][/URL] to come up? I've copied and pasted the link in my browser and also clicked the link directly :grr: