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Effective
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Dillon will be accepting applications from all families
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THE CHILDREN NEED YOUR HELP!

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Upcoming Events |
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Oct 2...DillonMO Trivia Night & Silent
Auction sponsored by YAPA, 6:00 PM,
Shrewsbury City Center Ballroom
Oct. 12..."Give Hope" Golf Tournament--Dallas,
TX
Call (214) 893-6324 for details and/or to
register to play.
Oct 16...DillonAR
Families Fall Harvest on the Family
Farm, 11:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Oct 16...Dillon's
Fall Festival returns! 10:00AM -
2:00PM / Tulsa.
Oct 24...DillonMO Families Halloween Trunk or Treat
Nov 13...Moms
Coffee Chat 9:30 - 11:30 AM, St. Louis
Dec 4...DillonAR
Families Annual Christmas Party
Jan 30,
2011...Dillon's Annual Lunar New Year
Dinner, Tulsa
Feb 13, 2011...DillonMO
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Dillon Regional
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Check out the events & educational opportunities being
offered through Dillon's regional locations:
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Adoption Info
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2010 Live
Meeting Schedule
Sept 14. . . Tulsa, OK
Sept 23 . . . Dallas, TX
Oct 5 . . . . St. Louis, MO
Oct 2 . . . . Tulsa, OK
Oct 2 . . . . Orange County, CA
Oct 12 . . . Little Rock, AR
Oct 12 . . . .Tulsa, OK
Nov 9 . . . . Little Rock, AR
Nov 9 . . . .Tulsa, OK
Nov 16 . . .Springfield, MO
Nov 18 . . . Dallas, TX
Dec 7 . . . . St. Louis, MO
Dec 14 . . . Tulsa, OK
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Pre-Adoption
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Ready to take the next step in your adoption journey?
Attend Dillon's online Pre-Adoption Workshop.
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Best in America |
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Dillon
International
(aka orphancare International)
has achieved the
Independent Charities of America's Seal of Excellence
award.

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One Child's
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Click to view Anna's touching adoption story told in her own words:
"Anna's Story"
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Building Families |
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Matthew 19:14 . . . but Jesus said, "Let the children
come to me, and do not hinder them; for such belongs the
kingdom of heaven."
Click here for a daily
devotional for families
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OFFICE HOURS (CST)
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM...Mon-Thurs
8:00 AM - 4:30 PM...FridayLOCATIONS:
In Oklahoma -- main office
3227 East 31st Street, #200
Tulsa, OK 74105
Voice: 918/749-4600
Fax: 918/749-7144
Email this office
In Arkansas --
4702 W. Commercial Dr., #B1
North Little Rock, AR 72116
and
1882 North Starr Road
Fayetteville, AR 72701
Voice: 501/791-9300
Fax: 501/791-9303
Email this
office
In California --
18001 Irvine Blvd., Suite 101
Tustin, CA 92780
Voice: 714/734-8600
Fax: 714/734-8688
Email this office
In Colorado--
Voice: 720/733-7718
Email our Mountain
Regional Coordinator
In Kansas --
2420 West 76th Street
Prairie Village, KS 66208
Voice: 913/544-2805
Email this office
In Missouri --
1 First Missouri Center, #115
St. Louis, MO 63141
Voice: 314/576-4100
Fax: 314/453-9975
Email this
office In Texas --
5200 South Buckner Blvd.
Dallas, TX 75227
Voice: 214/319-3426
Fax: 214/319-3470
Email this office
In Indiana --
Voice: 765/965-1195
Email our Midwest
Regional Coordinator
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Affiliations
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Joint Council on International
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Christians in Social Work |
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registered 501(c)(3) non-profit organization and is classified
as a public charity under the U.S. Internal Revenue Code. |
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Burns Data Control, Inc.
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Discovery Days
July 5 - 7, 2010 |
Discovery Days is
designed for all adoptees, 12-17 years old, who were adopted
internationally and transracially. (Transracial
adoption means placing a child who is of one race with adoptive
parents of another race.) This year's Discovery Days
will again be held at Bridle Creek Horse Ranch and Resort
in Sperry, OK. Last year's attendees loved the peaceful, country setting
around Bridle Creek Horse Ranch and many commented that it had
been the best ever teen retreat and that they couldn't wait
until next year's Discovery Days. The wait is over!
Register NOW to attend this
year's Discovery Days! Please
register early as space is limited.
Be sure to view our
2009 Discovery Days photoshow
to relive the fun and look forward to another awesome time
together at the 2010 Discovery Days!
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2009 Dillon
Discovery Days Photoshow 
D I S C O V E R I N G
By Melanie Chung Sherman
"I am only one, but I am one.
I cannot do everything, but I can do something;
and what I should do and can do,
by the Grace of God, I will do." --anonymous |
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The weekend started early in the morning, but
we were ready for over 60 teenage Korean adoptees to begin
descending upon the Dillon office.
Phones began ringing....papers flying...planes
arriving...luggage everywhere...with the excited teenage chatter
increasing as old friends were reunited and new acquaintances
made.
This would be a weekend strictly for adoptees, facilitated
by adoptees.
This was my first Discovery Weekend and I had
no idea what to expect.
I had already learned that the first weekend, which was
held in 1995, had had only five adoptees attending.
I marveled how much the weekend event had grown over the
past five years.
One of the first attendees shared with me how attending that
first Discovery Weekend had completely changed his life.
Until then he had never addressed his adoption story, his
being Korean, or his uniqueness.
Out of that first Discovery Weekend experience, he went on
to co-found a very influential adult adoptee group.
And so I was prepared for this to be a very powerful
weekend.
There
was no time to catch my breath as the day progressed, and soon
it was evening and time to depart for Shangri-La Resort.
I looked around the parking lot as we loaded luggage into
several cars and vans.
I felt at home surrounded by the sea of black hair, almond eyes,
and fellow adoptees who shared my hunger to be around others
with a similar adoption story. Feelings of excitement, contentment and relaxation washed
over me.
After arriving at the resort, we separated
into groups for discussions on racial identity, birth family,
the adoption process, peer pressure, dating and relationships.
Each group reminded me of my own childhood and the issues
that I had faced as I grew into adulthood.
As I listened to various teens, I became aware that the
issues they are confronting now seem more pressing than the
issues I had faced only five years before. However, the need to
"fit in" and the desire to be needed and accepted for who they
are hadn't changed.
I was reminded how the road to self-identity and
self-assurance has many twisting and winding curves, coupled
with questions about race, adoption, and heritage. The teens
were asking the same questions that I had once asked myself, and
I realized that the same hopes, fears, and doubts adoptees face
are timeless - unique in fashion but identical in pattern.
For many teen adoptees, this is perhaps one
of the most fragile, yet wonderful, times in their lives.
It is a time of discovery through questioning.
It is a time of clarity mixed with confusion and
apprehension. It is
a time to soar, reshape and redefine who they are, where they
are going and to reflect on where they have been.
Just like these teens, I had journeyed the same road to discover
what it meant to be Korean, American and everything in between.
Just like them, I had wondered about my heritage and birth
family, who I might look like, and how to fit in with peers,
family and American society.
But I also wondered how I would do on my SAT's, if I
would
have a date for homecoming, and whether I would pass my driver's
test on the first try.
The weekend proved to be as powerful as had
been promised and a strong reminder of the special function that
educational events such as Discovery Weekend provide for our
teens to get together and share their experiences and grow from
each other.
As parents and facilitators of teen weekend retreats,
remembering to keep an open door to adoptees' questions, fears,
joys and everyday experiences is vital and important in
maintaining healthy and strong relationships.
Although they may not openly talk about the issues
confronting them at this stage in their lives, it doesn't mean
that teens are not thinking about them.
Essentially, our teenagers just want to know that there
will always be someone there to hear them, to ask them how their
day was and to lend advice and support in an honest and loving
fashion.
Train a child in the way he
should go, and when he is old, he will not turn from it.
--Proverbs 22:6
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