In Haiti's January 2010 earthquake over 250,000 lives were lost.  And so many more children and their families will now struggle for years to come as Haiti rebuilds. Meanwhile, here in Edmonton, a large group of us women had gathered to celebrate and preserve our precious photos and memories of a good rich life in Canada.  Forty women had brought enough food to feed a hundred.  And yet thousands of miles away I knew little lives of little angels were not going to survive the day.  And so I had to do something.  Anything.  Here I gathered some of those wonderful recipes you might feed your family with. KNOW THAT THE PROFITS FROM THIS RECIPE BOOK WILL BE DONATED TO GOD'S LITTLEST ANGELS ORPHANAGE, Haiti. Cookbooks called Haitian Creations are available at $35 each.  Contact Diane Marshall This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

CAS is pleased to be a item drop off location for the "Containers for Haiti" program which is being coordinated by GLA.  See the GLA Canada website for a specific list of items required to help with Earthquake relief.  In Calgary, call Shawnee Griscowsky 403-286-3694.  Check the GLA website for contact information for Edmonton and Red Deer.

Christian Adoptions has been informed that Adoption Services is accepting applications for Haiti and that files will proceed to Haiti as in the past.  Applicants must expect two trips to Haiti, one for court, and one to accept placement.  New requirements and changes in regulations are likely to be forwarded in the near future, but for now orphanages are accepting applications as in the past.  At this time we assume time lines to be long, as in the past; children matched took more than 12 months to process and be allowed to come to Canada.

Christian Adoptions wants to thank the Community Spirit Grant Funding for providing us with the funds to do many things this past year that would have been out of our reach without their financial support. Staff learned a great deal attending the Canadian Association of Pregnancy Support Services Conference and want to thank the Spirit Funding for this wonderful opportunity.

The goal of the Community Spirit Program is to increase individual charitable giving to help support Alberta's non-profit and charitable organizations, such as Christian Adoption Services. The program is donor-driven; it recognizes and encourages Albertans to support their favourite organizations. Donations received from Albertans stay here in Alberta to support Alberta-based non-profit and charitable organizations.To find out more about how the Community Spirit Program benefits our donors and our agency, please see their website www.communityspiritprogram.ca.

The Spring 2009 edition of the Christian Adoption Services Prayer & Praise Newsletter is now available:

•  Spring 2009 CAS Prayer & Praise Newsletter