RED SCARF PROJECT
KNITTERS AND CROCHETERS
In 2005, Orphan Foundation of America (OFA) launched a unique initiative to warm the hearts (and necks) of college-bound foster youth. OFA began taking donations of handmade red scarves to put into Valentine’s Day Care Packages for the college-bound foster youth. Word spread quickly around the charitable knitting/crocheting community. Find more information on their flyer.
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Helping Children in Haiti
Thousands of children in orphanages in Haiti no
longer have a roof over their heads, food to eat or clean water to
drink. Many of those children are in the adoption process with parents
in the United States. They are in grave danger of food and water shortages, looting and homelessness. Some have been matched with adoptive parents in
America, some were waiting to be matched. There are good families here
that want to adopt them, and are quickly trying to prepare the
necessary paperwork. We are aware that USCIS has the authority to issue a humanitarian parole
for people without legal documentation to travel to the United States.
While granting a humanitarian parole is outside the normal procedures,
the United States government has granted them in the past (e.g. Cambodia and Romania). We are requesting that you contact USCIS and request that
humanitarian paroles be granted to these children who are eligible for
adoption, children who had been living in an orphanage prior to the
earthquake. While we realize that the United States seeks to honor the adoption process
established in Haiti, we believe that these children are in dire need,
and the country of Haiti would be served well by letting these children
come to the United States. We feel that Haitian authorities would agree
to this if it was proposed. What better way for the United States to
help Haiti than to care for Haiti's most vulnerable, most needy
citizens? Please take our request for humanitarian parole under
consideration.
Here are some addresses that the letters should be sent to:
Clinton Foundation
http://www.clintonfoundation.org/about-the-clinton-foundation/contact-us/contact-form
Raymond Joseph
Haitian Ambassador to US
embassy@haiti.org
p 202-332-4090
f 202-745-7215
Kenneth H Merten
US Ambassador to Haiti
Tabarre 41, Blvd 15 Octobre
Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Haiti-earthquake@state.gov
P 509 22 29 8000
F 509 22 29 8028
Hilary Clinton/Dept
of State
U.S. Department of State
2201 C Street NW
Washington, DC 20520
Main Switchboard:
202-647-4000
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| US Rep. 3rd District |
1717 Lonworth House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 |
contact through website |
(312) 886-0481 |
(773) 767-9395 |
(202) 225-5701 |
(202) 225-1012 |
| US Senate - Illinois |
309 Hart Senate Bldg. Washington, DC 20510 |
contact through website |
(312) 353-4952 |
(312) 353-0150 |
(202) 224-2152 |
(202) 228-0400 |
| US Senate - Illinois |
523 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington DC20510 |
Senator_RolandBurris@Burris.Senate.Gov |
(312) 886-3506 |
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(202) 224-2854 |
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| US Rep. 4th District |
2266 Rayburn Building, Washington, DC 20515 |
contact through website |
(773) 342-0774 |
(773) 342-0776 |
(202) 225-8203 |
(202) 225-7810 |
| Chmn Appropriations |
2314 Rayburn Building, Washington, DC 20515-4907 |
contact through website |
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(202) 225-3365 |
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| Speaker of the House |
235 Cannon HOB - Washington, DC 20515 |
contact through website |
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| IL Rep 41st District |
114 W. Valette, Elmhurst, IL 60126 |
bobbiggins@comcast.com |
(630) 941-1278 |
(630) 941-1285 |
(217) 782-6578 |
(217) 782-5257 |
| IL Rep 21st District |
7676 West 63rd Street, Summit IL, 60501 |
mikezalewski@gmail.com |
(708) 728-9922 |
(708) 354-0743 |
(217) 782-5280 |
(217) 557-1934 |
| IL Sen 11th District |
6215 W. 79th Street Suitw 1A, Burbank, IL 60459 |
contact through webpage |
(708) 430-2510 |
(708) 430-2610 |
(217) 782-0054 |
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| IL Sen 21st District |
313 S. Main St. Lombard IL 60148 |
contact through website |
(630) 792-0040 |
(630) 792-8620 |
(217) 782-8107 |
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| IL Sen Minority Leader |
410 Main St., Lemont IL 60439 |
contact through webpage |
(630) 243-0800 |
(630) 243-0808 |
(217) 782-9407 |
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| IL Sen Majority Leader |
1051 W. belmont, Chicago, IL 60657 |
john@senatorcullerton.com |
(773) 883-0770 |
(773) 296-0993 |
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| IL House Minority Leader |
24047 W. Lockport Street, Suite 213, Plainfield, IL 60544 |
contact through website |
(815)254-0000 |
(815)609-3994 |
(217)782-1331 |
(217)782-3234 |
| IL Speaker
of the House |
6500 South Pulaski RoadChicago, IL 60629 |
contact through webpage |
(773) 581-8000 |
(773) 581-9414 |
(217) 782-5350 |
(217) 524-1794 |
| IL House Majority Leader |
1303 E. 53rd St. Chicago, IL 60615 |
contact through website |
(774) 667-0550 |
(773) 667-3010 |
(217) 782-8121 |
(217) 524-1794 |
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