Contacts:

Northern California
     Holt's Sacramento Office
     Cynthia Shockency
     (888) 744-HOLT

San Francisco, Santa Rosa, Northern Coastal Areas, Palto Alto
     Lois MacLean
    (415) 686-8933

Fresno, Central California
     Derek Weibel
     (559) 250-6573

LA, Ventura (partial)
     Ann Cleary
     (805) 368 6463

Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, San Jose, Santa Cruz & Monterey Counties
     Christine Cruse
     (805) 450-8368

Yreka, Mt Shasta
     Kristine Bales
     (541) 510-9327

Los Angeles
     Ilana Cohen
     (818) 231-8555

San Bernardino, Riverside & Orange Counties
     Michael Guinn
     (951) 529-8867

San Diego & Imperial Counties
     Denise Ferraro-Trapp
     (619) 368-3029

Orange & LA County
     Sung Eun Park, MSW
     Social Worker
     (714) 514-3572
     Korean & English speaking

Sacramento and Northern California Commmunities
     Lusandra Vincent
     (916) 531-2177

Holt Regional Activities

Recruitment Meetings
    Visit our Adoption Information Meetings
    Contact: Holt's Sacramento Office
    Phone: (916) 487-4658

Global Children Foundation and the Los Angeles Korean Cultural Center have planned an event for Korean adoptees in elementary school and their families. They will present a day long Korean cultural experience
including: a Korean movie, folk dance, traditional songs, games, magic shows, and other Korean cultural programs. They will also provide Korean meals for lunch. Event details follow:
Date: 11/14/09 Saturday
Time: 11:00am-3:00pm.
Place: Los Angeles Korean Cultural Center 5505 Wilshire Boulevard, L.A., C.A. 90036RSVP: By October 20 to Mary Lee viaEmail: (213)
388-9191
Fax: (323) 451-1534

The following is a list of some adoptive parent support groups around California:

Bay Area—FAIR (Families Adopting InterRacially), www.fairfamilies.org

Fresno—families adopting from Asia—contact Susan Dwyer at susandwyer@attbi.com or Ruth Nippoldt at nippoldt@earthlink.net

Marysville—contact Rose Wood, ACSW, at 530/272-5683.

North Bay Area—FCA (Families with Children from Asia)—contact Patti Sullivan at 707/538-1257

Orange County—contact Alisa Strock at 714/389-1447 (Irvine) or Barbara Vito at 714/996-3245 (Yorba Linda)

Sacramento, Chico, Foothills—FCC single parent group—contact Katrina Wong at 916/624-5986 or kwong@starstream.net

Sonoma County—contact Bonnie Romanow at 707/571-2048 or bonnier@icfc.org

Sonoma County --International Adoptee Group "Shades" contact Kathy Patterson at 707-829-5292

Other Regional Activities

Parents in Progress Seminars
    Where: TBA
    Contact: Sacramento Office
    Phone:(888) 744-HOLT or (916) 487-4658

Adoption Support Groups
    Where: Northern California
    Contact: Resolve of N. California
    Phone: (415) 788-6772

Families with Children from China
San Francisco Bay Area
    When: Monthly
    Where: TBA
    Contact: http://fwcc.org/SanFrancisco

Families with Children from China
San Diego Area
    When: 4-5 times per year
    Where: TBA
    Contact: http://www.sandiego-online.com/fccsd

FAIR (Families Adopting in Response)
Northern California
    When: Monthly
    Where: TBA
    Contact: www.fairfamilies.org