Saving Sofia: Final Fundraiser TODAY!

Sunday, May 16, 2010

Final Fundraiser TODAY!

EVERYONE IS INVITED!!!

Hostess:
Kelly Stephan

Location:
The lovely backyard of Bonnie Merz (Kelly's Mom)
14060 Riva Ridge Circle
Auburn, CA 95602

When:
Sunday, May 16th
2:30PM

Phone:
916-847-5355

Event Details

2:30-3:30 Free Wine and appetizers. Raffle tickets will also be sold at this time for some great prizes and a 50/50 cash raffle. 100% of proceeds from raffle will go to saving Sofia.
You do not need to be present to win a raffle prize!

3:30- Fashion show begins
Jen's friends will model the new CAbi Spring/Summer line! A portion of all clothes purchased at the event will go towards Sofia's adoption. After the fashion show, raffle winners will be announced and you can do some CAbi shopping!

Silpada jewelry display. Come purchase some beautiful sterling silver jewelery. 100% of profits of the sales will go to Saving Sofia. If you'd like to purchase some jewelry and cannot make it to the event. Please email me at jvaranini@yahoo.com and I can give you more details.

Please come enjoy the day with friends and fashion for a great cause....to bring sweet Sofia home to her family!

If you are unable to attend, but would still like to purchase CAbi clothes with part of the proceeds going to Sofia, you can check out the website, www.kellystephan.cabionline.com. Please call Kelly at 916-847-5355 or e-mail at kstephan15@gmail.com with your order.

If you are unable to attend, but would still like to purchase raffle tickets for the 50/50 cash raffle ($1/ticket or $20/25 tickets), you can call or e-mail Kelly also.

4 comments:

Anne and Whitney: Up, Down and All AroundMay 16, 2010 at 6:54 PM
welcome back to the u.s. and i hope your final fundraiser went very well today!!!! cannot WAIT until you can go back and get sofia :) i bet your boys are just ecstatic to see you!!!
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DanielleMay 16, 2010 at 7:37 PM
I wish that we could have attended! I hope it went well!
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Jo's CornerMay 17, 2010 at 12:09 PM
Can you do an update on when Sofia will be coming home? I hope the fundraiser went well!. I am SO proud of your choice to save this little girl!! ; ) Hugs ~ JO
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AnonymousMay 21, 2010 at 11:28 AM
How did it go?
I can't believe in a month you'll be HOME!!!!
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Adoption Timeline

12-13-09- Grandma Esther passed away. Discovered Sofia at www.reecesrainbow.com and decided to donate to her grant fund in honor of Grandma and the Christmas Angel Tree Project. Couldn't get her off my mind.

1-1-10- Received Sofia's Christmas Angel Tree ornament and put it on our Christmas Tree. Still constantly thinking about her.

1-24-10- Hector and I decided to commit to adopting Sofia. Contacted Andrea at Reece's Rainbow.

1-25-10- Contacted Across the World Adoptions to begin the Home Study.

1-26-10- Sent our application to Reece's Rainbow and sent a check for the FSP Donation, Love Offering and Promise Trust.

1-27-10- Jen's physical completed. Vaccines administered. FBI and DOJ/Child Abuse fingerprinting completed.

1-28-10- Faxed Home Study Application and Agreement. Mailed hard copy.

1-29-10- Hector's fingerprints completed for FBI and DOJ/Child Abuse. Completed the required 10 hours of International Adoption education credits.

1-31-10- Mailed USCIS our I-600A application and fees.

2-1-10- Employment verifications completed for Home Study. School evaluations completed on Diego and Mateo. Received dossier paperwork from Reece's Rainbow.

2-4-10- Assigned a social worker for our Home Study at Across the World Adoptions. Had over 15 documents notarized.

2-5-10- Hector's physical completed. Vaccines administered. Child Specific Petition and Power of Attorney's notarized and ready for apostille.

2-8-10- CSP and POA's apostilled and shipped to Sofia's home country! First home study visit is scheduled for 2/15.

2-10-10- ALL paperwork completed for Home Study! YEAH! Working on gathering the rest of the dossier paperwork.

2-15-10- 1st Home Study Visit completed.

2-16-10- 2nd Home Study Visit completed.

2-22-10- Received our I-797C Notice of Action for our Orphan Petition.

2-25-10- State Police clearance fingerprinting done. Apostilled 20 documents at Secretary of State office.

3-1-10- Final revisions completed on Home Study.

3-2-10- Jennifer fingerprinted a third time for USCIS. Hector's police clearance letter received.

3-3-10- Hector fingerprinted a third time for USCIS.

3-4-10- Home Study, Agency License and Social Worker Licence notarized and mailed to us today.

3-11-10- USCIS Approval!

3-12-10- Dossier shipped out to Sofia's home country!

3-15-10- Dossier arrived in Sofia's home country!

3-25-10- Dossier officially submitted. Approximately 10 day wait to get travel date!

4-6-10- Received our SDA appointment for 4/22 at 9am! Booked our plane tickets for 4/19 arriving on 4/20.

4-14-10- Volcano erupts in Iceland causing flights to be grounded throughout Europe!

4-19-10- Flight is cancelled. No alternative routes are available. Requested new SDA appointment.

4-20-10- Got a last minute flight to Kiev through Vienna, Austria.

4-21-10- Arrived in Kiev, Ukraine!

4-22-10- Completed SDA appointment at 9am. Received referral at 6pm. Hopped on a midnight train to Dnep.

4-23-10-Arrived in Dnep at 7am and ran around Dnep for 11 hours today with our facilitator Marina gathering papers and getting notaries. Met Sofia!

4-26-10-Took Sofia out of the orphanage to get her picture taken for Visa immigration, US Embassy and the SDA. 7 day wait begins for court date.

4-27-10-Prosecutor says our documents are complete and ready for the judge and court proceedings.

4-29-10-Still waiting for interpol clearance so court date is set for 5/13.

4-30-10-Interpol clearance arrives. Court date moved to 5/6!

5-6-10- Court completed and Sofia Andrea Sanchez is officially adopted! 10 day wait begins.

5-16-10- Return trip is set for 6/6 and we'll arrive in Dnep on 6/8 to begin the process of bringing Sofia home, hopefully on or before 6/17.

6-8-10- Arrived in Sofia's region and completed all necessary paperwork for her new birth certificate and for her Ukraine passport.

6-10-10-GOTCHA day! Took Sofia out of the orphanage and home to our apartment.

6-11-10- Got Sofia's Ukrainian Passport and took overnight train back to Kiev. Changed return flight home to 6/15.

6-14-10- Got Sofia's Visa at the U.S. Embassy.

6-15-10- Going HOME!

6-16-10-Applied for Sofia's Social Security Card.

7-15-10- Received Sofia's official certificate of U.S. Citizenship in the mail.

Sunday, May 16, 2010

Final Fundraiser TODAY!

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