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Support
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Family Counseling Center
Catholic Social
Services Birth Mother Support
Group
10 Henson Place, Suite C
Champaign,
IL 61820
217/352-6565
*Friends of the Cradle
Of
the Cradle, by the Cradle and for Cradle triad members.
2049 Ridge Avenue
Evanston, IL 60201
847/475-5800
Fax: 847/
475-5871
e-mail: lhageman@cradle.org
www.cradle.org
Green
Ribbon Campaign
A
recent arrival on the national scene, Green Ribbon strongly advocates
for open records in the 40+ U.S. states where adoption records are still sealed.
Their Arkansas chapter was omnipresent in Little Rock during a recent attempt
to unseal adoptee's birth records in adoptee Bill Clinton's home state. Their
energetic Illinois Coordinator is adoptee Linda Roth.
e-mail: lilybugmom@yahoo.com
www.50megs.com/levgen/grcampaign.html
*Healing Hearts
A
core group of committed adoptees, birth relatives and adoptive parents provides
adoption search
and support to the Bloomington/Normal community. Monthly meetings are held in
Bloomington. Healing Hearts' President, Marilyn Strohkirch,
is also a confidential intermediary for the State of Illinois.
P.O. Box 606
Normal,
IL 61761
309/820-0230
e-mail:
Digger719@aol.com
Hidden Birthright
100 Cumberland
Rochester,
IL 62563-9238
Illiana Adoptive
Parents
P.O. Box 412
Flossmoor, IL
60422
708/799-7844
*Illinois Foster Parent
Association
665 Silver Creek
Road
Woodstock, IL 60098
217/
448-4191
*Lifelink/Bensenville Home Society
Special Needs Adoption Support Group
331
York Road
Bensenville, IL 60106
630/766-5800, Ext: 282
www.lifelink.org
Lost Connection
2661 N. IL Street,
Suite 147
Belleville, IL 62221
618/235-9409
*Missing Pieces
Group
facilitator, Maggie Ruby spent several years searching for (and ultimately locating)
her birth mother before founding this long-established group.
P.O. Box
7541
Springfield, IL 62791-7541
217/787-8450
People Searching for
People
P.O. Box 5442
Rock Island, IL
61204-5442
Single Adoptive Parent Support
Group
P.O. Box 578478
Chicago, IL
60657
847/604-1974
*Stars of David International,
Inc.
Chicago Area
Chapter
Active
adoptive parents' group which offers a wide range of activities
and services for adoptive parents both pre- and post-adoption.
3175 Commercial
Avenue, Suite 100
Northbrook, IL
60062-1915
847/509-9929
Toll Free: 800/782-7349
Fax: 847/509-9545
e-mail: StarsDavid@aol.com
www.starsofdavid.org/
*Truth Seekers in
Adoption
The
longest-running adoption support group in the Chicago area. An average of two
dozen adoptees, birth parents and the occasional adoptive parent turn out for
their last-Monday-of-the-month meetings at Lutheran General Hospital in Park
Ridge. Turthseeker's long-time facilitator Barb Gonyo recently
stepped down and has been replaced by birth mother Judy Koptik.
P.O. Box 366
Prospect Heights, IL
60070
708/342-8742
e-mail: Jkoptik@ix.netcom.com
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