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The Children's Home Society of WV has partnered with The Greenbrier Classic to sell weekly badges for the biggest golf event in West Virginia history. The Greenbrier Classic, which will be held July 26 – August 1, 2010, will be played on the historic, links-style Old White, The Greenbrier’s first 18-hole course. To support The Children's Home Society, simply go to www.greenbrierclassic.com and select Badges for Charity. Then, select the badge level you wish to purchase and select The Children's Home Society from the drop-down menu. The Society will receive 30% of the proceeds of all badges purchased on our behalf between now and February 26. Weekly badges for the event range from $147 to $5,000 each.

The Children’s Home Society is proud to announce that US Senator Jay Rockefeller has nominated one of our many dedicated families as “Angels in Adoption.” This award is used to recognize those who reach out to vulnerable children and provide them with a safe and loving home. David and Dawn Heatwole have an amazing story that has touched the lives of so many needy children, and I would like to share their story with you now.

Dawn and David had been married several years when they were told that it was unlikely they would be able to have children. Rather than becoming discouraged, the decided that they would like to adopt a young boy from Russia who they had found out about through their church. While waiting for the lengthy intercountry...

Please use the following link for the full press release from US Senator Jay Rockefeller's Office.

O'Neal's Adoption Angel Nominee

Occasionally in this lifetime journey, if you are real lucky, you will come across someone who seems to breathe in and breathe out the essence of love. Twenty years ago, two people who had fallen in love with each other decided to tie the knot and begin their life journey together. John and Cheryl O’Neal then chose careers that would give them opportunities to be helpers, healers, teachers, and lovers of life; John became an educator and coach, and Cheryl became a nurse. They approached their world together with passion and enthusiastic hopes and dreams.

Through their love together, their daughter Kaitlyn was born sixteen years ago. Their little family of three thrived as they touched and helped many people along their life’s journey, but they longed to do more. They longed to make an even bigger difference.

In 2005 they learned about baby girls in China who desperately needed homes; they wanted to help. As they proceeded and waited through the international Chinese adoption process, they realized the intense need for foster homes right here in West Virginia. After examining their hearts, in 2006 Cheryl convinced John that they should shift gears by becoming foster parents to medically needy children within their own community. Then they realized there were also foster children within their own community who needed to be nurtured, protected, and loved within an adoptive family. John, Cheryl, and Kaitlin became a loving family to a sibling group of three children who had experienced the trauma of several foster care placements and one disrupted adoptive home placement. Although they would experience a multitude of physical and emotional struggles and sacrifices, they knew that real love means never giving up. Although their adoption for these three children was finalized in September 2008, within a couple of weeks, they were crossing the seas to also adopt their little girl from China. Their dedication to make a difference has enriched lives and helped to heal broken hearts of children who have needed a healthy, strong, and loving family foundation. To better accommodate their ever-growing family, they have expanded not only their vehicles, their friends, and their house, but also their hearts.

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