Minnesota Couple Raises Support For Chinese Orphanages
Helping an orphan, then an orphanage
Bob and Fay DeBellis' adopted daughter had been close to death, so malnourished her nerves were damaged. Now, the couple wants to give other orphans the care they need.
Fay DeBellis tells her only child, Ling, that they were destined to be mother and daughter. Even before they met, she tells her, a long, red thread — a Chinese symbol of destiny — connected them from southern China to Minnesota.
Since the adoption in 2001, DeBellis and her husband, Bob, have followed that same red thread back to one of the poorest provinces in China to fight for better conditions at the orphanage that was their daughter's home.
The St. Paul couple hopes to begin implementing a project in November that will help preserve an endangered foster-care program and pay for extra caregivers and medical supplies at the facility in the southeast province of Guangxi. Their goal is to raise $50,000 over three years.
Bob and Fay DeBellis' adopted daughter had been close to death, so malnourished her nerves were damaged. Now, the couple wants to give other orphans the care they need.
Fay DeBellis tells her only child, Ling, that they were destined to be mother and daughter. Even before they met, she tells her, a long, red thread — a Chinese symbol of destiny — connected them from southern China to Minnesota.
Since the adoption in 2001, DeBellis and her husband, Bob, have followed that same red thread back to one of the poorest provinces in China to fight for better conditions at the orphanage that was their daughter's home.
The St. Paul couple hopes to begin implementing a project in November that will help preserve an endangered foster-care program and pay for extra caregivers and medical supplies at the facility in the southeast province of Guangxi. Their goal is to raise $50,000 over three years.
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