tinydancer
July 31st, 2009, 11:57 am
With the world seemingly in the toilet these days, I found this awesome tale of good hearted people coming to the rescue. I know I needed it. The news is full of horror stories Enjoy.:hug:
Creditors band together to salvage bankrupt adoption agency
Some arrived clutching pictures of the babies they thought would be theirs by now. Others came with manila envelopes under their arms, full of papers detailing the thousands of dollars they had paid in the hopes of completing their families.
It was a creditors meeting like no other, as families and business owners packed a hotel conference room in Kitchener, Ont., to discuss what would happen to the remains of Imagine Adoption, an agency facing about $3-million in claims after it went bankrupt earlier this month.
In the end, the nearly 200 creditors unanimously agreed to put their financial problems aside in order to help couples like Jesse and Jeanette Martin, who are desperate to adopt twin girls from Ghana.
“We have photos of them and you can't look at them and say ‘it's too much bother,' ” said Mr. Martin, referring to the eight-month-old babies, Destiny and Grace.
“We can't walk away.”
The creditors voted Thursday to forego their financial claims and instead try to resurrect the agency and complete hundreds of pending adoptions.
That would involve developing a plan to bring the organization back under a new group of directors, and seeking the approval of the province, which licenses adoption agencies.
:clap::clap::clap:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/creditors-band-together-to-salvage-bankrupt-adoption-agency/article1236987/
Creditors band together to salvage bankrupt adoption agency
Some arrived clutching pictures of the babies they thought would be theirs by now. Others came with manila envelopes under their arms, full of papers detailing the thousands of dollars they had paid in the hopes of completing their families.
It was a creditors meeting like no other, as families and business owners packed a hotel conference room in Kitchener, Ont., to discuss what would happen to the remains of Imagine Adoption, an agency facing about $3-million in claims after it went bankrupt earlier this month.
In the end, the nearly 200 creditors unanimously agreed to put their financial problems aside in order to help couples like Jesse and Jeanette Martin, who are desperate to adopt twin girls from Ghana.
“We have photos of them and you can't look at them and say ‘it's too much bother,' ” said Mr. Martin, referring to the eight-month-old babies, Destiny and Grace.
“We can't walk away.”
The creditors voted Thursday to forego their financial claims and instead try to resurrect the agency and complete hundreds of pending adoptions.
That would involve developing a plan to bring the organization back under a new group of directors, and seeking the approval of the province, which licenses adoption agencies.
:clap::clap::clap:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/creditors-band-together-to-salvage-bankrupt-adoption-agency/article1236987/