2009 FSA-Hawaii Regional Conference

“Letting Love Lead the Way”
Saturday, November 14, 2009
10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Laie North Stake Center: 55-630 Naniloa Loop, Laie HI 96762

Offered by LDS Family Services

CONFERENCE SCHEDULE:
10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Broadcast: Troy Dunn, the "Locator" and a Birth Parent panel

12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Lunch: Meatballs & Rice. Please bring a salad or fruit to share

1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Adoption Classes

2:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Chocolate Brownie & Ice Cream Social (mmm. chocolate)

The conference is FREE and there will be something for everyone. A nursery and Keiki class will be provided, so come and enjoy a day of educational, inspirational classes and workshops as we celebrate and promote adoption in Hawaii.

Registration

If you plan to attend, please register by EMAIL
to Amanda at: fsahawaii@gmail.com with "REGISTRATION" in the subject line and include the following information in your email.

• Name(s):
• Email Address:
• Phone:
  
• # of ADULTS attending the conference:
• # of children attending the NURSERY (ages 18mo~4yrs):
• # of children attending the KEIKI class (ages 4~11yrs):

OR register by MAIL:
by downloading the registration form here and mailing to:

Amanda Dugan
813 Hays St.
Honolulu, HI 96818

Registration must be received by Friday, November 6, 2009

Location

Laie North Stake Center

55-630 Naniloa Loop
Laie, HI 96762

(Near the Laie Temple - The front chapel on the corner of
Lanihuli St. and Naniloa Loop)


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Lunch

We will be having MEATBALLS and RICE.
Please bring a salad or fruit to share for lunch.

Nursery / Keiki Class

University students will be available to watch your keiki while you attend the conference. We will be offering a nursery and Keiki class.

Nursery: ages 18mo~4yrs
Keiki Class: ages 4~11yrs

Please R.S.V.P. by November 6, 2009 so we know how many babysitters, snacks and project materials we’ll need.

(R.S.V.P. to fsahawaii@gmail.com with your registration)

Classes & Broadcast

BROADCAST (10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.):
We will be broadcasting a portion of the 2009 National FSA Conference from Utah:

• Keynote Address: Troy Dunn
  Troy Dunn stars on WeTV’s “The Locator,” a popular TV show where he helps people across the nation find lost loved ones, including adoptive families, birth families and adults who were adopted. A former BYU football player, author, popular speaker (Life is like a football game), and current LDS Bishop, Troy has been involved in helping families for over 20 years. He first became interested in this kind of work when he helped his mother, adopted as an infant, reunite with her birth family. Troy feels strongly that having answers about your family makes a healthy family. He says, “You can’t have peace until you have all the pieces.”
  
  
• Birthparent Panel
  Adoption would be nothing without the courage, faith and love of a birthparent. Hear from birthparents who have placed their children with loving families as they share their experiences with openness, the adoptive families, and their healing.
  
  

CLASSES (1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.):
We will be offering three short classes:

• Joy in the Journey
  The journey of adoption. It is challenging. A lot of paperwork, writing, praying, fasting, waiting... but the end result is a personal miracle. The crowning event comes as families are sealed together in the Temple. It is a journey that can cause our hearts to change and strengthen our testimonies of our Savior’s divine Atonement by making the bitter sweet.
  
  
• Fear vs. Love, Openness in adoption
  Birthparents share what they wish their adoptive couples knew concerning openness, communication, relationships and healing.
  
  
• Growing up Adopted
  Listen to the stories of an adult, young adult and teen as they talk about what their adoption has meant to them, what kind of relationship they have with their families and how they have learned to deal with their unique history.
  

Brownie & Ice Cream Social

Join us for brownies and ice cream at the close of the conference.
mmm. chocolate.

Information & Display Table

We will have an information table with one 3-ring adoption binder per family for you to compile the information that pertains to your family. Some of the information and displays will include:

• Financing your adoption
• Adoption tax credit
• Helping friends and family become adoption fluent
• Creating personal histories, Life Books, or Adoption books to tell your child’s story

These binders are available for families who did not receive one last year.

Family Photo Collage!

We are updating our collage of photos from FSA families in our area. We need your photos! We would love a current family photo, placements, Temple sealings, or something else you'd like to send to help us celebrate our families... built one miracle at a time.

Please submit your family photo (preferably 5x7)
by email to: fsahawaii@gmail.com
or by mail with your registration form.

please note: you won't receive photos back, so you may want to send a color copy rather than the original. Also, due to copyright laws, we can't reproduce professional photos so please send the original or a snapshot.

Download a Flier

Click here to download a conference flyer (PDF file)
Please spread the word! Our goal is to promote adoption as a positive option here in Hawaii!

Contact

For more information about the conference or if you'd like to get involved with FSA, please contact:

Stacey Cannon, FSA-Hawaii Co-chair
email: stacey@staceycannon.com
phone: 808-398-3340
or
Amanda Dugan
email: fsahawaii@gmail.com

Troy Dunn - Keynote from National Conference

Meet The Keynote Speaker from the National FSA Conference
(to be broadcast during the morning portion of our conference):
Troy Dunn

Troy Dunn has been granting wishes for families in search of loved ones for nearly 20 years. Beginning in 1990 with his own mother's search for her biological medical history, he created an organization which soon spread to all 50 States and 32 Countries and has reunited tens of thousands of people.

He credits the majority of his organization's growth to tremendous media coverage throughout his career, having reunited families on over 500 national tv appearances on virtually every morning talk show, daytime talk show and primetime news program from Dr. Phil, Oprah, The Today Show and Good Morning America to Sixty Minutes, Barbara Walters and the list goes on.

In 2002, he sold his original company to Ancestry.com and turned his complete attention to the care and support of his 7 year old daughter's battle with cancer. She went into remission and he went back into reuniting families by launching TroyTheLocator.com. Television came calling again but this time offering him his OWN show - "The Locator," which has enjoyed high ratings from the start.

Troy has been married to his high school sweetheart Jennifer, for 21 years. They have 7 children (the oldest currently serving a mission in Moscow Russia, the youngest is 4) and reside in Ft Myers Florida. Troy is a member of The Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-Day Saints and is currently serving as Bishop, for the second time!