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Region VII

Adoption Annex

WEB: http://www.adoptionannex.org/index.asp  

• Area Served:  Long Island
• Services: Not-for-Profit multi-service agency providing monthly peer group sessions specifically geared to each group’s specific issues. Groups include: Adult Adoptees, Adoptive Parents, Birth Parents, Adoptive Grandparents, Adopt-Anon (Siblings & Spouses of Adoptees), Blended Families, Infertility, Multi-Racial Families, Same-Sex & Single Parents, Search & Support and more. $10.00 Donation per session appreciated (not required). Other services include seminars, information & referral, warm line, and counseling
• Contact

Adoption Annex
Garden City Center
100 Quentin Roosevelt Blvd, Concourse Level
Garden City, NY
516-621-2107
PeerGroups@AdoptionAnnex.org

Adoptive Parents Committee / Long Island

P.O. Box 71, Bellmore, NY 11710      WEB: http://www.adoptiveparents.org               

• Area Served:  Long Island
• Services:  Monthly meetings, pre and post adoption workshops and support, resource information, community outreach and recruitment, family activities, adoption education and awareness, international children's relief
• Contacts:

  Jean Gray
  (516) 541-4822
  jgray8@optionline.net

  Trish Polk
  (516) 541-4822

Families with Children from China - Long Island Chapter

WEB: www.fccli.org   

• Area Served: Long Island
• Services: Information and referral, support network, social events, meetings as needed, buddy system, newsletter, cultural events, education services, adoption information workshops, adoption advocacy
• Contacts:

  Jayne H. Hirsch
  594 Easton Street
  Ronkonkoma, NY 11779
  631-619-6835
  e-mail: jayneh@fccli.org
  

Forestdale Foster Parents Association

6735 112th Street, Forestdale, NY 11375

• Area Served:  5 Boroughs of New York City & Long Island
• Services:  Information and referral
• Contact:

  Tanya Thompson
  116-07 167th Street
  Jamaica, NY 11434
  (718) 276-0006

Foster and Adoptive Parents Association of Nassau County

Email: NassauCountyFAPA@aol.com

• Area Served:  Nassau County
• Services:  Information and referral, monthly meetings, support network, social events, newsletter
• Contact s:

  Erica Marquardt, President
  58 Elm Court
  New Hyde prk, NY 11040
  (516) 352-5801
  kiwinut@verizon.net
  
  Betty Shands
  15 Beebe Avenue
  Hempstead, NY 11550
  (516) 481-2049
  shandsrb@aol.com

Foster Parents Advisory Council of Suffolk County (F-PAC

• Area Served:  Suffolk County
• Services: Monthly meetings, bimonthly newsletter, memberships, "Kids for Kids" social club, "Buddy Up on the Phone" group, moms of kids under 3 "Breakfast Buddies" group, lending library, friendship circle, training and educational programs, MAPP mentors program, "One-to-One" help line, prayer group and sick call, scholarship program for graduating foster children
• Contact:

  Peggy Tomasicchio
  28 Hopewell Drive
  Stony Brook, NY 11790
  631-751-3474
  peggytomas@verizon.net

Friends in Adoption Support Group

• Area Served: Long Island
• Services: Support Network
• Contacts:

  Dave and Leslie Elis
  3 Brenda Lane
  Manorville, NY 11949
  631-878-6511
  Oilcan6@aol.com

Friends of Children Everywhere, Inc.

WEB: http://www.fceonline.org    Email: FCEonline2003@yahoo.com

• Area Served:  Nassau and Suffolk Counties and surrounding area
• Services: Adoption information, support for families, social and cultural events, meetings, newsletter, website
• Contact:

  George Waters
  PO Box 184
  Great River, NY 11739
  MomARunning@aol.com
  
  Kathy Myles
  23 Snowbird Lane
  Levittown, NY 11756
  (516) 579-8719
  Kamyles@aol.com
  

Long Island Family Connection

• Area Served: Long Island
• Services: Local affiliate of Family Pride a national non-profit organization committed to securing family equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer parents, guardians and allies. Information and Referral, Support Network
• Contact:

  Linda Fisher
  1373 Nine Acres Blvd.
  Bayshore, NY 11714
  516-666-4018
  ltfmsg@aol.com

LOFT Kids

• Area Served: Nassau
• Services: Information and Referral, Support Network
• Contact:

  Douglas Dill
  1140 Baldwin Road
  Yorktown, NY 10598
  (914)245-4381

New York Singles Adopting Children, Inc.

P.O. Box 472, Glen Oaks, NY 11004             Telephone: (212) 259-9402

• Area Served:  New York City, Westchester County, and Long Island
• Services:  Information and referral, support network, monthly meetings in Long Island and New York City, social events, discussion groups, quarterly newsletter, membership directory, speakers, annual picnic and holiday party
• Contacts:

  Carolyn Sofia
  (516) 246-8157
  mitzvahmom@aol.com

  Barbara Perrin
  694 DeGraw St
  Brooklyn NY 11217
  (718) 622-1665
  

South Shore Adoptive Parents Group

• Area Served: Suffolk County
• Services: Information and Referral, Support Network
• Contact:

  Fredenna Drummond
  1551 Manatuck Blvd
  Bayshore, NY 11706
  631-968-4079
  wdrumm9601@aol.com

Stars of David International, Inc. - Long Island Chapter

• Area Served: Suffolk and Nassau Counties
• Services: A compassionate network of support, adoption information, and education to prospective parents, adoptive families, adult adoptees, birth families, and the Jewish community
• Contact:

  "Stars of David Coordinator"
  FEGS - Long Island Division
  6900 Jericho Turnpike, Suite 306
  Syosset NY 11791
  516-496-7550 X140
  www.starsofdavid.org/chapter_NY.html

You Gotta Believe Weekly Call-in Parent Support Group

• Services: YGB's Adopting Teens and Tweens Radio show hosts a weekly live call in parent support group broadcast every Sunday from 8:00 untill 9:00 PM ( Eastern Time)
• Contact: Nassau County, Most of Queens, Western Suffolk, & Parts of Brooklyn can tune into WGBB 1240 on your AM Dial. Everyone else may listen to a live stream on livne by logging on to www.am1240wgbb.com

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