Local family hopes to adopt special needs child overseas

This is a copy of 2/26/2011 article on News14 Carolina:

MONROE - A family who has dealt with the challenges of having a child with Down Syndrome has decided to take in another child with the chromosomal disorder.  The Maddex Family is raising money to adopt a child from an eastern European orphanage. Laurie Maddex first learned about 3-year-old Danil on the Internet, from an international adoption ministry. With financial donations, Reece's Rainbow helps others like the Maddex family bring children with Down Syndrome to the United States.

“Something just kind of clicked in my heart that said ordinary people could do this,” said Laurie Maddex.
Her husband, Bryan, was against the idea to start but later had a change of heart when a co-worker shared personal experience of the conditions of orphanages overseas and the unimaginable fate of special needs children living there.  “Just thinking about Chase being in an institution and not having anyone to love him or hug him or hold him or give him every opportunity in life is really what pulled on me,” said Bryan Maddex.  The Maddex family has already begun the adoption process. They have started an online auction to raise the $25,000 needed to bring Danil home, selling everything from jewelry to homemade honey.

Danil is just five days older than Chase. Brian and Laurie Maddex plan to meet him for the first time when they visit Danil's orphanage over the summer. So far, the Maddex family has raised about $9,000 The online auction runs through the end of the month but you can make a donation anytime by logging onto Reece's Rainbow's website.

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Bryan is a friend of mine and we've been discussing ways to raise funds.  I've volunteered to donate $1 for every new like on my company Facebook page.  All you need to do is tell all your friends to LIKE Ballantyne Home Staging between now and April 15th!  That's it...you can unlike us later :-) but we hope you don't.

Thank you for your help in bringing Danil home.




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