Important Ordering Information 1. When paying by PayPal, please use your own home address as the shipping address. We will get the orphanage or foster family address directly from you. 2. Please send the Chinese characters for both the name of your child and the orphanage. The characters are needed for accurate identification. Send to Adele at lehall88@yahoo.com. You can find this information in your CCAA acceptance letter or your Pre-Approval letter. You may also fax the characters. Our North American Toll Free Fax Number: 1-866-691-1250. 3. A Letter is strongly recommended if you are sending a package before you receive your child. The letter explains the package to orphanage staff. 4. Delivery time - Cake and flower gifts arrive 1 to 2 days after we place the order. Pillow packages arrive in 4 to 7 days. All other package options include Chinese Super Express Delivery which is the Chinese equivalent to UPS delivery in the USA. We email you when the package arrives. We also email you the tracking number. You can check tracking numbers on the Chinese Post Office's web site. Compare our packages with sending your own internationally. Disclaimer It will be up to the orphanage staff to take photos with any cameras we send on your behalf. We do not have any agreements with them regarding photography, and we cannot guarantee that orphanage staff will take good photos or return all of the items or answers to your questions when you receive your child. Orphanages are sometimes overwhelmed with managing the adoption process and can forget to bring some items when they meet you. Please develop the film in China. The film may be sensitive to airport x-ray machines. |
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| 12 Questions - About Your Child | |||
You may add twelve Standard Questions about your adopted child. We send a Chinese translation of the questions with the package. |
12 Questions
US $12 (a $19 value!) |
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| SASE - Self Addressed Stamped Envelope | |||
You may include a SASE for the orphanage to send a reply to your letter. Including a SASE will greatly enhance your chances of receiving a reply. International postage is expensive for ordinary Chinese families, and orphanages and foster parents appreciate the gesture. If you want to include a SASE, please email your mailing address to Adele at lehall88@yahoo.com. |
We use envelopes and postage specified by the Chinese Post Office for international mailing. |
SASE
US $12 |
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| Call for Answers - to see if orphanage will send answers | |||
| Note: If they do send us answers to your questions, there is an additional charge to translate them into English. Translation fee is based on word count and is 12 cents per word. Minimum charge for translation is $20. | We check with the orphanage to see if they will send us answers to your questions.
US $25 (This fee is non-refundable) |
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| Add Photos of Your Family | |||
We send your photos to China to be printed in a photo shop as regular 3.5 x 5 prints. Our associates will send the photos with the package. |
1 or 2 Photos
US $10 |
3 or 4 Photos
US $16 |
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| E-mail your photos to Adele at: lehall88@yahoo.com. The optional photo album is a soft cover booklet. When you order a photo album, we insert the photos into the album before sending them with the package. | 5 or 6 Photos
US $21 |
Photo Album
US $8 |
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| Retrieve Camera | |||
This service retrieves the camera you sent to the orphanage or foster parents in the care package, develops the pictures and emails them to you. Please note that this service is not appropriate if you plan to travel to China within 35 days after placing an order. |
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Part 1: Check with Orphanage We first check with the orphanage or foster parents to see if they will send the camera back to us. There is a non-refundable $25 fee for calling the orphanage. We cannot predict whether they will cooperate with us. We check with the orphanage or foster parents to see if they will return the camera. |
Part 2: Get Photos If the orphanage or foster parents agree to send the camera to our contacts in China, then we can go ahead with the camera retrieval service. Fees include the money for the orphanage or foster parents to mail the camera back to our contacts in China, calling them (usually several times) to encourage them to mail the camera, photo-processing fee, and emailing the photos to you. Option A: We retrieve the camera and email you the photos. Option B: We retrieve the camera, email you the photos, plus send |
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| Get Digital Photos | |||
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*Note: The regular price for getting photos is $80. The price is discounted to $55 when you purchase a package.
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US $55 |
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| Include Your Own Items | |||
You may include your own items with a care package. For example, you can include a blanket with your own scent by sleeping with it for a few nights. This may ease your child's transition to your care by providing an opportunity to recognize your scent at adoption time. Adele will email you with instructions about how to include your items when you order this service. IMPORTANT - Adding this service to your care package increases delivery time to four weeks. |
Send up to 3 pounds of your own items |
Each additional pound over 3 pounds. |
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| Photo Pillow | |||
(Prices are with purchase of a New Year Package.) The pillow is approximately 12 inches wide. The photo is printed into the cloth in a way that preserves the texture of the fabric. The pillow case is removable and washable. E-mail your picture to Adele at: lehall88@yahoo.com. We will process the picture to the correct dimensions and send it to China to be transferred to the pillow. |
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| Milk Formula | |||
(Prices are with purchase of the New Year Package.)
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2 Bags |
4 Bags |
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| Fresh Cake | |||
(Prices are with purchase of the New Year Package.) |
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Red Dragon Cake Dragons are very popular symbols in China for all occasions. For girls and boys. (Cake133) |
One Red Dragon Cake
US $49 |
Two Red Dragon Cakes
US $88 |
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New Year Cake with Flowers New Year cake decorated with flowers and Chinese words for Happy New Year. (Cake113) |
One New Year Cake
US $49 |
Two New YearCakes
US $88 |
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| Fruit Basket | |||
(Prices are with purchase of a New Year Package.)
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Fruit Basket
US $49 |
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| Yummy Treats | |||
(Prices are with purchase of a New Year Package.)
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Honey Dates & Yupi Peanuts
US $18 |
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Chocolate & Candies |
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Compare our packages with sending your own internationally. Disclaimer It will be up to the orphanage staff to take photos with any cameras we send on your behalf. We do not have any agreements with them regarding photography, and we cannot guarantee that orphanage staff will take good photos or return all of the items or answers to your questions when you receive your child. Orphanages are sometimes overwhelmed with managing the adoption process and can forget to bring some items when they meet you. Please develop the film in China. The film may be sensitive to airport x-ray machines. Prefer a Different Solution? Call Adele (210) 509-4821 Email Adele at lehall88@yahoo.com
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