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About The Buckwalter Family
Andrew & Laura
We are Andy and Laura Buckwalter. Originally from Pennsylvania and Indiana, we now live in the beautiful mountains of Asheville, North Carolina. We both work at Montreat College, a small Christian school in Montreat, North Carolina. Andy serves as the Director of Community Life and Laura works as the Director of Admissions. We do not have any children of our own, but we do have two Siberian Huskies named Kaz and Quita. We love taking walks with them working out at our gym (where Laura is also a coach!), traveling, playing games, and spending time with friends and family.
We have been blessed with the opportunity to adopt two beautiful boys from the country of Haiti. They are twins and are currently 5 years old! Their birth names are Bensley and Bensly Andre. When appropriate we hope to name them Russell and Edmund, each family names on our Grandmother’s side. Our boys love to play soccer (Futbol), sing, dance, and play games with their friends at the creche. We also learned that they love to eat, so they will get along really well with Dad 🙂
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What is a Brittany's Hope Adoption Grant?
Brittany’s Hope believes in the fundamental right of all children to have the security and love of a family. There are an estimated 153 million orphans living around the world (UNICEF – 02/2011). These staggering statistics are heartbreaking considering a large number of these children are special needs, who have little or no value in the eyes of their own country. They are left to languish in institutions, where they receive minimal care and live hopeless, helpless lives.
The cost of international adoption can be overwhelming and is only further compounded by the medical and accessibility costs a child with special needs presents. Our Adoption Grant Program provides grant monies while giving families the opportunity to assist Brittany’s Hope in raising funds so the next child may also be united with their forever family. The phrase “It takes a village to raise a child,” takes on new meaning as the “seeds” of the adoptive family’s friends, family and neighbors take root and help provide future families with adoption grants. With a gift to Brittany’s Hope, a donor’s monetary support of the Adoption Grant Program means double for the adoptive family.