Helpusadopt.org hosts its fall wine event and fundraiser on the Main Line
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<p>Event co-chair Amy Eads of Shipley School (left), Helpusadopt.org co-founder and executive director Becky Fawcett, and event co-chair and board member Lisa Glassner Kovacs (Photo courtesy of Beth Erisman)</p>
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<p>Helpusadopt.org co-founder and executive director Becky Fawcett and Pat English, operating partner of Fleming's Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar of Radnor, where the Helpusadopt.org benefit was held Oct. 1. (Photo courtesy of Beth Erisman)</p>
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<p>Helpusadopt.org grant recipients Emily and Eric Bell of Royersford who were awarded $8,500 to help bring their son Nolan home in 2010. (Photo courtesy of Beth Erisman)</p>
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<p>Committee members Matt Gillin, CEO of Relay Network, and Lisa Gillin (Photo courtesy of Beth Erisman)</p>
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<p>Gerald Mosely (left) and Helpusadopt.org board member Liad Pernock (Photo courtesy of Beth Erisman)</p>
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<p>Helpusadopt.org co-founder and executive director Becky Fawcett (left), event committee members Melissa and Roy Kaiser, and Pennsylvania Ballet artistic director and board member Anna Vitelli of PNC Wealth Management (Photo courtesy of Beth Erisman)</p>
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<p>Committee member Bill Yoh of Day & Zimmermann (left), event co-chair and board member Joel Eads, and Helpusadopt.org co-founder and board member Kipp Fawcett (Photo courtesy of Beth Erisman)</p>
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<p>Event committee members Jodi Kerr of Real Time Media (left) and Debbie Adelman of Philadelphia Magazine (Photo courtesy of Beth Erisman)</p>
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<p>Event committee members Suzie and Scott Rehl (left), Dr. Elizabeth Bowden and Joan McGowan (Photo courtesy of Beth Erisman)</p>
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<p>Event committee members and presenting sponsors Jerry Slipakoff of the Galman Group (left) and Donna Slipakoff, with Harvey and Babs Snyder (Photo courtesy of Beth Erisman)</p>
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Helpusadopt.org, which awards grants to families pursuing adoption, raised more than $100,000 at its Fall Wine event, held Oct. 1 at Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar in Radnor. Among the 150 guests were Pennsylvania Ballet artistic director Roy Kaiser and his wife, Melissa, of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, and event co-chairs Lisa Glassner Kovacs and David Kovacs, and Amy and Joel Eads.
The national nonprofit is based in New York but has strong ties to Philadelphia. Becky Fawcett, a Villanova native who attended the Shipley School in Bryn Mawr, and her husband, Kipp Fawcett, founded the program in 2007 after incurring enormous costs adopting their two children Jake, 7, and Brooke, 3.
“Adoption is a very expensive process,” says Becky. “We saw a need out there to create an organization to flat-out help people, with no strings attached – just help.” Since its founding, the nonprofit has given out $495,000 in adoption grants to 65 families. Grants totaling $75,000 in amounts of up to $15,000 to help with the costs of adoption are distributed twice a year in June and December.
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