Helping Families & Children Affected by Imagine's Bankruptcy

1 - There's a Facebook page that has been created called Imagine Adoption Program - Support Group. LINK

2 - Sign the petition to urge the Ministry of Children and Youth Services into immediate action. Urge your friends and family to do the same. LINK

3 - Sign the petition to urge the Ministry of Children and Youth Services to immediately return the files of the families working with Imagine to the families so that they may retain another agency to continue the work. Urge your friends and family to do the same. LINK

4 - Jenny Adachi has set up a PayPal account on her blog to accept donations that will be sent with a family traveling next week - the money will be going to help care for the children - and if that has already been taken care of it will be given to the caregivers who are no longer being paid by Imagine. LINK

5 - Write to the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, [Calgary is Jason Kenney] asking that he issue emergency visas to those children who have been legally adopted and are waiting for their travel docs. Make sure you say in your letter that you are copying in the Citizenship and Immigration critic, Maurizio Bevilacqua, and Leader of the Opposition, Michael Ignatieff. Then send a copy to Mr Bevilacqua and Mr Ignatieff with a cover letter asking that they follow up with the Minister. Details are below (Parliamentary mail is the same for all MPs.).

Parliamentary address:

House of Commons

Ottawa, ON K1A 0A6

Honorable Jason Kenney: kennej@parl.gc.ca

Hill Office:

325 East Block

House of Commons

Ottawa, ON K1A 0A6

Constituency Office:

1168 137 Ave SE

Calgary, AB T2J 6T6