Reece's Rainbow

I thought I should explain a little more about Reece's Rainbow and what an amazing organization it is, and why I'm honored to do anything to help its agenda. It was founded by Andrea Roberts who in 2002 had a little boy with Down syndrome named Reece. In 2004 Reece's Rainbow began as an outreach program serving new families with babies with Down syndrome at Northside Hospital in Atlanta, GA. The nurse who attended Andrea post-partum with Reece called her one day and asked if she could use Reece's name for her hospital service project. She asked if Andrea would come talk to new families and share what she had learned with them before they were discharged from the hospital.

In 2006, the program expanded to include promoting the international adoption of children with Down syndrome. By raising money to offer adoption grants on waiting children, Reece's Rainbow is able to give adoptive families the extra financial help they need to bring a child with Down syndrome home from a miserable existence in overseas orphanages. These children are viewed as outcasts with no ability to learn or be functional members of society. They languish in mental institutions, hidden away from the world in shame. Even if you are not able to adopt a child at this time, you truly can change the course of a child's life by helping adoptive families afford the costs of international adoption.


During the months of November and December all of the waiting children with Down syndrome are listed on the Christmas Angel Tree, you can view the kids here. I was matched with sweet Nikita to be his Christmas Warrior, to spread the word, to let people know that he exists and to find him a family of his own. I also have a goal of raising $1000 toward his adoption fund by the end of December. So, I have a lot of work to do.

Also, I have to mention, even though Reece's Rainbow focuses on children with Down syndrome, it was hard for them to ignore the other waiting boys and girls they came across. You can find a listing of children with other special needs here. All these kids are real, they all need homes, they all need love, they're simply kids.

Reece's Rainbow has only been around a few years but already many families have been made. If you're like me and would like to follow some of these families on their adoption journeys you can go here and read through their blogs. Come see some of the colors of Reece's Rainbow!

Thank you again for thinking of these little ones.