Thank you for visiting the Hands Across The Water fundraising page!

Hands Across The Water is a non-profit, licensed child placing agency located in the state of Michigan.  We have international and US adoption programs.  This agency provides many services to families and children throughout the world.  Your donation will help HATW continue our efforts of building strong families through adoption.

Hands Across The Water is committed to our families and the children of the world who are in need of a family.  We provide adoptive parents a "helping hand" through the intricate adoption process and take pride in our preparation of adoptive parents for a family built by adoption.  Hands Across The Water provides support programs to families through our education classes, support groups, financial aid, and access to available resources.

In addition to the adoption services and support provided to families, Hands Across The Water has a "Helping Hands Project" which helps orphanages around the world.  Some of the projects we have initiated are: sending new and gently used children's clothing to orphanages in Guatemala, Bolivia, Ukraine, Russia, and Peru; sending toiletry items, formula, and vitamins to various orphanages; raising money to purchase beds for an orphanage in Russia; raiseing money for an orphanage in Bolivia to purchase milk, food, and pay for caregiver's wages; raiseing monty to purchase school supplies for a girl's orphanage in Iran and for an orphanage in Russia; purchasing Spanish language books for orphanages in Guatemala and Bolivia; raiseing money for an orphanage in Bolivai to repair their leaky roof; and each year at Christmas we have a "Remember the Children" toy drive where we collect new toys to send to various orphanages.  In 2006 we sent 6 boxes of toys to orphanages in Bolivia, Guatemala, and Russia.

Please consider making a donation to Hands Across The Water today, so that we can continue our efforts in providing support and services to families and children.

Donating through this website is simple, fast and totally secure. It is also the most efficient way to support our fundraising efforts.

Many thanks for your support -- and don't forget to forward this to anyone who you think might want to donate too!  Maybe you have family members and friends who have been touched by adoption and would like the opportunity to support an organization such as our.

With heartfelt thanks,

Kathi Nelson, LMSW      Agency Director