Before we reflect on this month's accomplishments, we're asking for a big favor. We recently launched our 10K Challenge and need your help please. IF we get to 10,000 followers on each of our social media platforms (Facebook and Instagram) by 10/10, a $10,000 gift will be unlocked!!! It's true - this will cost you nothing and will do nothing but good! We hope you will follow and share with your people!!

We're thrilled to announce that our World of Smiles event in coordination with the Delray Beach Chamber of Commerce's Do Good Delray will be back on Friday, October 2 at the Aloft from 6 - 9 p.m. We are thankful that the Aloft is our official event partner again this year!

Please save the date for this fun event! We are seeking silent auction items and event sponsors, so if that interests you, please reach out! Read more about the event details and register here.

From all of us here, thank you for your partnership. None of these amazing things happen without your support, so please enjoy this month's updates that your generosity made possible!

For 10 years, Open Hearts for Orphans has helped families across the United States overcome financial barriers to adoption through our Say Yes Adoption Grant Program. We are honored to announce the expansion of that vision through a new initiative - Say Yes Global.

We are now working alongside trusted partners in Uganda to strengthen domestic adoption, removing barriers for prospective parents, and helping children in foster care find permanent, loving families within their own country. We have helped ten children settle into permanent families so far.

Last month, we shared about Henry asking for your prayers. This month we get to tell you that he's HOME!! Thank you so much for your prayers, our Open Hearts family!! After spending time in the hospital, Henry made it home just in time for the Fourth of July, and we're so happy to report that he's doing great!

His family is settling into life with a G-tube. The best part? Henry's twin siblings are absolutely obsessed with him and have already taken it upon themselves to teach him his shapes and colors. His mama shared, "We are just so lucky to have this chill, sweet little guy!"

Just a few months ago, this precious 4-year-old boy arrived at our Josiah's Hope Pediatric Ward in Uganda suffering from repeated convulsions. He remained in a coma for seven days.

Thanks to the dedicated medical team, Kalema received the specialized care he desperately needed. Today, we are overjoyed to share that Kalema is thriving, and - God willing - he will be discharged from follow-up care after his next visit in three months. This is why Josiah's Hope exists. And Kalema's story is just one of many.

Over the past three months, the JH pediatric ward has continued to grow with intakes remarkably increasing. They admitted 70 children in April, 66 in May, and 60 in June. The High Dependency Unit is now caring for an average of 20 critically ill children each month, many suffering from severe pneumonia, malaria, sickle cell complications, acute malnutrition, and other life-threatening illnesses.

Because of your generosity, more vulnerable children are receiving care. We are still working to equip the Josiah's Hope ward with essential equipment and supplies.

We had the privilege of hosting 14 incredible children in foster care at Drive Shack West Palm Beach in partnership with Children's Home Society of Florida. What looked like an evening of golf, dinner, and fun was so much more.

We're thrilled to share that 7 of the 14 children who attended are now one step closer to being matched with an adoptive family.

That's seven children whom we pray may soon know the love, stability, and permanency every child deserves.

It was a privilege for OHFO to provide 100 strollers and 100 playpens for vulnerable babies and children in Venezuela following two devastating earthquakes and we thank those who stepped up to contribute.

While we have not received photos of our donations in action, we have confirmed that they were received in Miami and shipped to Venezuela on a cargo plane. Please continue praying for all who suffer.

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