Mellowswan Foundation

REGARDING OUR OLD WEB PAGE

2009-08-01T11:43:00.000-07:00

Dear friends,

We are in the process of renewing our old web page
www.mellowswanfoundation.org
We used the same company since 2004 until the end of 2008 when we encountered a problem and suspended the account.
Since then we have created
www.mellowswanfoundation.blogspot.com
and are very happy with it.

But as you know, the .ORG is very important and we own it,
so very soon we will be able to use it again.
Until then please feel free to leave messages and comments in our message box, here on the right side.

Also, donations can be made to us directly using the donation button or via www.guidestar.com

Thank you for your patience.
We are working worldwide to help deformed orphans get the corrective surgery they deserve.

In Peace,

Sonia Paz Baron-Vine
President
Mellowswan Foundation

MELLOWSWAN FOUNDATION CHILE

2009-02-04T15:28:00.000-08:00

Make an on-line slide show at www.OneTrueMedia.com

GOOD NEWS!!!

2009-01-22T19:01:00.000-08:00

Last week, our Treasurer, Christopher Larsen and I visited with the senior class of the Architectural Department at Cal Poly University.
We presented our dream and the students were divided in two groups by their professor Margarida Yin, so we will have two different designs to choose from.
The class visited earlier the two sites, in Atascadero, where we are on a bid to purchase the land.
So now we have to work hard at writing a grant request, and finishing the documents for the Chilean Ministry of Justice.
We are very excited!!

NEWS FROM CHILE

2008-11-20T09:47:00.000-08:00

Yesterday, November 18, 2008 our Executive director for Latin America, Pascale Baron, along with our volunteer Macarena Undurraga went to the Chilean Ministry of Justice, and presented the legal documents from Mellowswan Foundation Chile to the department who oversees the granting of Judicial Personality.
Our friend Air Force General, Javier Anabalon was very important is procuring the appointment and a swift acceptance of our documents. We thank him!!!
Mellowswan Foundation and all of the volunteers worldwide celebrate this important step for Mellowswan Foundation Chile.

Sonia Paz Baron-Vine
President
Mellowswan Foundation

FROM OUR NIGERIAN FRIENDS

2008-10-28T14:13:00.000-07:00

Segun was born with deformed hands and feet.

We have spoken to Shriner's Hospital in Los Angeles, and sent his x rays to be examined.

He is getting a passport.

Hopefully we can bring him to California to have corrective surgery soon.

FROM OUR INDIAN FRIENDS

2008-10-28T14:10:00.001-07:00

Dear and Most Respected Madam,

Greetings and love from your Indian friend Kasthuri Paulraj. It's been some time since I wrote you. I'm thankful for this privilege to write you and appeal for some medical support for Ramya, one of our children in our Orphanage.

Last week, we took her for a primary medical check for her cleft foot correction. Christian Medical College and Hospital, one of the most popular hospitals in India, my wife Kasthuri is a graduate from this college, is located in our Town and so we took her there. The doctor has suggested that she should be treated with POP for about two to three months and then a required surgery. The cost estimation is given and it is in Indian Rupees 50,000 (US$1100 approximately) apart from additional home care during and after the treatment, which might be about US$ 300 - 400. Here with attached the estimation given by that doctor concern. This morning we underwent the first day of her treatment. I've attached the scanned copy of the budget estimation and the photography taken at the hospital this morning.

Since we are at the early stage of the establishment of our orphanage we don't have any special fund to treat such ailment. To be very frank with you, we started to explore this kind of big treatment on the basis of your expressed interest in supporting this kind of medical need.

Ramya's father is a victim of HIV/AIDS and passed away about two years ago and her mother is also a patient and is dying at home. She has an elder brother and an elder sister. Her elder sister Kavitha (12 yrs) is being cared at our orphanage. Ranjith (14 yrs) is assisting his dying mother at home. Ramya is a very bright girl who excels in her studies. It is disheartening to see her going ot school bare footed while others go with their shoes and chapels. We were praying for the right time that we might take her for necessary medical treatment. We do believe that our prayers are heard once you expressed a word of interest in supporting her medical need.

In our online conversation through FACEBOOK, you suggested that I should send the Xray of her legs. This morning she underwent an Xray, but it was not possible for us to get a copy of it as it has several procedures in obtaining a copy of it. We are asked her to take her for the check up by next week, and then there'll be another Xray test. I'll try to get to you a copy of her Xray.

Kindly go through the attachment. Recently our orphanage project was published in The Hindu, the top most daily of India. The chief editor was very much appreciative of our service to the orphans and so published it on his own interest at free of cost. I've attached a copy of it. In order to keep the size of the file I've scanned a portion of the article published. Please comment when time permits. Thank you...

with love and thanks
Paulraj

PS: Please let me know whether I should send a copy of these documents to you through the Post. Please let me know the address to which these documents should be sent. Thank you…

OUR LOGOS

2008-09-19T07:48:00.000-07:00

Logo designed by Chilean volunteer Juan Pablo Vergara

VOLUNTEERS AND VOLUNTARIOS

2008-06-30T09:27:00.001-07:00

MELLOWSWAN FOUNDATION LATIN AMERICA

2008-03-22T18:51:00.000-07:00

Mellowswan Foundation Latin America

Santiago, Chile will be the center of Mellowswan Foundation for South America.
Our goal for 2008-2009 is to buy land in the countryside, and build a "country home" to host the South American orphans pre/ post surgery.
The excellent Chilean surgeons will do the corrective surgeries.

We will provide exactly the same care for the South American orphans in Chile as we do for the rest of the countries in California.

We have learned from the Ronald McDonalds House as we have stayed there with our orphans, on what to provide.

We are requesting grants and donations from companies
worldwide in order to buy acres of land in California and in Chile

The refuge is a two story building,
consisting of twelve bedrooms, eight bathrooms,
living room, dinning room,kitchen, family room,
children's play room, library, physical therapy room,
elevator and office.

Refuge's Staff

Travel Escorts
Will travel overseas and will fly back with the orphan/patient to California or Chile

Hospital Escort
Will accompany the orphan/patient to doctor's visits, surgeries and
transport the patient after surgeries to the Mellowswan Foundation
Refuge to recuperate.

Art Director
Will supervise the art to be displayed at the Refuge and provide crafts
and activities to the patients.

Building Supervisor
Will supervise the building of the refuge.

Greeting Staff
Will greet the orphan/patient and provide guidance to them and
their escorts about the refuge's amenities.

Nurses
Will be on call to provide medical care if needed.

Domestic Staff
Will provide our orphans/patients healthy meals and a clean
cozy place to recuperate.

Security Officer
Will provide the orphan/ guest with a friendly and safe place to recuperate.

Legal, Transportation, Medical Secretaries
These three secretaries will arrange for legal documents, visas,
airline tickets, and medical appointments for our ophans/patients/guests/

Volunteers
Will provide our orphans/patients/guests with friendly safe activities.

NOTE: Everyone who comes in contact with the children will be screened just like the staff, fingerprinted and their background checked.

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF

MELLOWSWAN FOUNDATION LATIN AMERICA

Pascale Emily Baron

pbaron@mellowswanfoundation.org

Public Relations Specialist

University English Professor

LATIN AMERICAN VOLUNTEERS

ARGENTINA
Adriana Caminos
acaminos@mellowswanfoundation.org

BOLIVIA
Gabriela Jauregui
gjauregui@mellowswanfoundation.org

BRAZIL
Mariana Andrade L.
mandrade@mellowswanfoundation.org

CHILE

Miguel Alarcon

malarcon@mellowswanfoundation.org

Roberto Aliste

raliste@mellowswanfoundation.org

Math Teacher, Writer

Anysol Altermatt
aaltermatt@mellowswanfoundation.org
Journalist

Karen Alejandra Balocchi Godoy
kbalocchi@mellowswanfoundation.org
Psychologist

Nancy Basich
nbasich@mellowswanfoundation.org
Therapist of Reiki

Maria Elizabeth Bravo

mbravo@mellowswanfoundation.org

Vera Breuer
vbreuer@mellowswanfoundation.org
Teacher

Giovanni Carella
gcarella@mellowswanfoundation.org
Author and Publisher

Paulina Carrasco
pcarrasco@mellowswanfoundation.org

Claudia Castaneda
ccastaneda@mellowswanfoundation.org
Yoga teacher

Gonzalo Castaneda
gcastaneda@mellowswanfoundation.org
Businessman

Alicia Cucurella
acucurella@mellowswanfoundation.org
Artist

Maria Jose de la Barra
mjdelabarra@mellowswanfoundation.org
Business Administrator

Jose del Puerto
jdelpuerto@mellowswanfoundation.org

Edward Delgado
edelgado@mellowswanfoundation.org

Lorena Donoso
ldonoso@mellowswanfoundation.org

Pablo Duvauchelle
pduvauchelle@mellowswanfoundation.org
Cameraman

Francisco Flores
fflores@mellowswanfoundation.org
Distribution Conductor

Camilo Godoy
cgodoy@mellowswanfoundation.org
Student

Dominique Gonzalez
dgonzalez@mellowswanfoundation.org
Kinesiology Student

Pamela Holley
pholley@mellowswanfoundation.org
Artist

Alexis Huerta
ahuerta@mellowswanfoundation.org
Accountant

Jean Pierre Jost
jpjost@mellowswanfoundation.org
Businessman

Carlos Letelier
cletelier@mellowswanfoundation.org
Aerospace Consultant
Human Resources

Ignacio Luengo
iluengo@mellowswanfoundation.org
Attorney

Antonio Meirovich
ameirovich@mellowswanfoundation.org
Architect

Nicolas Meirovich
nmeirovich@mellowswanfoundation.org
Journalist

Gonzalo Mery
gmery@mellowswanfoundation.org

Viviana Mery
vmery@mellowswanfoundation.org

Ximena Mora S.
xmora@mellowswanfoundation.org
Translator

Carmen Gloria Munoz
cgmunoz@mellowswanfoundation.org

Sofia Norambuena
snorambuena@mellowswanfoundation.org
Fashion Designer

Kimberly Oram
koram@mellowswanfoundation.org

Sonia Orellana
sorellana@mellowswanfoundation.org
Writer

Jose Manuel Pascal
jmpascal@mellowswanfoundation.org
Business Owner

Carla Pasten M
cpasten@mellowswanfoundation.org
Philosophy Teacher

Lorena Pena
lpena@mellowswanfoundation.org
Human Resources

Ricardo Posada
rposada@mellowswanfoundation.org
Business Owner

Alan Rios
arios@mellowswanfoundation.org
Medical Student

Mariela Rios Ruiz-Tagle
mrios@mellowswanfoundation.org
Writer

Adriana Salcedo
asalcedo@mellowswanfoundation.org
Ballet dancer/teacher, writer

Liliam Segura F.
lsegura@mellowswanfoundation.org
English Teacher

Sandra Soriano
ssoriano@mellowswanfoundation.org
Human Rights Activist

Veronica Soto B
vsoto@mellowswanfoundation.org
Sociologist

Jaime Soto Castro
jsoto@mellowswanfoundation.org
Farmer

Clarita Soto-Aguilar O.
csotoaguilar@mellowswanfoundation.org
Executive Secretary

Roberto Soto-Aguilar S.
rsotoaguilar@mellowswanfoundation.org
Businessman

Luis Alberto Undurraga
lundurraga@mellowswanfoundation.org
Lawyer

Macarena Undurraga
mundurraga@mellowswanfoundation.org
Lawyer

Berta Urbina
burbina@mellowswanfoundation.org
Poet

Paulina Valenzuela
pvalenzuela@mellowswanfoundation.org

Genoveva Varela
gvarela@mellowswanfoundation.org
Teacher

Alfredo Vergara
avergara@mellowswanfoundation.org
Architect

Juan Pablo Vergara
jpvergara@mellowswanfoundation.org

Renate Yunge
ryunge@mellowswanfoundation.org
Television Director

GUATEMALA

Juan Jose Espinoza
jjespinoza@mellowswanfoundation.org

Miny Honorato
mhonorato@mellowswanfoundation.org
Psychologist

PERU
Juan Jose Monge
jjmonge@mellowswanfoundation.org
Coronel ( R)

SPANISH

Fundacion Mellowswan America Latina

Santiago, Chile sera la sede de la Fundacion Mellowswan para Sud America.

Nuestra meta para 2008-2009 es la de conseguir la donacion de un terreno en el campo, para construir una "casa de campo" donde los huerfanitos se puedan recuperar despues de las cirugias. Los excelentes medicos Chilenos haran las cirugias.

Hemos aprendido de la Casa de Ronald Mc Donalds aca en USA y vamos a ofrecer las mismas atenciones, la unica diferencia sera que nosotros solo ayudamos a huerfanos.

Estamos contactando compañias internacionales para que nos ayuden y asi comprar terreno en California y en Chile.

La casa sera de dos pisos, con doce piezas y ocho baños, living, comedor,cocina, pieza de juegos,biblioteca, sala de terapia fisica, oficina y ascensor.

Personal Del Refugio

Escoltas del Viaje

Viajarán a buscar y devolver los huerfanitos. Volarán con el huerfanito a California o a Chile en el caso de Sud America.

Escoltas de Hospital
Acompañarán a los huerfanitos a las visitas del doctor, cirugías y transportaran a los paciente después de cirugías al Refugio de la Fundación Mellowswan a recuperarse.

Director De Arte

Supervisará el arte que se exhibirá en el refugio y proporcionará artes y actividades a los pacientes.

Supervisor Del Edificio

Supervisará la construccion del edificio del refugio.

Personal de Saludo
Recibirán a los huerfanitos, les proporcionarán información y los acompañaran mostrandoles las amenidades del refugio.

Enfermeras
Estaran de turno y se les llamara para proporcionar asistencia médica si está necesitada.

Equipo Domestico,
Proporcionarán comidas sanas a los huerfanitos y un lugar limpio y acogedor para recuperarse.

Oficial De Seguridad
Proveerá a los huérfanitos un lugar amistoso y seguro para recuperarse, manteniendo un control sobre quien entra y sale del terreno.

Secretaria Médica, Secretaria Legal, Secretaria de Transporte

Estas tres secretarias arreglarán los documentos jurídicos, visas, pasajes de línea aérea, y citas médicas para nuestros huerfanitos y sus escoltas

Voluntarios
Proveerán a nuestros huerfanitos y sus escoltas actividades seguras, amistosas, entretenidas.

Directora Ejecutiva de la Fundacion Mellowswan
en America Latina

Pascale Emily Baron
pbaron@mellowswanfoundation.org
Especialista en Relaciones Publicas
Profesora Universitaria de Ingles

VOLUNTARIOS EN AMERICA LATINA

ARGENTINA
Adriana Caminos
acaminos@mellowswanfoundation.org
Profesora de Musica
BOLIVIA
Gabriela Jauregui
gjauregui@mellowswanfoundation.org
Artista Plastica
BRASIL
Mariana Andrade
mandrade@mellowswanfoundation.org
CHILE

Miguel Alarcon
malarcon@mellowswanfoundation.org
Roberto Aliste
raliste@mellowswanfoundation.org
Profesor de Matematicas
Escritor
Anysol Altermatt
aaltermatt@mellowswanfoundation.org
Periodista
Karen Alejandra Balocchi G.
kbalocchi@mellowswanfoundation.org
Psicologa
Nancy Basich
nbasich@mellowswanfoundation.org
Terapeuta de Reiki

Maria Elizabeth Bravo
mbravo@mellowswanfoundation.org

Vera Breuer
vbreuer@mellowswanfoundation.org
Profesora
Giovanni Carella
gcarella@mellowswanfoundation.org
Actor y Escritor
Paulina Carrasco
pcarrasco@mellowswanfoundation.org

Claudia Castañeda
ccastaneda@mellowswanfoundation.org
Profesora de Yoga

Gonzalo Castaneda
gcastaneda@mellowswanfoundation.org
Empresario

Alicia Cucurella
acucurella@mellowswanfoundation.org
Pintora

Maria Jose de la Barra
mjdelabarra@mellowswanfoundation.org
Administratora de Negocios

Jose del Puerto
jdelpuerto@mellowswanfoundation.org
Edward Delgado
edelgado@mellowswanfoundation.org
Distribuidor de Literatura
Lorena Donoso
ldonoso@mellowswanfoundation.org
Pablo Duvauchelle
pduvauchelle@mellowswanfoundation.org
Cameraman
Francisco Flores
fflores@mellowswanfoundation.org
Conductor de Reparto
Camilo Godoy
cgodoy@mellowswanfoundation.org
Estudiante Secundario
Dominique Gonzalez
dgonzalez@mellowswanfoundation.org
Estudiante de Kinesiologia

Pamela Holley
pholley@mellowswanfoundation.org
Pintora
Alexis Huerta
ahuerta@mellowswanfoundation.org
Contador Publico y Auditor
Rotario del Club San Bernardo
Jean Pierre Jost
jpjost@mellowswanfoundation.org
Empresario

Carlos Letelier
cletelier@mellowswanfoundation.org
Recursos Humanos

Ignacio Luengo
iluengo@mellowswanfoundation.org
Abogado

Antonio Meirovich
ameirovich@mellowswanfoundation.org
Arquitecto

Nicolas Meirovich
nmeirovich@mellowswanfoundation.org
Periodista

Gonzalo Mery
gmery@mellowswanfoundation.org
Viviana Mery
vmery@mellowswanfoundation.org
Ximena Mora S.
xmora@mellowswanfoundation.org
Traductora
Carmen Gloria Muñoz
cgmunoz@mellowswanfoundation.org
Sofia Norambuena
snorambuena@mellowswanfoundation.org
Diseñadora de vestuario teatral

Kimberly Oram
koram@mellowswanfoundation.org
Sonia Orellana
sorellana@mellowswanfoundation.org
Escritora
Jose Manuel Pascal
jmpascal@mellowswanfoundation.org
Empresario
Carla Pasten M
cpasten@mellowswanfoundation.org
Profesora de Filosofia

Lorena Pena
lpena@mellowswanfoundation.org
Recursos Humanos
Ricardo Posada
rposada@mellowswanfoundation.org
Empresario

Alan Rios
arios@mellowswanfoundation.org
Estudiante de Medicina

Mariela Rios Ruiz-Tagle
mrios@mellowswanfoundation.org
Escritora
Adriana Salcedo
asalcedo@mellowswanfoundation.org
Profesora/Bailarina de Ballet y Escritora
Liliam Segura F
lsegura@mellowswanfoundation.org
Profesora de Ingles
Secretaria Ejecutiva Bilingue
Sandra Soriano
ssoriano@mellowswanfoundation.org
Activista de Derechos Humanos
Veronica Soto B
vsoto@mellowswanfoundation.org
Socióloga

Jaime Soto Castro
jsoto@mellowswanfoundation.org
Agricultor

Clarita Soto-Aguilar O.
csotoaguilar@mellowswanfoundation.org
Secretaria Ejecutiva
Roberto Soto-Aguilar S.
rsotoaguilar@mellowswanfoundation.org
Empresario
Luis Alberto Undurraga
lundurraga@mellowswanfoundation.org
Abogado
Macarena Undurraga
mundurraga@mellowswanfoundation.org
Abogada
Berta Urbina
burbina@mellowswanfoundation.org
Poeta
Paulina Valenzuela
pvalenzuela@mellowswanfoundation.org
Diseñadora de Joyas
Genoveva Varela
gvarela@mellowswanfoundation.org
Profesora

Alfredo Vergara
avergara@mellowswanfoundation.org
Arquitecto
Juan Pablo Vergara
jpvergara@mellowswanfoundation.org
Disenador Grafico
Renate Yunge
ryunge@mellowswanfoundation.org
Directora de Television

GUATEMALA

Juan Jose Espinoza
jjespinoza@mellowswanfoundation.org

Miny Honorato
mhonorato@mellowswanfoundation.org
Psicóloga

PERU
Juan Jose Monge
jjmonge@mellowswanfoundation.org
Coronel (R)

Nota Legal;
La Fundacion Mellowswan fue certificada por el Estado de California como una Corporacion sin fines de lucro, el 30 de Diciembre 2004
El numero de nuestra corporacion es 71-0963310
Esta Corporacion es organizada y operada exclusivamente para propositos de caridad dentro de la Seccion 501 (c) (3) codigo de Impuestos Internos de E.E.U.U.

"DONATIONS"

2008-03-22T18:44:00.000-07:00

Mellowswan Foundation accepts donations thru
Guide Star

Please click on this link

http://www.guidestar.com/

and donate to
Mellowswan Foundation using your credit card.
or use Paypal

All donations are tax deductible.
Thank you!

Our donors worldwide as of today;

Pascale Baron Santiago, Chile
Jose Manuel Pascal Santiago, Chile
Ricardo Posada Santiago, Chile
Christopher Larsen Atascadero, California.USA
Kevin Ruth, Bremerton, WA. USA
Zak Morgan, Cincinnati Ohio.USA
David Cottrell, Marion,Ohio. USA
Annik Alvarez, Santa Maria, Ca. USA
Haanpaa Family, Nipomo, Ca. USA

Legal Note;
Mellowswan Foundation was certified by the State of California as a Non Profit Corporation on December 30, 2004
Our Entity Id Corporation Number is; 71-0963310
This Corporation is organized and operated exclusively for charitable purposes within the meaning of Section 501 (c) (3) internal Revenue Code.

"LINKS"

2008-03-22T18:21:00.001-07:00

http://www.just4ukids.com
http://www.larmh.org
http://www.lifeadoption.com
http://www.childrenshospitalla.org
http://www.orphanage.org
http://www.savechildren.org
http://www.guidestar.org
http://www.ukraineorphans.net

"ENTREVISTAS"

2008-03-22T17:39:00.000-07:00

Canal 13 Television Chilena
http://www.canal13.cl/
Click here: CONTACTO 2003

En un pueblo a orillas del mar, en la Costa Oeste de Estados Unidos, viven los Baron-Vine: una familia que se ha ido armando poco a poco, como un puzzle inimaginable. Cada uno de sus integrantes ha llegado desde lugares muy lejanos. La mamá de los niños era famosa en el Chile de los setenta. Sonia Paz Soto Aguilar, más conocida como Pachi, es protagonista de una vida digna de una novela que hoy sigue escribiéndose.

Chile.com
http://www.chile.com/

Chile.com.La Chilena que Adopta a Huérfanos de Chernobyl

En 1990, la vida de Sonia Paz Soto Aguilar daría un gran vuelco: decidió que quería adoptar a huérfanos de la tragedia nuclear de Chernobyl...
Que la vida de la chilena Sonia Paz Soto Aguilar está para guión de película es más que una frase en el tintero. Su existencia ha estado llena de hechos decidores que fueron forjando su vida y su personalidad. Hija de un Comandante de la FACH, Osvaldo Soto Aguilar, y de una escritora, Sonia Orellana, esta mujer aprendió desde pequeña a vencer los obstáculos del camino.

Programa "Patiperros"
Canal Nacional Chile
http://www.tvn.cl/
El amor incondicional es el sentimiento que marca la vida de esta mujer que dejó en Chile su fama, tras integrar el dúo Pachi y Pablo. La estabilidad económica que le brindó su segundo matrimonio en Estados Unidos, país al que llegó a estudiar, le permite contar una historia humana llena de bondad hacia los más necesitados.Se convirtió en madre adoptiva, después de haber tenido tres hijos propios, de niños que han nacido con malformaciones y que no tienen recursos para mejorarse.
Patiperros 2003 Videos

"INTERVIEWS AND ARTICLES"

2008-03-22T14:37:00.000-07:00

Children of Zaporozhye

About two orphanages I visited in Ukraine ( updated) - Children of Zaporozhye ????? Google

My experience with Orphanages in Ukraine; by Sonia Paz Baron-Vine
When I hear horror stories about orphanages in Ukraine, it makes me sad, so I have to speak up for the ones I have visited and tell you about them.
I have been personally in two orphanages in Ukraine. Not as a visitor for a day. But I have spent one month in one orphanage and one week in the other I have met both orphanage directors and I have donated several things to both orphanages.
My trip was in 1998

We Care Too California Non Profit Organizations
Mellowswan Foundation - helps disabled and deformed orphans worldwide come to California to have corrective surgery

Ukraine Orphans
www.ukraineorphans.net
Mellowswan Foundation has kindly allowed me to link to their site. ....
Link to this BBC News article at the top of the blog.

Mellowswan Foundation
Helping Disabled Orphans Worldwide

Sonia Paz Baron-Vine had a dream of making a difference in the lives of disabled orphans. Sonia is a polio survivor herself and could relate to their suffering.

After raising her three biological children, she adopted one disabled little girl with genetic malformations from Russia in 1994 and again in 1999 two disabled little boys from Ukraine, also with genetic malformations, due to their parents exposure to the radiation cloud, that covered Ukraine from the nuclear accident of Chernobyl.

Please click on the photo to go to Sonia’s Foundation

HopeDance Magazine
California
Radical Solutions
Inspiring Hope

Published on: 3/20/2004

Adopting Disabled Children?Local poet Sonia Paz Baron-Vine, a single mom of 3 biological children decided to make a difference and adopted 3 disabled orphans in the late 90’s. Now that her children are healthy she has decided to create Mellowswan Foundation and offer disabled orphans from all over the world a refuge post surgery, nestled in our blessed county, a country place where children can discover nature and animals. Please call 594-1104 if you or someone you know can help make her dream a reality or go to www.MellowswanFoundation.org.

The Comission for Children at Risk
www.comission.org
www.comission.org/organization -
Published on: 1/1/2006

Sonia Baron-Vine, a polio survivor and single mother of three healthy biological children, who adopted three deformed orphans from Russia and Ukraine in 1994 and 1999. While in Ukraine she spent a month at the orphanage for deformed children in Tsurupinks, where she realized that many of the resident orphans could have simple corrective surgeries and implants that could change their lives and improve their chances of being adopted. She founded Mellowswan Foundation with the goal of building a refuge here in California where the sick orphans could stay pre and post surgery.

"PROJECT ELA"

2008-03-22T14:28:00.000-07:00

Ela is a lovely 18 year old teen from Ukraine.

She was born with congenital malformations, due to her parent's exposure to the radioactive cloud from the nuclear accident in Chernobyl.

In her case, deformed hands and feet, thus she was rejected at birth and abandoned by her parents at the hospital, she has been in an orphanage since birth.

I met Ela in 1998 when I spent one month at the orphanage for deformed children in Tsyurupinks,Ukraine.

She was very bright, sweet and we became very good friends.

I had gone to Ukraine to adopt Nikita and Dimitri, both born with extrophy of the bladder, also the result of radioactive exposure by their parents.

Ela came to me, and told me she was " like a sister" to my boys, they had grown together,

could I adopt her too?

I promised her that when the medical treatment for the boys was finished, I would return to adopt her and bring her back to California to have her hands and feet operated.

We have continued to write each other for these past years and we feel like Mom and Daughter.

Mellowswan Foundation will make Ela the first orphan to come to California.Ela has turned 18 and she will be leaving the orphanage in June 2008

The statistics in Eastern Europe are sad, the majority of girls leaving orphanages at 18
find themselves with limited options, alone and sadly, prostitution is usually the only way these girls find to survive.There are one hundred thousand street children in Ukraine, most are infected with HIV and almost all are addicted to glue sniffing.
They live underground in the sewers.

In Ela's case, with her handicap, she will encounter even more challenges, so I have made it my mission to save her and provide her with medical, dental care,and give her a chance at a normal life.
Please read about ELA in our friends web page
http://www.ukraineorphans.net/

Ela needs your help.
Sonia Paz Baron-Vine

If you want to help with "Project Ela," please click on this link and you can donate using your credit card

http://www.guidestar.com/

Once the page opens, please type Mellowswan Foundation and click on "donate now"
All donations are tax deductible.

Thanks.

Para los amigos de habla hispana,

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Ela tiene 18 años y nacio con manos y pies deformes,debido a la exposicion de sus padres a la nube radioactiva de Chernobyl sus padres al ver sus deformidades, la rechazaron y la dejaron en el hospital solita. Ella ha crecido en orfanato toda su vida. Conoci a Ela en 1998 cuando fui a Ucrania a adoptar a dos huerfanitos con deformidades causadas por la radiacion de Chernobil. Ella me pidio que la adoptara tambien, no pude en ese viaje, pero le prometi que algun dia volveria por ella y me mantuve en contacto con ella todos estos anos. Ela tiene 18 anos y tendra que abandonar el orfanato en Junio 2008
Las calles de Ucrania esta llenas de peligro, drogas, prostitucion, Sida, etc.
La Fundacion Mellowswan quiere traer a Ela a California para operarla y salvarla de una vida de miseria.

Si desean ayudar a Pachi con fondos para el "Proyecto Ela" hagan click en este enlace
http://www.guidestar.com/
Una vez que la pagina abra, escriban Mellowswan Foundation y hagan click en el boton que dice "donate now"
Asi podran usar su tarjeta de credito y todas las donaciones son exentas de impuestos.
O pueden hacer click en el boton Paypal aca abajo y una vez que la pagina se abra pueden cambiar la pagina a Espanol en el cubito en la esquina derecha arriba. Todas las donaciones son exentas de impuestos.

Gracias!

"OUR VIDEOS"

2008-03-22T14:06:00.000-07:00

Here is the story of Mellowswan Foundation.

This video tells a wonderful story.
Enjoy!

"CONTACT"

2008-03-22T14:01:00.000-07:00

Thank you for your interest in our foundation.

Please feel free to send us an e-mail to the addresses below with your thoughts.

Thank you again,

Sonia Paz Baron-Vine
President Mellowswan Foundation

mellowswanfoundation@mellowswanfoundation.org

soniabaron-vine@mellowswanfoundation.org

mellowswan@aol.com

"VOLUNTEERS WORLDWIDE"

2008-03-22T13:51:00.000-07:00

Odunlami Israel Babadije
obabadije@mellowswanfoundation.org

"BOARD OF DIRECTORS"

2008-03-22T13:37:00.000-07:00

President / Founder

Sonia Paz Baron-Vine

Poet / Writer /Peace and Human Rights Activist

soniabaron-vine@mellowswanfoundation.org

Vice President

Cathleen Turpin

LMFT

cturpin@mellowswanfoundation.org

Secretary

Director of Publicity

Pamela Holley

Artist

pholley@mellowswanfoundation.org

Builder Supervisor

Christopher Larsen

Contractor

cjlarsen@mellowswanfoundation.org

"STIFTELSEN MELLOWSWAN"

2008-03-22T13:27:00.000-07:00

Photo Pamela Holley

Stiftelsen Mellowswan bildades 2004
av Sonia Paz Baron-Vine.
Hon hade en drˆm: att fˆrbttra livsvillkoren fˆr handikappade fˆrldralˆsa barn.
Efter att ha fostrat sina egna tre barn, adopterade hon 1994 en liten rysk handikappad flicka som hade medfˆdda missbildningar.
1999 adopterade hon tvÂ smÂ handikappade pojkar frÂn Ukraina. ƒven de var fˆdda med missbildningar efter att deras fˆrldrar hade utsatts fˆr de radioaktiva molnen som tckte Ukraina efter krnkraftsolyckan i Tjernobyl.
Hon tog dem till barnsjukhuset i Los Angeles, Kalifornien fˆr kirurgisk behandling. Nu r dessa barn lyckliga och friska.
PÂ barnhemmet fˆr missbildade barn i Ukraina, dr hon upplevde den stora nˆd som barnen genomled, bestmde hon sig fˆr att starta en icke vinstgivande stiftelse fˆr att hjlpa dem.
Syftet med stiftelsen r att erbjuda medicinsk och kirurgisk hjlp i Kalifornien till handikappade och sjuka fˆrldralˆsa barn frÂn hela vrlden.
Medan barnen behandlas pÂ sjukhuset, arbetar man fˆr att hitta lmpliga adoptivfamiljer till dem.
Fˆr nrvarande sˆker Stiftelsen Mellowswan finansiellt bistÂnd fˆr att bygga upp en gÂrd dr barnens kan vistas under sin konvalescens. Hr ska de fÂ Âtnjuta hlsosam kost, en krleksfull vrdfamilj och mˆjligheten - kanske den enda under deras liv - att ha en nra upplevelse med djur och natur.
Om du vill hjlpa till att fˆrverkliga vÂr drˆm, skriv grna till:
mellowswanfoundation@mellowswanfoundation.org

soniabaron-vine@mellowswanfoundation.org

mellowswan@aol.com

Tack sÂ hjrtligt!

Stiftelsen Mellowswan registrerades som en icke vinstgivande rˆrelse av Staten Kalifornien den 30 dec 2004.
Reg # 71-0963310 Stiftelsens organisation och verksamhet gnas uteslutande Ât vlgˆrande ndamÂl enligt kalifornisk lag; Section 501 (c) (3) internal Revenue Code.

"FUNDACAO MELLOWSWAN"

2008-03-22T12:57:00.000-07:00

Chilean Cisne foto por Pamela Holley

A fundação de Mellowswan foi fundada em 2004.
Sonia Paz Baron-Vine tinha o sonho de fazer alguma diferenca nas vidas de orfaos deficientes.
Sonia é um sobrevivente ela mesma da poliomielite e poderia relacionar-se a seu sofrimento.
Após ter levantado suas três crianças biológicas, adotou um incapacitada menina pequena com
malformations genetic de Rússia em 1994.
Em 1998 ela adotou a mais dois pequenos garotos ucranianos também com deformações genéticas.
Os pais destas três crianças foram vítimas da nuvem radioativa do acidente nuclear de Chernobyl e sofreram os efeitos da radiação propagada pelo acidente.
Ela os trouxe para o Hospital da criança em Los Angeles, Califórnia e graças aos seus cuidados, essas crianças receberam tratamento cirúrgico e agora são felizes e levam uma vida normal.
Quando Sonia visitou o orfanato para crianças com más formações genéticas na Ucrânia, percebeu que muitos órfãos deficientes necessitavam de ajuda, foi então que ela decidiu criar
O objetivo desta fundação é trazer órfãos doentes e com más formações genéticas de todo o mundo para a Califórnia para que recebam tratamento médico.

Vendo a necessidade grande de muitos orphans disabled quando permaneceu em o orphanage para crianças deformadas em Ucrânia, decidiu-se a criou non uma fundação do lucro para ajudar a estas crianças.

O objetivo de nossa non fundação do lucro é trazer doente e disabled orphans de toda sobre o mundo a Califórnia, para ter o cuidado médico. Quando no hospital,
os esforços serão feitos encontrar famílias para adotar estes orphans.

A fundação de Mellowswan está trabalhando presentemente para encontrar concessões à configuração a de "casa país" onde estas crianças podem lentamente recuperate a cirurgia do borne e aprecíe uma dieta saudável, gaste o tempo com a família loving de Sonia e oportunidade talvez, uma vez em sua vida de ter o contato com fazenda animais e natureza.

Por favor se você quiser doar para fazer a nosso sonho uma realidade.
Escreva a;
mellowswanfoundation@mellowswanfoundation.org

soniabaron-vine@mellowswanfoundation.org

mellowswan@aol.com

Obrigado!

Nota Legal; A fundação de Mellowswan foi certificada pelo estado de Califórnia como non um corporation do lucro dezembro em 30, 2004 Nosso número de Entidade Identificação Corporation é; 71-0963310 Este corporation é organizado e operado exclusivamente para finalidades charitable dentro do meaning do código do rendimento interno da seção 501 (c) (3).

"FONDAZIONE MELLOWSWAN"

2008-03-22T12:50:00.000-07:00

Swan Cileni photo da Pamela Holley

La Fondazione Mellowswan e stata fondata nel 2004.
Sonia Paz Baron-Vine aveva il sogno di migliorare le vite degli orfani con malformazioni genetiche. Sonia e un superstite lei stessa di poliomelite e potrebbe riferirsi al loro suffering.

Dopo l'innalzamento dei suoi tre bambini biologici, ha adottato uno invalida ragazza piccola con le malformazioni genetiche dalla Russia in 1994.
Ed in 1999 due ha inabilitato ancora i ragazzi piccoli dall'Ucrania, anche con le malformazione genetiche, dovuto esposizione del loro genitore a la nube di radiazione
que ha coperto l'Ucrania dall'incidente nucleare di Chernobyl.
Li ha portati all'ospedale dei bambini di Los Angeles in California perche potessero essere sottoposti agli interventi chirurgici di cui avevano bisogno, e adesso questi ragazzi
sono felici e in buona salute.
Vedendo la grande necessita di questi bambini orfani invalidi, lei ha fondato una fondazione senza scopo di lucro per aiutargli.
L'obiettivo di questa fondazione e di portare gli orfani invalidi da tutto il mondo alla California per ricevere della attenzione medica.
Durante il periodo del loro ricovero in ospedale la fondazione si impegnerenne nella ricerca di posti permanenti presso delle famiglie qui negli Stti Uniti.
Ora , La Fondazione Mellowswan sta cercando delle sowenzione per costruire un "casa" in campagna dove questi ragazzi potrano riprendersi dopo l'intervento, mangiare bene e cibo sano in un ambiente di famiglia con Sonia e con la posibilita di avere contatto con gli
animali e la natura.

Se volete fare una donazione alla nostra organizzazione e fare del nostro sogno una realta, per favore contattaceci:
mellowswanfoundation@mellowswanfoundation.org

soniabaron-vine@mellowswanfoundation.org

mellowswan@aol.com

Grazie!!

Nota legale;Il fondamento di Mellowswan è stato certificato dalla condizione della California come non società di profitto il 30 dicembre 2004Il nostro numero dell'Entity Id Corporation è; 71-0963310 Questa società è organizzata ed azionata esclusivamente per gli scopi caritatevoli nel senso della parte 501 (c) (3) codice degli introiti fiscali

"MELLOWSWAN GRUNDLAGE"

2008-03-22T12:25:00.000-07:00

Chilenische schwarze Foto durch Pamela Holley

Mellowswan Grundlage wurde 2004 getragen.
Sonia Paz Baron-Vine hatte einen Traum des Unterscheidens in Leben der untauglichen Orphans. Sonia ist ein Poliomyelitisüberlebendes selbst und könnte auf ihrem Suffering beziehen.
Nachdem sie ihre drei biologischen Kinder angehoben hatte, nahm sie ein gesperrt an kleines Mädchen mit genetischen Mißbildungen von Rußland 1994.Und wieder in 1999 zwei sperrte kleine Jungen von Ukraine, auch mit den genetischen Mißbildungen, wegen der Aussetzung ihres Elternteils zu die Strahlung Wolke, die bedeckte Ukraine vom Kernunfall von Chernobyl.

Sie nahm sie zum Childrens Krankenhaus Los Angeles in Kalifornien für Operationen und jetzt diese Kinder sind jetzt glücklich und gesund. Sehen der großen Notwendigkeit vieler untauglicher Orphans, als sie an blieb das Waisenhaus für verformte Kinder in Ukraine, entschied sie zu verursachte eine nicht Profitgrundlage, um diesen Kindern zu helfen.
Das Ziel unserer nicht Profitgrundlage ist, krankes und untaugliches zu holen Orphans von auf der ganzen Erde zu Kalifornien, medizinische Behandlung haben. Während im Krankenhaus, werden Bemühungen, Familien zu finden, um anzunehmen gebildet diese Orphans.

Mellowswan Grundlage arbeitet momentan, um Bewilligungen zu Bau a zu finden "Landhaus", wo diese Kinder Pfostenchirurgie langsam wieder gutmachen können und genießen Sie eine gesunde Diät, verbringen Sie Zeit mit Sonias liebevoller Familie und Gelegenheit möglicherweise, in ihrer Lebenszeit, Kontakt mit Bauernhof einmal zu haben Tiere und Natur.
Bitte, wenn Sie spenden möchten, um unseren Traum eine Wirklichkeit zu bilden. Schreiben Sie zu;

mellowswanfoundation@mellowswanfoundation.org
soniabaron-vine@mellowswanfoundation.org
mellowswan@aol.com

Danke!

Zugelassene Anmerkung; Mellowswan Grundlage wurde durch den Zustand von Kalifornien als nicht Profit-Korporation an Dezember 30, 2004 bestätigt Unsere Entity Id Corporation Zahl ist; 71-0963310 Diese Korporation wird ausschließlich zu den barmherzigen Zwecken organisiert und bearbeitet innerhalb der Bedeutung Staatseinkünfte-des Codes des Abschnitt-501 (c) (3).

" FONDATION MELLOWSWAN"

2008-03-22T12:07:00.001-07:00

Cygnes Chiliens, photo Pamela Holley

La fondation Mellowswan est nee en 2004

Afin de realiser le reve de Sonia Paz Baron Vine. Son but etant de pouvoir ameliorer la condition de vie d'orphelins endicapes a travers le monde. Sonia est un survivant de poliomyelite elle-même et pourrait se relier à leur douleur.

Apres avoir eleve ses trois enfants biologiques, elle a adopte un handicapee petite fille avec les malformationsgenetiques de Russie en 1994

Et encore dans 1998 deux a neutralisé de petits garçons d'Ukraine, également avec les malformations génétiques, dues à l'exposition de leur parent à le nuage de rayonnement, celui a couvert l'Ukraine de l'accident nucléaire de Chernobyl.

Elle a fait soigner ces enfants," at The Childrens Hospital"de Los Angeles en Californie. Ce sont maintenant des enfants en bonne sante, et heureux.

Se rendant compte d'un immense besoin pour ces enfants endicapes, Sonia a decide de creer une fondation "non profit" afin de les aider. Le but de notre fondation "non profit" est d'amener du monde entier, ces orphelins malades, ou endicapes, en Californie, afin de leur donnerles soins medicaux necessaires, dont ils ne pourraient beneficier dansleur pays d'origine.Pendant leur sejour a l'hopital , des efforts seront faits pour trouver des families susceptibles de les adopter.

La fondation Mellowswan travaille en ce moment pour obtenir des fonds pour construire un centre d'accueil sur une propriete, ou ces enfants pourront recuperer leur forces, apres avoir recu les soins medicaux dont ils avaient besoin, jouir d'une alimentation saine, passez le temps avec la famille affectueuse de Sonia et en contact avec des animaux domestiques et la nature.

Nou vous serions reconnaissants de bien vouloir nous contacter pour des donation afin de transformer ce reve en realite.

mellowswanfoundation@mellowswanfoundation.org

soniabaron-vine@mellowswanfoundation.org

mellowswan@aol.com

Merci!!!

Note légale ;La base de Mellowswan a été certifiée par l'état de la Californie comme non société de bénéfice le 30 décembre 2004

Notre nombre d'Entity Id Corporation est ; 71-0963310

Cette société est organisée et actionnée exclusivement pour des buts charitables au sens du code de recettes de la section 501 (c) (3).

"FUNDACION MELLOWSWAN"

2008-03-22T11:40:00.000-07:00

Foto de Pamela Holley

La Fundacion Mellowswan nacio en 2004.

Sonia Paz Baron-Vine tenía el sueño, de hacer una diferencia en las vidas de huérfanos lisiados. Siendo ella misma una sobreviviente de Polio, entendia bien sus sufrimientos.

Sonia Paz adoptó a una pequeña nenita Rusa con deformaciones geneticas en 1994

y dos pequeños nenes Ucranianos tambien con deformaciones geneticas en 1998.
Las malformaciones de estos huerfanitos eran debido a que sus padres fueron victimas de la nube radioactiva del accidente nuclear de Chernobyl.

Ella los trajo a el hospital de Niños en Los Angeles, California para sus cirugías

y estos niños son ahora felices y sanos. Viendo la gran necesidad de muchos huérfanos deformes y lisiados, cuando ella visito el orfanato para niños con malformaciones en Ucrania, decidio crear una fundación sin fines de lucro para ayudar a estos huerfanitos.

La meta de nuestra fundación es traer a huérfanos lisiados y enfermos de todo el mundo a California, para tener asistencia y tratamiento médico. Mientras ellos esten en el hospital, se haran esfuerzos para encontrar familias que los adopten.

La Fundación Mellowswan acepta donaciones de dinero para asi construir una "casa de campo" donde estos niños puedan recuperarse de sus cirugías, gozar de una dieta sana, de una familia cariñosa y quiza por una vez en sus vidas del contacto con los animales y la naturaleza del campo.

Por favor, si usted desea donar para hacer nuestro sueño una realidad, escribanos a:

mellowswanfoundation@mellowswanfoundation.org

soniabaron-vine@mellowswanfoundation.org

mellowswan@aol.com

Gracias!!

Nota Legal;La Fundacion Mellowswan fue certificada por el Estado de California como una Corporacion sin fines de lucro, el 30 de Diciembre 2004
El numero de nuestra corporacion es 71-0963310
Esta Corporacion es organizada y operada exclusivamente para propositos de caridad dentro de la Seccion 501 (c) (3) codigo de Impuestos Internos.

"MELLOWSWAN FOUNDATION"

2008-03-22T09:00:00.000-07:00

Photo by Pamela Holley

Mellowswan Foundation was born in 2004.

Sonia Paz Baron-Vine had a dream of making a difference in the lives of disabled orphans. Sonia is a polio survivor herself and could relate to their suffering.

After raising her three biological children, she adopted one disabled little girl with genetic malformations from Russia in 1994 and again in 1999 two disabled little boys from Ukraine, also with genetic malformations, due to their parent's exposure to the radiation cloud, that covered Ukraine from the nuclear accident of Chernobyl.

She took them to Childrens Hospital Los Angeles in California for surgeries and now these children are happy and healthy. Seeing the great need of many disabled orphans when she stayed at the orphanage for deformed orphans in Ukraine, she decided to created a non profit foundation to help these children.

The goal of our non profit foundation is to bring sick, disabled and deformed orphans from all over the world to California, to have medical care, treatment and corrective surgery.

While in the hospital, efforts will be made to find families to adopt these orphans.

Mellowswan Foundation is presently requesting grants to buy land where to build a "country house" where these children can slowly recuperate post surgery and enjoy a healthy diet, spend time with Sonia's loving family and opportunity maybe, once in their lifetime to have contact with farm animals and nature.

Please if you want to donate to make our dream a reality, write to; Mellowswanfoundation@mellowswanfoundation.org

soniabaron-vine@mellowswanfoundation.org

mellowswan@aol.com

Thank you!

Legal Note; Mellowswan Foundation was certified by the State of California

as a Non Profit Corporation on December 30, 2004

Our Entity Id Corporation Number is; 71-0963310

This Corporation is organized and operated exclusively for charitable purposes

within the meaning of Section 501 (c) (3) internal Revenue Code.