The BEST Cleveland Chefs Cooking to bring Jewel Home from China
Our Event
About the Jarretts
Cleveland Chefs will be holding a benefit dinner for the Jarrett family
When: Monday March 22, 2010
5:30p-9p
Where: Cleveland Sight Center
1909 East 101st Street
(Corner of Chester Ave.)
Cleveland, OH 44106
FREE PARKING!!
$25/adult, $10/child 4-12,
3 and under: Free
Visit our "Reservations" page to make your online reservations.
Or call 330-353-4991
When: Monday March 22, 2010
5:30p-9p
Where: Cleveland Sight Center
1909 East 101st Street
(Corner of Chester Ave.)
Cleveland, OH 44106
FREE PARKING!!
$25/adult, $10/child 4-12,
3 and under: Free
Visit our "Reservations" page to make your online reservations.
Or call 330-353-4991
Chef Jeff Jarrett, Executive Chef for North End in Hudson is adopting again!!
The Jarretts, from Randolph Ohio, are opening their hearts to another special needs child. Yang Cheng Bing, who they have named Jewel, was born in China and abandoned by her birth family because of her special need. She was born without eyes/blind. She is currently living in an orphanage in China.
This “special need” does not phase the Jarrett family. They know this little one has the potential to grow up to be as beautiful and independent as any other child. The Jarretts are currently in the process of bringing Jewel home so they can be her “Forever Family”.
Waiting for Jewel at home are 3 older brothers, who can’t wait to meet her. Jewel also has an older sister, Jasmine, who is waiting for her. Jasmine was adopted by the Jarretts from China in 2008 and is also visually impaired.
Local Cleveland Chefs have decided to get together and “Cook for Jewel”. Your ticket to this event will give you the opportunity to try the foods of many great chefs, all at once! At the same time, you are supporting a great cause.
The Jarretts, from Randolph Ohio, are opening their hearts to another special needs child. Yang Cheng Bing, who they have named Jewel, was born in China and abandoned by her birth family because of her special need. She was born without eyes/blind. She is currently living in an orphanage in China.
This “special need” does not phase the Jarrett family. They know this little one has the potential to grow up to be as beautiful and independent as any other child. The Jarretts are currently in the process of bringing Jewel home so they can be her “Forever Family”.
Waiting for Jewel at home are 3 older brothers, who can’t wait to meet her. Jewel also has an older sister, Jasmine, who is waiting for her. Jasmine was adopted by the Jarretts from China in 2008 and is also visually impaired.
Local Cleveland Chefs have decided to get together and “Cook for Jewel”. Your ticket to this event will give you the opportunity to try the foods of many great chefs, all at once! At the same time, you are supporting a great cause.
Adopting a blind baby from a Chinese Orphanage? Is this real?
By: Tammy Jarrett
It was just recently brought to our attention that this may be what some people are thinking. Understandably I guess, so we wanted to assure you that this is for real.
Jeff and I were married in June of 1996 after dating for about 6 years. By 2002, we had 3 fun and active boys. We had always talked in passing about adopting some day, and after hoping for a daughter and being afraid to “try again” we started talking more seriously about adoption.
After studying up on adoption, we learned that China has a 1 child policy in many areas, and that they prefer boys over girls. For this reason, they abandon thousands of healthy baby girls every year. Adoption through China was down to a science for the United States since they had been allowing international adoptions for many years. Since we really wanted a little girl, and the process seemed so simple through China, that is where we decided to adopt from.
About the time we started the adoption process, China started changing the rules of adoption. To make a long story short, by the time we sent our paperwork to China in Feb 2007, the wait for a healthy baby girl was about 3-4 years. Another option for families is a “Waiting Child List”. This list contains orphans, boys and girls, who have minor-major special needs. This list comes out with new kids every couple of months. I remember talking to friends at work and them saying, “You’re a nurse. Why would you not adopt a special needs child?” The more I thought about it, and talked to Jeff about it, we realized that they were right. Why would we not?
In November of 2007, we found a little 1½ year old girl who was completely healthy, but “blind”. I had been on a yahoo group for “special needs” kids and put the question out there, “Does anyone have any experience with blind children?” The response was overwhelming. I came into contact with parents of blind children who quickly convinced me that with patience, love, and support, blind children can do anything that other kids can do. We connected with Hadley’s School for the Blind and took a few classes online to get a better understanding of what it involves to raise a blind child. We then decided, this is definitely something we can do!!
In March 2008, Wan Jin Si, who we named Jasmine, became our daughter. She is not completely blind, but is visually impaired. She is one of the best things that has ever happened to us! She has taught us that if you can get past the “special need” there is so much else there. She is so brave and is a very determined and “normal” little girl. She is amazing. We know that she was sent to us to open our eyes and hearts. We wonder what her life would have been like if she would have grown up in China, where having a “special need” is not easily dealt with. As we think about that, we think of the hundreds of other “special needs” children in China. How could we NOT adopt again? How could we NOT adopt “special needs” again?
Yang Cheng Bing, was born February 14, 2009 in Fujian Province China. She was born without eyes/blind and was abandoned by her family when she was just a month old. She is now living in an orphanage. We let our Adoption Agency know that we were possibly interested in adopting her and they pretty much told us that we didn’t need to rush because chances were that if we didn’t adopt her, she wouldn’t be adopted at all. Even in the adoption community, she is a very “hard to place child”. This was like a punch in the stomach to me, so very sad. Of course we have decided to adopt her! We are naming her “Jewel”.
Adopting from China is very expensive, upwards of $20,000-$25,000. Since we hadn’t really planned on adopting this time, we started with absolutely none of this. We have received some financial support through fundraising from friends, family, and coworkers but are nowhere close to our end goal, to where we will be able to travel to China to bring Jewel home to us, her “Forever Family”.
Jeff has been fortunate to have friends, local Cleveland area Chefs, who have offered to help us get closer to our final goal by cooking for a fundraiser dinner. We are so thankful to them. We also want to thank the Cleveland Sight Center for offering to let us hold our event at their facility in Cleveland. The Best Cleveland Chefs: Cooking to Bring Jewel Home is going to be held Monday March 22nd from 5:30p-9p. If you are able to help us out by participating in our event, or donating items for the auction that will be held during the event, we would be grateful to accept. Our “Journey to Jewel” is a long process, but having so much support makes it easier to deal with. Thank you so much!
The Jarrett Family
By: Tammy Jarrett
It was just recently brought to our attention that this may be what some people are thinking. Understandably I guess, so we wanted to assure you that this is for real.
Jeff and I were married in June of 1996 after dating for about 6 years. By 2002, we had 3 fun and active boys. We had always talked in passing about adopting some day, and after hoping for a daughter and being afraid to “try again” we started talking more seriously about adoption.
After studying up on adoption, we learned that China has a 1 child policy in many areas, and that they prefer boys over girls. For this reason, they abandon thousands of healthy baby girls every year. Adoption through China was down to a science for the United States since they had been allowing international adoptions for many years. Since we really wanted a little girl, and the process seemed so simple through China, that is where we decided to adopt from.
About the time we started the adoption process, China started changing the rules of adoption. To make a long story short, by the time we sent our paperwork to China in Feb 2007, the wait for a healthy baby girl was about 3-4 years. Another option for families is a “Waiting Child List”. This list contains orphans, boys and girls, who have minor-major special needs. This list comes out with new kids every couple of months. I remember talking to friends at work and them saying, “You’re a nurse. Why would you not adopt a special needs child?” The more I thought about it, and talked to Jeff about it, we realized that they were right. Why would we not?
In November of 2007, we found a little 1½ year old girl who was completely healthy, but “blind”. I had been on a yahoo group for “special needs” kids and put the question out there, “Does anyone have any experience with blind children?” The response was overwhelming. I came into contact with parents of blind children who quickly convinced me that with patience, love, and support, blind children can do anything that other kids can do. We connected with Hadley’s School for the Blind and took a few classes online to get a better understanding of what it involves to raise a blind child. We then decided, this is definitely something we can do!!
In March 2008, Wan Jin Si, who we named Jasmine, became our daughter. She is not completely blind, but is visually impaired. She is one of the best things that has ever happened to us! She has taught us that if you can get past the “special need” there is so much else there. She is so brave and is a very determined and “normal” little girl. She is amazing. We know that she was sent to us to open our eyes and hearts. We wonder what her life would have been like if she would have grown up in China, where having a “special need” is not easily dealt with. As we think about that, we think of the hundreds of other “special needs” children in China. How could we NOT adopt again? How could we NOT adopt “special needs” again?
Yang Cheng Bing, was born February 14, 2009 in Fujian Province China. She was born without eyes/blind and was abandoned by her family when she was just a month old. She is now living in an orphanage. We let our Adoption Agency know that we were possibly interested in adopting her and they pretty much told us that we didn’t need to rush because chances were that if we didn’t adopt her, she wouldn’t be adopted at all. Even in the adoption community, she is a very “hard to place child”. This was like a punch in the stomach to me, so very sad. Of course we have decided to adopt her! We are naming her “Jewel”.
Adopting from China is very expensive, upwards of $20,000-$25,000. Since we hadn’t really planned on adopting this time, we started with absolutely none of this. We have received some financial support through fundraising from friends, family, and coworkers but are nowhere close to our end goal, to where we will be able to travel to China to bring Jewel home to us, her “Forever Family”.
Jeff has been fortunate to have friends, local Cleveland area Chefs, who have offered to help us get closer to our final goal by cooking for a fundraiser dinner. We are so thankful to them. We also want to thank the Cleveland Sight Center for offering to let us hold our event at their facility in Cleveland. The Best Cleveland Chefs: Cooking to Bring Jewel Home is going to be held Monday March 22nd from 5:30p-9p. If you are able to help us out by participating in our event, or donating items for the auction that will be held during the event, we would be grateful to accept. Our “Journey to Jewel” is a long process, but having so much support makes it easier to deal with. Thank you so much!
The Jarrett Family
When: Monday March 22, 2010
Where: Cleveland Sight Center
Visit our "Reservations" page to make your online reservations.
Or call 330-353-4991
Where: Cleveland Sight Center
Visit our "Reservations" page to make your online reservations.
Or call 330-353-4991
The Jarrett Family:
Jeff, Tammy, Jordan, Jonathan, Jacob, and Jasmine
Jeff, Tammy, Jordan, Jonathan, Jacob, and Jasmine
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