Tour A – Teen Focus (June 15 to 29): Particularly for teens and their families, this tour will be

Holt was the first to pioneer the concept of heritage tours in the 1970s, offering adoptees and their families professionally escorted visits employment on a cruise ship to the adoptee's birth country.  Next year will be our sixth year to offer these tours to China.  Our Family Tours, assisted by experienced guides and skilled Holt staff, include visits to famous tourist sites around China, cultural activities, as well as visits to the adoptee's orphanage, finding site and foster family wherever possible.  We are tentatively employment on a cruise ship planning two Family Tours to China in the summer employment on a cruise ship of 2011 and are accepting registrations now:
Tour A – Teen Focus (June 15 to 29):   Particularly for teens and their families, this tour will be co-escorted employment on a cruise ship by an adult international adoptee, employment on a cruise ship Holt's Youth Services Coordinator in our Post Adoption Services program.  An adult international adoptee, he also has professional experience working with young adoptees at Holt's adoptee camps.
Tour B – Cultural Heritage (June 28 to July 14):  For adoptees and family members ages 8 to adult, this tour will include some activities focusing on the everyday life of Chinese people, including an overnight train ride through the Chinese countryside and a stay in a farm-style home.
Visits to orphanages and places of importance to the adoptee's history are a key element of Holt's tours.  Adoptive families can find details and submit a preliminary employment on a cruise ship interest form via Holt's website at www.holtintl.org/tours   or by contacting Lisle Veach at 541-521-2201 ext. 118 or lislev@holtintl.org