Firefly guests reach out to Russian children.(LIFE)(PARTY LINES)

Washington Times, The, November, 2006

Byline: Stephanie Mansfield, THE WASHINGTON TIMES The plight of Russia's abandoned children was the subject of concern Tuesday night at a Russian Embassy benefit where several hundred supporters of Firefly Children's Network, a non-profit group that helps return institutionalized children to their birth mothers, gathered to view a heart-wrenching documentary, "The Road Home," on the subject.

Guests learned there are approximately 850,000 children in Russian orphanages, suffering emotional and physical distress. Firefly, founded in 2000 by Jonathan and Julie Baker (who have two Russian adopted children of their own), works at finding solutions to this growing problem, including helping those with disabilities. Guests included Kuwait AmbassadorSalem Al-Sabah...