SHOW HOPE ANNOUNCES PARTNERSHIP WITH TIM TEBOW FOUNDATION
Alliance Creates Greater Awareness and Provides Assistance for Families of Special Needs Adoptions
Nashville, Tenn. (April 3, 2013) – Show Hope™, a nonprofit orphan
care ministry founded by GRAMMY® award winning Steven Curtis Chapman and
his wife Mary Beth, is honored to announce a partnership with the Tim
Tebow Foundation that will raise awareness and provide assistance for
families, who have a desire to adopt children with special needs.
“We are privileged to combine our efforts with funds provided by the
Tim Tebow Foundation to aid thousands of waiting children with special
needs,” said Scott Hasenbalg, Executive Director, Show Hope. “With this
assistance, we can help to remove the financial barrier that exists for
many families. We celebrate the thousands of children that Show Hope has
helped through the miracle of adoption, but the truth is, the need is
great. Together, we will help make adoption a reality as we continue to
transform the lives of many children with special needs.”
Show Hope believes that the millions of waiting children around the
world should not be left as orphans. By collaboratively addressing their
needs, this partnership will have a life-changing impact in
illuminating the need for families to adopt children with special needs
and by helping to place these children from across the globe with
forever families. Additionally, families will be awarded with financial
grants to help them overcome the high cost of adoption.
"We are so excited to be able to partner with Show Hope in providing
financial assistance to these families who are courageously adopting
children with special needs," said Erik Dellenback, Executive Director,
Tim Tebow Foundation. "We believe this program is a great way to share
God's love and it ties perfectly to our mission to bring Faith Hope and
Love to those needing a brighter day in their darkest hour of need."
In helping to shape an adoption-friendly culture, the goal is to come
together through this alignment to raise awareness and provide
assistance for families to adopt children with special needs and make it
a viable option for many to build their families.
Since Show Hope’s inception ten years ago, monetary donations to
their Adoption Aid Program have helped to provide more than 3,500
waiting orphans with forever families through financial grants.
Additionally, hundreds of orphans with special needs have received the
medical care they so desperately needed through Show Hope's Special Care
Centers in China. Yet, millions of orphaned children are still waiting
for a forever family.
“Ten years ago we began this ministry because the need outgrew what
we were blessed to do by ourselves,” explains Steven Curtis Chapman.
“We always believed we can do more by working together and we are
thrilled to be working with Tim and his foundation – we believe this is
the start of life change for many special needs orphaned children in the
months and years to come.”
Approximately 1,000 families apply annually to Show Hope for adoption
assistance. Often, families are willing to welcome a child into their
home, but are unable to afford the high cost, which averages $25,000 per
adoption. Due to the lack of funding, more than 8,000 grant requests
have been turned away since Show Hope was founded in 2003. With the
financial support from the Tim Tebow Foundation, Show Hope can help more
children through grants, which will be awarded in the average amount of
$7,000 to $10,000 to each family. With an initial contribution given in
December, a hundred percent of the donations received from the Tim
Tebow Foundation will go directly toward special needs adoptions. As a
result, about 10 to 14 additional families will receive grants on an
annual basis.
THIS IS GREAT NEWS FOR FAMILIES WHO NEED FINANCIAL HELP !!!!
