Tedi Bear Adoptions

Closed down in 2002 following adoption scandal Vietnam.

Organization type: Adoption Agency

Terminated: 2002-01-01

Related persons

People working for or related to this organization

Person	Position	Country	From	To
Cynthia (Cindy) Harding	Facilitator for			1999-01-01
Deidre Dudley	Adoption coordinator	Vietnam	1999-01-01	2002-01-01
Donny Hedstrom	Board member		1998-07-01
Donny Hedstrom	Owner
Gulbanu Altynbaev	Facilitator for			2000-00-00
Havana D. Martin	Employed by		1997-01-01
Lisa March	Attorney for
Lori Croll	Employed by		1998-01-01	1999-12-31
Patty McLaughlin	Employed by
Susan Secor Manning	Registrant of		1999-09-07	2005-04-02
Susan Secor Manning	Employed by			2000-01-01
Tami Martin	Employed by		1997-01-01
Tedi Hedstrom	CEO
Tedi Hedstrom	Board member		1998-07-01

Related organisations (to)

Organizations this is organization is related to

Organization1	As	Organization2	Country	From	To
Tedi Bear Adoptions, Inc.	Renamed into	Adoption Blessings Worldwide, Inc.
Tedi Bear Adoptions, Inc.	Facilitates	A New Arrival

Related organisations (from)

Organizations that are related to this organization

Organization_1	As	Organization_2	Country	From	To
A New Arrival	Cooperates with	Tedi Bear Adoptions, Inc.			2002-09-01
AMREX	Facilitates	Tedi Bear Adoptions, Inc.
Adoption Blessings Worldwide, Inc.	Part of	Tedi Bear Adoptions, Inc.		2008-06-00
International Mission of Hope - Vietnam (IMHV)	Facilitates	Tedi Bear Adoptions, Inc.	Vietnam
Project Faith	Facilitates	Tedi Bear Adoptions, Inc.
terrymeeuwsen.com	Lists	Tedi Bear Adoptions, Inc.

Documents

News paper articles, official documents and reports filed about this organization

Document	Date
Shuttered	2010-11-01
Embattled Adoption Agency Gives Up Its License	2008-07-18
Adoption Agency Under Investigation--Part Two	2008-05-23
Adoption Agency Under Investigation Again	2008-05-22
Adoption Blessings Worldwide "Cease and desist" order	2008-05-15
ABW IRS-990 2006 2007	2007-06-30
Adoption Blessings Worldwide complaint 3_07	2007-03-01
Adoption Blessings Worldwide / relicense 07	2007-01-01
Adoption Blessings Worldwide / relicense 06	2006-01-01
In Shadow Of Adoption	2005-08-21
ABW IRS-990 2005	2005-06-30
Pitfalls for Parents	2005-06-06
TediBear Staff Listing	2003-04-17
Adminstrative Complaint	2002-12-12
Alleging fraud, state moves to close adoption agency	2002-11-20
Vietnam adoption nightmares	2002-09-17
Kennedy Family Adoption Story	2002-00-00
TediBear Adoptions IRS-990 1999, 2000, 2001	2001-06-30
A Growth Investment	2000-09-16
Coming to America	2000-07-04
Hardin v. Tedi Bear Adoptions	1999-12-20
TBA's China Program	1999-10-10
Tedi Bear Adoptions, Inc. China Adoption Program	1999-08-28
Baby adoptions bring new life across an ocean	1999-06-13
'It's what God wants'	1998-08-17
Adoption Blessings World Wide/Tedi Bear Adoptions Georgia state registration
Carrie West's story
Tedi Bear Adoptions Florida State registration