West Sands Adoptions is:
Hague Accredited
Member of J.C.I.C.S. -- Joint Council on International Children's Services
Member -- Utah Adoption Council
Member -- Southern Utah Adoption Coalition
Member of J.C.I.C.S. -- Joint Council on International Children's Services
Member -- Utah Adoption Council
Member -- Southern Utah Adoption Coalition
Our Beliefs
Over 15 years ago West Sands Adoptions, a licensed 501(c)(3) non-profit child placing agency in Utah, was established with the following core beliefs: We are all children of a kind and loving Heavenly Father and every orphaned child deserves a loving family through the gift of adoption. We believe that loving families include a mother and father, brothers and sisters, aunts and uncles, cousins and grandparents. We believe every child needs to be loved, cherished, and well cared for.
We believe that loving families have the right to bless the lives of orphaned children and to increase or complete their families through adoption. We believe West Sands Adoptions has the responsibility to provide extremely reliable and very high quality adoption services to families at the lowest possible cost. We believe that adopting a child should be a very positive and happy experience. One of the Chinese translations of the name West Sands is "A Sacred Mission." We believe this best describes our adoption philosophy.
We believe that loving families have the right to bless the lives of orphaned children and to increase or complete their families through adoption. We believe West Sands Adoptions has the responsibility to provide extremely reliable and very high quality adoption services to families at the lowest possible cost. We believe that adopting a child should be a very positive and happy experience. One of the Chinese translations of the name West Sands is "A Sacred Mission." We believe this best describes our adoption philosophy.
Our Staff
Please let me introduce our staff. I am Kent C. Parke, a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and the Executive Director of W.S.A., with over 30 years experience in adoption. It is my responsibility to oversee every aspect of our agency and be sure that every child being placed and every family adopting has a positive and rewarding experience. My wife Lynn Parke, B.S. (a graduate in Social Work) is our document coordinator. (My wife and I are pictured together above.) Keith Parke, B.S. (a graduate student in Social Work at the University of Utah) serves as our media and newsletter coordinator.
Our Special Projects Director is Weston Whatcott, Ph.D., L.C.S.W. in social work and founder of W.S.A. He and his wife Sandy help develop adoption opportunities for W.S.A. We have an exceptional board of directors which include an attorney, accountant, civil engineer, and professional educator who has adopted three children. Our secretarial and training staff is excellent and our dedicated and professional international staff in China and Ethiopia are the very finest.
Our Special Projects Director is Weston Whatcott, Ph.D., L.C.S.W. in social work and founder of W.S.A. He and his wife Sandy help develop adoption opportunities for W.S.A. We have an exceptional board of directors which include an attorney, accountant, civil engineer, and professional educator who has adopted three children. Our secretarial and training staff is excellent and our dedicated and professional international staff in China and Ethiopia are the very finest.