The International Orphans Support Group of Canada is hosting a reunion Aug. 28 for families who adopted Romanian children during the 1990s.

An estimated 350 families from Canada and the U.S. adopted 500 children from Romanian orphanages between 1990 and 1992. Aug. 12 marks 20 years since the first wave arrived in Canada.

The reunion will be held at the Langley Events Centre as part of the Romanian Pavilion at this year’s Langley International Festival.

As part of the celebration, Sonya Paterson, president of the International Orphans Support Group of Canada, will hand out two $5,000 cheques to groups currently helping orphans.

One of the cheques will go toward helping children in Pakistan; the other will go to help children in Haiti.

Also included will be the presentation of a short film made by an adopted Romanian living in California. The name of the film is “Born to be our children, Romanian Adoption Stories.”