November 2008
Celebrating Adoption
November is National Adoption Awareness month.
These 30 days are a time for both Adoption Associates, Inc. and adoptive families to celebrate families formed by adoption. It is also a time to remember the children who still wait for their forever families and spread awareness so that these children will find permanent homes. This is a time to acknowledge the sense of hope that adoption brings, whether to a worried birth mother, a couple anxiously waiting to become parents, or a child needing the secure, supportive love that adoptive parents can provide.
continue reading→Affording Adoption
The costs associated with adopting can seem intimidating at first. But they don’t have to be! Dozens of opportunities for acquiring funding exist, and AAI has made it easy for those considering adoption by compiling a list of ideas, grants and loans on our web site. Read on to learn more about six of these options and testimonials from adoptive parents who have used them. Methods include everything from holding fundraisers to applying for a tax credit to utilizing loan programs such as Funds for Families. Many families who find it in their hearts to adopt have found the funds through a little research, the help of AAI, and the kindness of others.
continue reading→Domestic Adoption
After a difficult childhood, Kristina knew she wanted something better for her future. But when a tumultuous relationship left her alone with two young daughters, Kristina realized that the hardest choice was the one she had to make. With a selfless love that will always be, Kristina chose adoption for her daughters—the two girls who now have the kind of life she always wanted for them.
continue reading→International Adoption
For anyone who has ever asked how to help spread the word about adoption, this article suggests a multitude of effective, hands-on options. From posting flyers at a church or workplace to hosting a “pre-school” party at an adoptive child’s school, the range of ideas fit any lifestyle or situation. Read more to see which options best fit your life!
continue reading→Agency News
This month, read about AAI’s recognition of National Adoption Awareness Month and how we will celebrate; by offering a $100 reduction off of domestic and international formal application fees when attending an AAI or HFC information meeting in November and a special international program fee reduction to families adopting children most in need of families—children age thirty-six months and older.
To aid AAI in upcoming endeavors, learn about how donations can be made by simply searching the Internet.
For anyone wishing to help even more and for those interested in becoming foster parents, AAI is seeking married couples in Oakland County, Michigan who could provide a safe, stable home while infants are in the waiting process of being released to their adoptive parents.
continue reading→Donation Opportunities
Are you wondering how you can help orphans living in third-world countries, or how to help birth parents right here in the U.S.? Find out about AAI’s commitments to helping orphans around the world through Our Call to Nepal and Embracing Ethiopia. With almost one million orphans in Nepal and 4.8 million in Ethiopia, funds are often low and donations for cribs, formula, bottles, and more are needed.
AAI is also committed to guiding women with unplanned pregnancies through the process of choosing adoption. With a new birth mother video that can help prospective birth mothers learn more and feel at ease, funds are being sought to share this video with visitors to AAI, pregnancy resource centers, and many others.
Does your heart go out to older orphans, many of whom are too often overlooked? Read on to learn more about Hosts of Hope, a program that connects older children around the world with host families, many of which result in permanent adoption placement. With a Hosts of Hope China Camp taking place in February of 2009, your support is needed!
continue reading→Adoption Accents
Jewelry from the In My Heart Collection is a gift that is not only worth giving, but one that is worth cherishing for a lifetime. This heirloom quality jewelry crafted of 14k yellow or white gold and adorned with diamonds is a wonderful way to commemorate the adoption experience for any woman or girl touched by adoption. Whether for a grandmother, mother, birth mother, daughter, or granddaughter, this is a special keepsake that will be passed down for generations.
For Christmas delivery, orders must be placed by Monday, December 1!
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