Enjoy A Frosty This Weekend And Support Adoption

This Father’s Day Weekend (June 20-21), Wendy’s is helping consumers treat Dad and help foster children at the same time. Wendy’s third annual Father’s Day Frosty Weekend provides an easy and tasty way to support the cause of foster care adoption and help the more than 129,000 children in the U.S. who are waiting for the love of forever families. During Father’s Day Weekend, Wendy’s will donate 50¢ from every...

Support Adoption And Send A Free E-card For Father...

It’s no secret around here that I am a big supporter of the work The Dave Thomas Foundation For Adoption does. Now you can help and it won’t cost you a thing. Create and send a free fathers days e-card, or choose a celebrity created one through their site Frosty Card and Wendy’s will donate 25 cents to The Dave Thomas Foundation For Adoption. Father’s day is this Sunday so stop by their site and...

Forever Families Weekend

The Adoption Connection at Jewish Family Services of Greenwich in conjunction with the NJ Y Camps is thrilled to announce Forever Families Weekend, a family weekend experience for Jewish families touched by adoption. Families will have the opportunity to think consciously about their roles in both the Jewish community and the adoption community while enjoying a weekend at one of the largest Jewish summer camps in North...

National Adoption Day 2008

National Adoption Day is a collective national effort to raise awareness of the 129,000 children in foster care waiting to find permanent, loving families. For the last eight years, National Adoption Day has made the dreams of thousands of children come true by working with courts, judges, attorneys, adoption professionals, child welfare agencies and advocates to finalize adoptions and find permanent, loving homes for...

Missouri Adoption Heart Gallery

Missouri Adoption Heart Gallery coming to St. Joseph by Sylvia Anderson Donald J. is a 10-year-old boy who loves cats, dogs, semi-trucks, going to church and watching Sponge Bob Square Pants on TV. He’s much like other boys his age, except for one thing: Donald dreams of having a family. “Someone to love me and I get to stay there forever,” he told the Missouri Department of Social Services. Just looking at his sweet...

Treat Dad To Frosty And Help Children In Foster Ca...

My daughters (who we adopted through foster care) took my husband to Wendy’s for a Fathers Day frosty last year and they intend to take him again this year. The Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption is such a great organization and is one that everyone in the adoption community should support! TREAT DAD TO A FATHER’S DAY FROSTY AND HELP CHANGE THE LIVES OF CHILDREN IN FOSTER CARE DUBLIN, OHIO (May 27, 2008) – Forgo...

Summer Camp For Iowa Adoptees And Their Families

Iowans for International Adoption, formed in 1972, was originally created to help families in search of international adoption assistance. Giving families an opportunity to meet and support each other, this annual picnic expanded into a weekend retreat and eventually the current K.A.M.P (Korean Adoption Means Pride) and International Retreat. An annual KAMP and retreat that takes place each year in Cedar Falls, IA, for both...

Open Adoption Workshop

If you’re wondering if open adoption is right for you, and you’re in the Colorado area, register for this upcoming workshop, given by Lori , who is a member of our adoption forums, along with her daughters birthmother. Thinking About Open Adoption? “Just adopt.” you’ve heard, as if it’s no big deal. But it is. It’s common for couples looking into domestic infant adoption to feel...

Wendy’s Raised Over $1 Million for Adoption

…and my children were part of it. My daughters, adopted through foster care, took their dad to Wendy’s on Fathers Day for a Frosty to support this wonderful cause. I think Dave Thomas would be proud. News Release 6.20.2007 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FROM WENDY’S INTERNATIONAL CONTACT: Bob Bertini 614/764-3327 WENDY’S CUSTOMERS CELEBRATE FATHER’S DAY WITH A FROSTY; RAISE MORE THAN $1 MILLION FOR THE CAUSE OF...

Mardie Caldwell on The Today Show

This email was sent to me by American Carriage House Publishing Dear Joanne, I’m writing to let you know about an exciting event happening this week. Award-winning author Mardie Caldwell is scheduled to appear live on NBC’s ‘The Today Show’ on May 9. Caldwell will be discussing adoption as part of a feature this week about different ways to build your family. She will be sharing some important...

Free Teleseminar For Mothers Raising Children With...

Join Heather T. Forbes, LCSW for a discussion based off of her research study on the stressors mothers face in raising children with trauma histories. Published in the Journal of Social Work, this study not only validates mother’s struggles, but also reassures that they adoptive and foster care mothers really aren’t going crazy! This free teleseminar will be held on Thursday, May 10, 2007 at; 9:00 p.m. EDT 8:00...

Heart Gallery (Texas)

Heart Gallery Puts A Face On Children Needing Adoption March 26, 2007 04:01 PM EDT It’s called the Heart Gallery, and it features the faces of adoption. But this year, the focus is moving a new direction. “Our focus, really, is a lot on older children right now,” said Chris Van Deusen with Child Protective Services. “It’s much more difficult for older children to get adopted.” And now the...

FRUA Conference

Questions: Visit www.frua.org, e-mail Marjorie@frua.org or call 703-560-6184 This conference is for all of us that are touched by adoption. Although it is sponsored by FRUA, INC, the issues addressed are just as appropriate for families with children adopted from backgrounds of alcohol or drug exposure, neglect or abuse as they are for children adopted from institutional settings. This conference was designed by adoptive...