Our annual Family Picnics are back! For 35 years, the Family Picnics have been a time for families to come together and celebrate adoption. AFTH will bring the snacks, arts & crafts, and more! All that our families have to do is show up for some fun! We will have five picnics in total throughout [...]
This week is National Infertility Awareness Week! Adoptions From The Heart assists many adoptive families struggling with infertility when they turn to adoption. This blog focuses on raising awareness, highlighting the importance of spousal support, and advocating for access to care and coverage. What is Infertility? Infertility is defined as the inability to conceive a [...]
The AFTH Find Their Footing 5K/Walk & Festival is coming up, and we wanted to give a shout-out to all of our event sponsors and donors! We are so excited about the 9th Annual Find Their Footing 5K/Walk & Festival, which will be held next Saturday, April 26th, in Media (Rose Tree Park) from 8:00 [...]
Spring is finally here! To kick it off, we have some family crafts we know you'll love. These crafts will get the whole family to sit around the table and spend some time together. Afterward, you can use your finished products as decorations around the house and send a few keepsakes to your child's birth [...]
This is Roberta Evantash! Roberta worked as a social worker with Adoptions From The Heart since its founding in 1985. Roberta and AFTH Founder Maxine Chalker have been great friends since childhood. They met after becoming neighbors when they were about 12 years old. Maxine and Roberta even attended Temple University together, both majoring in [...]
On March 26th, Adoptions from the Heart is hosting our upcoming Heart-to-Heart Fundraiser highlighting women in adoption. Adoptions from the Heart has hosted many Heart-to-Heart fundraising events, with themes ranging from mental health awareness to LGBTQ+ adoption. This March, in honor of National Women’s Month, we are hosting a Heart-to-Heart with a group of wonderful [...]
March is Social Work Month, during which we honor the social workers who make our mission possible. Social workers support our community in integral, everyday ways. Whether they are emotionally supporting an adoptive family or bringing a last-minute car seat to a birth mother in need, social workers are there for it all. Today, we're [...]
Expecting A Baby Se'Ayra Greene joins us in this heartfelt interview to share her journey as an expecting mom with Adoptions From The Heart (AFTH). We met Se'Ayra in 2016 when she and her spouse began exploring plans after a surprise pregnancy. Twenty-four weeks along, Se'Ayra found out she was pregnant. Their daughter was only [...]
Adoptions From the Heart (AFTH) is excited to be announcing our upcoming 2025 Spring Educational Series, with classes taking place in April and May. This series of courses is geared towards prospective adoptive parents. The classes will explore several topics relating to the adoption experience. The classes are held on ZOOM and are open to [...]
Black History Month has arrived and being fully educated on African American culture can be difficult. We at Adoptions From The Heart want to seize the opportunity to build on the cultural competency of our community. Specifically, our transracial adoptive parents raising or looking to raise a Black child. Addressing Questions & Differences Some [...]
