On February 17, 2022, one of the ways Adoptions From The Heart is celebrating 'Adoption is Love' is with our Heart-to-Heart with Birth Fathers fundraising event. At AFTH, we acknowledge that Birth Fathers don't always get the kinds of recognition and spaces needed to feel comfortable sharing their adoption stories. Birth fathers are amongst the [...]
When was the last time you spent a day tending to your own needs and wellness? Do you hear the term self-care often but do not fully understand what it means? The term self-care refers to anything a person does to keep themselves healthy, whether physically, mentally, or spiritually. Society often expects us to help [...]
Adoptions From The Heart will be the first to admit 2021 has been a heck of a year. Nonetheless, with our podcast 'Heart-To-Heart with Adoptions From The Heart', we've had the opportunity to accomplish some pretty great things, covering topics throughout the adoption spectrum. With illuminating episodes such as Reflecting on the Field of Social Work [...]
Our agency, Adoptions From The Heart (AFTH), offers OnDemand Webinars for Prospective Adoptive Parents, social workers, and healthcare professionals alike. Hosted on our website is a selection of 15 different webinars covering topics ranging from state-specific adoption laws to transracial adoption and positive adoption language. Prospective adoptive parents receive credit toward their adoption-education requirements for [...]
Adoptions From The Heart is constantly striving to do its part in supporting the adoption community. Aside from assisting birth parents in placement and emotionally during their placement process, AFTH understands that everything isn't always as black and white as it seems. Sometimes hard times fall upon us and simple acts of kindness are all that [...]
Adoptions From The Heart (AFTH) is proud of our work to help our Expecting and Birth Parents, not only financially but in their everyday lives. Birth Parent support is essential before, during, and after placing a child for adoption. We have partnered in the past with other professionals who bring in education and resources for [...]
GivingTuesday is just around the corner; join us in celebrating this beautiful day of giving on November 30, 2021. Learn more about this day and ways to contribute by reading until the end! About GivingTuesday GivingTuesday was founded in 2012 in NYC; It was originally created to encourage people to do good deeds, and today [...]
Adoptive Parents Helen and Marcus were placed with their baby girl, CC, through Adoptions From The Heart in the Spring of 2021. Like many Adoptive Parents, their hope, after attempts of conceiving a biological child, was to be chosen by a birth parent to love and care for a baby they would call their own. [...]
Self-Concept and Social Identity Among International Adoptees This blog is a summary of a research project that Keri Friedman, AFTH Donor Relations and Marketing Intern, wrote for her senior college thesis in social psychology. International adoptees conceptualization of one’s self-concept and social identity can be largely influenced by many factors. Self-concept is an idea about [...]
Michael and Marty officially began their adoption journey in the summer of 2013. Marty began by discussing the idea of adoption with Michael, letting him know that he was ready to adopt. The pair attended their first informational session at Adoptions From The Heart’s (AFTH) main office in Wynnewood, PA. They would begin the paperwork [...]
