The nonprofit celebrates it's 35th anniversary of trailblazing the practice of open adoption with a free virtual event While the COVID-19 pandemic has canceled many celebrations in 2020 for health and safety reasons, Adoptions From The Heart (AFTH) organized a free virtual gathering to celebrate the nonprofit’s 35th anniversary. On Wednesday, November 18th attendees logged [...]
Adoptions From The Heart releases annual calendar to support birth parents in need (Wynnewood, PA) – Adoptions From The Heart (AFTH), a nonprofit open adoption agency, is releasing its 2021 Building Beautiful Families Calendar. Each month within the calendar features pictures of adoptees whose placement was facilitated by AFTH. The calendar is available for sale at $14. [...]
And just like that, another National Adoption Awareness Month happened and ends today. No closing to National Adoption Awareness Month would be complete without highlighting recent adoption finalizations. Adoption finalizations may look different this year, however not even a pandemic can take away from this monumental occasion. Instead of the traditional courtroom pictures with the [...]
For a while, Matt and Ashley were living a great life together out in Central Pennsylvania. There was never a dull moment in their household with their dogs, cats, and pet lizard for sure. They were happy, however, something was missing in their life... a baby. Parenthood would be the one thing that would turn [...]
By: AFTH Communications Intern, Kevonne Bennett I recently had the opportunity to speak with one of Adoptions From The Heart’s (AFTH) birth fathers, Samai. (You may already know him as a frequent AFTHtv guest.) Samai graciously shared his story with me, detailing his adoption journey. Several years ago, Samai had been in a committed relationship [...]
We are finally in the last two weeks of National Adoption Awareness Month 2020. This year's recognition of National Adoption Awareness Month may look a little different (ex. Zoom adoption finalizations) but despite these disappointing adjustments, the adoption community was able to find ways to creatively connect. This month AFTH launched our first-ever podcast series: [...]
By: AFTH Communications Intern, Kevonne Bennett This week I also had the opportunity to speak with District Supervisor and Adoption Counselor, Nicole Fowler. She is based out of AFTH’s Virginia office and regularly works with all members of the adoption triad. I asked Nicole for her thoughts on the best practices for birth and adoptive [...]
Adoptions From The Heart’s Paper Heart Project Goes Virtual in November 2020 The nonprofit’s annual National Adoption Month fundraiser moves to an online fundraising platform Adoptions From The Heart (AFTH) celebrates National Adoption Month in November 2020 by inviting individuals to participate in the virtual edition of the agency’s annual Paper Heart Project running now [...]
I recently had a chance to sit with Adoption Counselor, Amanda Aliberti, from Adoptions From The Heart’s (AFTH) Delaware office. We discussed the best ways adoptive and birth parents can establish and maintain healthy communication. Trust The key to any healthy relationship after placing a baby up for adoption always involves this keyword: Trust. [...]
Adoptions From The Heart celebrates 35 years of serving the community Contact: Meagan Twardy Phone: (610) 809-0512 Email: MeaganT@afth.org (Wynnewood, PA) –Adoptions From The Heart (AFTH), a nonprofit open adoption agency, is celebrating 35 years since its founding in 1985 with a live celebration and raffle on November 18, 2020, from 7:00 pm-8:00 pm. This [...]
