Meet Roberta Evantash

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 [...]

Adoption News: March 2025

Download PDF Articles Include: Celebrating 40 years of Adoptions From The Heart Happy National Social Work Month Spring Educational Series: Enrollment Now Open Welcoming New AFTH Staff Find Their Footing 5k Festival & Run Celebrating Generosity AFTH's Stance Triangle Time: Building Community & Connection Celebrating Stephanie Capriotti New OnDemand Webinars Terry and Jared's Adoption Journey: A [...]

Upcoming Heart-to-Heart Fundraiser Highlighting Women in Adoption  

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 [...]

Asking A Birth Mom

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 [...]

Announcing Spring Educational Series for Prospective Adoptive Parents!

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 Culture and Transracial Adoption

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 [...]

A Heartfelt Fundraising Event at Painting With a Twist

Adoptions From the Heart partnered with Painting With a Twist Media this past Saturday to bring people from the community a fun fundraising event for all. The event was created to bring those from the community, our clients, and families together for a great time and raising money for Adoptions From The Heart. The goal [...]

Celebrating 40 Years of Adoptions From The Heart

    Adoptions From The Heart celebrates 40 years of serving our community through personalized adoption processes. We are so grateful for each birth and adoptive parent who has trusted our private agency to be a part of their story. We look forward to another lifetime offering a helping hand to expecting and adoptive parents. Our [...]

AFTH’s Stance

For those worried or scared about the new US policy reversals and changes, we want to assure you that Adoptions From The Heart will continue to stand behind our core values of C.H.O.I.C.E.S. Communication – Listen well, be clear, respectful and inspiring Honesty – Be truthful and sincere Opportunity – Opportunity for growth and development [...]