On Sunday, April 10th runners and walkers alike with head out on the Adoptions From The Heart Find Her Footing 5K course, will you be joining them? About the Find Her Footing 5K The Find Her Footing 5K Run/Walk & Kid's Dash will take place on Sunday, April 10th 2016 at Delaware County Community College [...]
If you haven't yet registered for AFTH's upcoming 5K, visit www.afth.org/event. Fun, family event & all proceeds go to the AFTH Birthmother Fund and Birthparent Scholarship Fund.
March is National Social Work month and we sat down with some of the Adoptions From The Heart social workers to learn more about what they do and why they do it. Educating the Community In the social work world there is no normal day, but there are things that AFTH social workers try and [...]
With an estimated population around 233,000, Chesapeake is Virginia's third-most populous city behind Virginia Beach and Norfolk. Technically, it's also one of the area's newest cities. In 1963, residents voted to consolidate South Norfolk and land that used to be known as Norfolk County, giving birth to Chesapeake proper in the process. But Chesapeake's history [...]
As Adoption From The Heart continues to explore LGBT resources made available by the Human Rights Campaign and their All Children All Families initiative, we delved deeper into a practice brief from San Francisco State University. Caitlin Ryan, Ph. D., A.C.S.W., Director of the Family Acceptance Project at the school developed a practice brief for [...]
Every purchase at the corner store is a lesson about basic arithmetic. Every street sign is another word to sound out. At least that's one theory of how parents can help their children develop academic skills. Whether or not you count out every transaction with your child, it's always true that parents are the first teachers for their children. [...]
We have an amazing Cherry Hill office and some of the social workers recently took some time out of their busy appointment schedules to sit with us and talk about adoption. Here is a deeper look at the people who help make open adoption possible for so many people in New Jersey! Get to know [...]
Home to the Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, Virginia holds the distinct honor of being one of the world's only places where aircraft carriers can be dry-docked. But Portsmouth has always been a ship-building city, even when it wasn't a city. Under English Rule, Portsmouth's Naval Value Understood Separated from neighboring Norfolk by the Elizabeth River, the [...]
The adoption community is large and a lot of people are sharing their perspective and experiences. Here is a list of blogs from fellow members of the adoption community that might assist you in the ongoing journey that is adoption. Look forward to more posts featuring even more adoption blogs in the coming months! Adoptive [...]
Do you live in Franklin, Dauphin, York, Adams, Lancaster, Cumberland, or Lebanon County? Did you that Adoptions From The Heart can service expecting mothers and prospective adoptive parents in those areas? Two of the lovely Central PA social workers, Rae and Stephanie! The Central Pennsylvania office of Adoptions From The Heart is located [...]
