During National Adoption Month, we interviewed families from local AFTH offices to learn about their experiences and will be sharing their stories here. This adoptive family thought they were perfectly prepared for their adoption journey, but nothing could really prepare for the experience ahead. Kristy has worked in the adoption field for over 11 years [...]
During National Adoption Month, we interviewed families from local AFTH offices to learn about their experiences and will be sharing their stories here. Here is an adoptive mother from New Jersey, who dedicated her time to adoption education before she even became a parent. Karen first explored adoption in February of 2013 after a friend [...]
During National Adoption Month, we interviewed families from local AFTH offices to learn about their experiences and will be sharing their stories here. Here is a family from Virginia, who's adoption journey was bumpy before it was smooth sailing. In August of 2012, Misty and her husband had met with the incredible people at Adoptions [...]
During National Adoption Month, we interviewed families from local AFTH offices to learn about their experiences and will be sharing their stories here. First up, a Pittsburgh area family shares how heartbreak can make love even more powerful. After experiencing a still birth in 2011, Greg and Denise set out to try other methods to [...]
On Friday, October 16th, friends and supporters of Adoptions From The Heart came together to celebrate the agency’s 30th anniversary for the Building Beautiful Futures event at The Racquet Club of Philadelphia. Guests walked the red carpet, pausing in front of the step-and-repeat sponsored by College Funding PA to have their photo taken alongside the [...]
Once you've decided on a path to adoption, you'll be thrown into a flurry of activity. Preparing for your home study, keeping appointments with your social worker and filling out papers; there's lots to do in the beginning. You might even start to think that the adoption process is going to keep you busy forever. At least [...]
November is National Adoption Month. Since at Adoptions From The Heart we celebrate the adoption community each and every day, we have a special way to celebrate adoption during the month of November. Leading up to National Adoption Month, we encourage local businesses to join the Paper Heart Project. The Paper Heart Project The Paper [...]
With less than a week left before the Building Beautiful Futures event on Friday, October 16th, we are revealing some of our amazing silent auction and raffle items that some lucky attendees will be going home with! Silent Auction The exclusive Anniversary collection, complete with a diamond heart necklace, dinner for two, and a [...]
It is no secret that Adoptions From The Heart is looking forward to celebrating their milestone accomplishment of 30 years of open adoption, but now there is something even more exciting to announce! Three new astounding birthmothers have just been awarded the AFTH Birth Parent Scholarship Fund. On October 16th at the Building Beautiful Futures [...]
Fostering and adopting a child are both options that can offer children loving homes. Foster Care & Adoption: 2 Differences & 2 Similarities There are significant differences between these two situations, both legal and practical. We'll cover 2 of the biggest differences and similarities here. 1. Adoption Is Forever, Foster Children Often Reunite With Their Birth Parents Children [...]
