How much time do you spend with your family in a week? Month? Year? Spending time together as a family is crucial and beneficial to every person involved. Benefits of Spending Time Together Spending time with each other strengthens a family’s bond as a unit. Engaging together allows family members to take a more [...]
Summer Activities for Safe Open Adoption Visits As the icy air lifts, the possibility for outdoor fun becomes limitless. Spring and summer make the perfect time to host open adoption reunions among adoption triads. The warm sun, blooming flowers and chirping birds are the perfect background to new experiences together. Each year Adoptions From The [...]
What Does it Mean to Be a Good Father? "Being a good father is being devoted, mentally and physically and emotionally...being devoted to your actual kid and not what's going on in the outside world." To Josh, being a good father doesn't mean showing up and just taking his kid to a game if he's [...]
The summer break is here, but it is never too early to start planning for the fall. Our Birth Parent Scholarship is officially underway. We are currently accepting applications and will review them soon. Our Birth Parent Scholarship Fund is open to birth parents enrolled or planning to enroll in a college, university, or vocational [...]
Adoptions From The Heart hosts internships for college students or college graduates that want to learn more about working as a marketing professional in the adoption community. Trainings are usually done in person at one of our local offices, but AFTH has decided to move their internships remotely since the pandemic started. We are so [...]
My journey as a father began ten years ago. I was living with my girlfriend, Jackie, in Pittsburgh after moving from Upstate New York. We were a young couple going to college when we were shocked to learn Jackie was pregnant. We felt a range of emotions, including excitement and nervousness. But we ultimately knew [...]
On today’s Heart to Heart with Adoptions From The Heart podcast, we welcome Ashley Kodet. Ashley began her social work career in foster care and then moved into private domestic adoption for many years. Today she uses her background knowledge in her role as an Orphan’s Court Administrator in the Philadelphia area. This podcast focuses [...]
Chance Encounter Between Strangers Creates an Adoption Connection One day, outside Orangetheory Fitness, a woman is walking on a sidewalk, going about her day. She sees a man coming in the opposite direction. He isn’t doing anything out of the ordinary, but his mask catches her attention. Masks are very common these days, in the [...]
Rarely do we meet people who make a tremendous impact in our lives. Yet that is exactly what happened to Tiffany last year in 2020. The young woman was facing one of the most difficult circumstances any person can face. With the help and guidance from a compassionate nurse, Tiffany pulled through. Originally from Lancaster, [...]
AFTH currently has 3 open positions. Consider joining our team of social workers, marketing and support staff to help make a difference in the lives of women, men and children in the community. Part-Time Administrative Assistant Positions: TWO POSITIONS Available in our Wynnewood, PA Office 29hr/wk - Hours Mon-Thurs 9am-3pm, Fri 9am-2pm 25hr/wk - [...]
