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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 [...]

Social Worker to the Stars — Stephanie Capriotti

March is Social Work Month, during which we honor the social workers who make our mission possible. Social workers support our community in integral, everyday ways. Whether they are emotionally supporting an adoptive family or bringing a last-minute car seat to a birth mother in need, social workers are there for it all. Today, we're [...]

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 [...]

Reflecting on 2024’s Popular Blog Posts

As 2024 comes to a close, Adoptions From The Heart is taking a moment to reflect on a year of amazing stories and resources that have been published through our blog. The small, but mighty, marketing team worked hard to create blogs that stood out and have an impact on the adoption triad community. Here [...]

How to Support Adoptions From The Heart This Holiday Season

Tis the season of giving! The holiday season is a time for love, gratitude, and giving. It’s the perfect time of year to support meaningful causes, like Adoptions From The Heart (AFTH). This giving season, consider ways to donate to Adoptions From The Heart, an open adoption agency dedicated to supporting all members of the [...]

Announcing Winter Educational Series for Prospective Adoptive Parents

Adoptions From The Heart (AFTH) is excited to announce our upcoming 2025 Winter Educational Series. This series of courses, geared towards prospective adoptive parents, will explore several topics relating to the adoption experience. Held via ZOOM, these courses are open to all families in our service area (PA, NY, NJ, CT, DE, VA) and will fulfill [...]

Important Announcement For Clients Sending Gifts Through AFTH Offices

During the holiday season, AFTH receives gifts to forward along to members of the adoption triad. When doing this, we request that adoptive families include funds to cover the postage to repackage and send the gift from our office to their child’s birth family. In order to ensure enough time with the recent delay in mail, [...]

Coming Up: Events From AFTH

Though the year is coming to a close, Adoptions From The Heart has a busy schedule planned. Read below to find out what’s going on and sign up for an event that interests you! AFTH has a lot on our agenda. Events include a Fall Fest, Giving Tuesday, and Heart-to-Heart! National Adoption Month [...]

Adoptions From The Heart Launches Partnership with Local Non-Profit Thrift Shop

Heart & Soul'd Owners, Kristen and Terry Adoptions From The Heart is excited to announce that we have been selected as Heart & Soul 'd's newest mission match. This important partnership allows AFTH to continue collaborations with adoptive parents, as both owners of Heart & Soul’d completed their families through adoption with AFTH. [...]