What Would You Say?

Geoff got a call from a friend at work one day.  “I’m not sure anything will come of this, but I gave your number to a friend from work.  She adopted a little girl a few years ago and the mother is pregnant again.”  Speechless, Geoff jotted down a couple of notes and...

Finding Birth Mothers

“How do we find a birth mother?” is one of the questions we hear the most from families when they are considering pursuing an independent adoption. That’s why we spent so much time on the Networking and Advertising lesson of Adoption For Life. We...

Online Adoption Listings

This week, one of our coordinators received the following screenshot in regards to an available adoption situation.  The waiting family had not started doing their own marketing or networking yet, but was interested in the situation and asking the next step. Most...

Adoption Outreach Cards

Adoption Outreach Cards are an easy and effective way to do adoption networking.  They are low cost, easy to distribute, and can be an excellent way to communicate your adoption hopes.  Here is what one of our adoptive mothers reports:   I ordered Adoption...