"For you did not recieve a spirit that makes you a slave again to fear, but you recieved the spirit of adoption. And by Him we cry, 'Abba, Father.' The spirit Himself testifies with our spirit that we are God's children." Romans 8:15-16
November is National Adoption Awareness month and if you are a family effected by adoption or you are thinking about adoption, here is a list of ideas to celebrate being a forever family...one for every day!
Ways to get involved everyday of November: National Adoption Awareness Month:
1 Talk to your local library and bookstores about featuring adoption related books in November.
Ways to get involved everyday of November: National Adoption Awareness Month:
1 Talk to your local library and bookstores about featuring adoption related books in November.
2 Advocate!Lobby for an Adoption Friendly Workplace. Talk to your HR Director.
3 Plan a crafting or scrapbooking party with local triad members.
4 Light a candle in honor of your child's birth parents.
5 Help organize a service in your place of worship that delivers a message on adoption and children.
6 Organize an adoption event for later in the month, to celebrate adoption.
3 Plan a crafting or scrapbooking party with local triad members.
4 Light a candle in honor of your child's birth parents.
5 Help organize a service in your place of worship that delivers a message on adoption and children.
6 Organize an adoption event for later in the month, to celebrate adoption.
7 Attend a support group in your area. If you don't have one, find out how to create one.
8 Plan a discussion at your local school which promotes positive adoption language.
9 Ask your local TV and Radio programs to feature children waiting for a home in your state.
10 Create a new family tradition that celebrates your family and how you came together each year.
11 Have a picnic in the park with adoption triad members in your area.
12 Advocate!Share your adoption story with the local media and give a voice to adoption in your area.
13 Print out and drop off information about waiting children in public places in your area.
14 Plan a special meal that incorporates your child's heritage.
15 Ask your company to sponsor local foster children for the holidays, by providing gifts for children in need.
16 Take a social worker to lunch to thank him or her for all the work they do to help children.
17 National Adoption Day!Courts all over the U.S. will finalize thousands of adoptions today.
18 Send an e-mail to all of your friends and family about National Adoption day.
19 Celebrate multicultural families by visiting a local multicultural center.
20 Volunteer to mentor teens close to 'aging out' of foster care.
21 Write your senators/governor and urge them to feature waiting children from your state on the Adoption.com Photolisting.
22 ThanksgivingGive thanks to those who helped you build your family by sending Thank You Cards.
23 Sign up to sponsor a less fortunate child for a year.
24 Advocate!Write to your local and state representatives about adoption and issues that concern you.
25 Bake cookies to take to your local foster care office.
26 Collect donations for local foster families and waiting children, for the holiday season. 27 Volunteer to work at your state's next recruitment fair.
28 Determine how you will pray on a regular basis for children and families that are seeking adoption placements.
29 Create a scrapbook of the memories you have of National Adoption Awareness Month
30 Nominate someone you know for the Angels in Adoption Award.
8 Plan a discussion at your local school which promotes positive adoption language.
9 Ask your local TV and Radio programs to feature children waiting for a home in your state.
10 Create a new family tradition that celebrates your family and how you came together each year.
11 Have a picnic in the park with adoption triad members in your area.
12 Advocate!Share your adoption story with the local media and give a voice to adoption in your area.
13 Print out and drop off information about waiting children in public places in your area.
14 Plan a special meal that incorporates your child's heritage.
15 Ask your company to sponsor local foster children for the holidays, by providing gifts for children in need.
16 Take a social worker to lunch to thank him or her for all the work they do to help children.
17 National Adoption Day!Courts all over the U.S. will finalize thousands of adoptions today.
18 Send an e-mail to all of your friends and family about National Adoption day.
19 Celebrate multicultural families by visiting a local multicultural center.
20 Volunteer to mentor teens close to 'aging out' of foster care.
21 Write your senators/governor and urge them to feature waiting children from your state on the Adoption.com Photolisting.
22 ThanksgivingGive thanks to those who helped you build your family by sending Thank You Cards.
23 Sign up to sponsor a less fortunate child for a year.
24 Advocate!Write to your local and state representatives about adoption and issues that concern you.
25 Bake cookies to take to your local foster care office.
26 Collect donations for local foster families and waiting children, for the holiday season. 27 Volunteer to work at your state's next recruitment fair.
28 Determine how you will pray on a regular basis for children and families that are seeking adoption placements.
29 Create a scrapbook of the memories you have of National Adoption Awareness Month
30 Nominate someone you know for the Angels in Adoption Award.
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