Congratulations to Maryann, Archie and Celia!
It's a Girl!
Sadie Elizabeth
Born: March 17, 2005
Home: June 3, 2006

Everyone is home and well after their trip to Russia.

~ Playgroup~

Where: Shades Beach (weather permitting)
When: June 22
Time: 10-12pm Pack a picnic lunch !

Please RSVP to Maryann (and don't forget to ask

about her new daughter, Sadie).

~Mom’s Night Out~

Where: Molly Brannigan's 506 State Street
When: June 13, 2006
Time: 7pm

RSVP to Jeannine at fromthehearterie@gmail.com

~Well-Known Adopted Persons, Birth Parents & Adoptive Parents~

For years, Roger Ridley Fenton has been compiling a list of individuals

and groups of people who were formally and informally adopted,

fostered, and otherwise raised apart from their biological parents.

Click here to read more: http://celebrities.adoption.com/

~ Racial consideration an issue in foster care adoption~

A Pennsylvania family's efforts to adopt their African-American foster son, Kevin,

has prompted widespread debate over the issue of transracial adoption. Click here to read a Philadelphia Inquirer story about the transracial adoption debate in Pennsylvania:

http://m1e.net/c?37750738-gW.mXURToLFC.%401616806-UN8C.kxEN/RP6

~Adoption disruption insurance available~

Prospective adoptive parents can recover their financial losses if birthparents change their minds, now that adoption disruption insurance policies are back on the market.

For more information, consult www.adoptionassurance.com

2nd Annual "From the Heart" Adoptive Families Picnic

Please reserve the date of August 12 at 3pm for our family picnic.

This year the party will be hosted by the Ward family.

More info to follow in July.