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Adoption Awareness Month 2009

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Visit the National Adoption Awareness Month page for more information and ideas.

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Get together with a birth mother you know and discuss your stories.

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Encourage your local newspaper to write a feature article on adoption.

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Take pictures of all your adoption-related activities this month and start a scrapbook.

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Volunteer to mentor teens close to 'aging out' of foster care.

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Organize an open event that celebrates your child's heritage (food, dances, literature, art).

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Write a letter of thanks and appreciation to all those that helped you or are currently helping you adopt your child.

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Contact a local radio station about promoting National Adoption Awareness Month.

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Rent a movie with an adoption theme and watch it as a family.

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Take a social worker out to lunch to thank them for their work with finding children homes.

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Attend a local support group.

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Buy an adoption-related children's book and donate it to a local school or children's group.

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Advocate!

List any adoption events on your favorite forums, blogs, or chat rooms.

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Plan a welcome party for someone whose adoption is nearly finalized.

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Share your own story.

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Begin a new family tradition that celebrates your similarities, your differences, and your love for each other.

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Let your child pick a dish from their home country or their heritage, and then make it together as a family.

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Invite your child's friends over to your house, explain adoption, and let them ask any questions they may have.

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Advocate!

Collaborate with a local bookstore or library to setup an adoption book display.

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Volunteer at a local pregnancy shelter or maternity home.

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Offer your home to those traveling to adopt a child in your area for the evening or for a few days.

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National Adoption Day!
Show your support by going to your local courts and watch the finalizing of forever families.

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Be a respite provider for the weekend.

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Sign up to sponsor a less fortunate child for a year.

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Advocate!

Volunteer with local adoption activities, fundraisers, or get-togethers.

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Spend the evening reading stories, folktales, and fairytales from your child's heritage.

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Thanks- giving

Invite foster children to your home for Thanksgiving.

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Learn about positive adoption language.

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Donate to an adoption foundation.

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Light a candle in honor of your child's birth parents or your own birth parents.

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Plan to invite young adults who have aged out or anyone that needs a home for the holidays to your family's festivities.

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