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Adoption Awareness Month 2010
Visit the National Adoption Awareness Month page for more information and ideas.
| 1 Read an adoption-specific book. [ view details ] |
2 Celebrate your child's heritage through a new recipe, a cultural dance, or traditional fairytales. [ view details ] |
3 Ask your local libraries or bookstores to feature adoption-related books this month. [ view details ] |
4 Commit to sponsor a less fortunate child for an entire year. [ view details ] |
5 Encourage local schools to speak and teach about adoption. [ view details ] |
6 Blog about adoption awareness. [ view details ] |
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| 7 Bake cookies for all the adoption professionals who helped you through the adoption process. [ view details ] |
8 Ask your employer to look into adding adoption benefits to your existing benefits. [ view details ] |
9 Have a get-together with members from all sides of the adoption triad. [ view details ] |
10 With your family, brainstorm and create a new family tradition. [ view details ] |
11 Make a family tree that includes both adoptive and birth children. [ view details ] |
12 Send thank-you cards to your local foster care office. [ view details ] |
13 Look into becoming a foster parent. [ view details ] |
| 14 Celebrate your family by beginning or catching up on your scrapbooking. [ view details ] |
15 Organize your own adoption event to have later in the month. [ view details ] |
16 Watch an adoption-related movie with your family. [ view details ] |
17 Email or call friends and family about upcoming adoption events. [ view details ] |
18 Mentor foster children close to "aging out" of the system. [ view details ] |
19 Volunteer at a local maternity home. [ view details ] |
20 National Adoption Day!Support your local adoption community by attending a ceremony. [ view details ] |
| 21 Encourage your children to share their thoughts and feelings about adoption. [ view details ] |
22 Invite your local media to cover adoption events. [ view details ] |
23 Attend a local adoption support group. [ view details ] |
24 Begin a lifebook for yourself or your child. [ view details ] |
25 Thanks- givingSpend this day enjoying your family. [ view details ] |
26 Keep positive thoughts for those currently with pending adoptions. [ view details ] |
27 Donate clothing, toys, and books to Family and Children's Services. [ view details ] |
| 28 Light a candle for your or your child's birth parents. [ view details ] |
29 Collect donations for waiting children and their families for the upcoming holiday season. [ view details ] |
30 Learn or teach about positive adoption language. [ view details ] |
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