Adoption Associates, Inc: Domestic Infant and International Adoption Agency

July 2006

Summertime

For those couples experiencing the pain of infertility, summer can be a difficult time of year. Everywhere you turn there are children playing in the park, splashing in the pool, or riding their bikes down the sidewalk. For those longing for a child, these common occurrences of summer can be tough.

Here at Adoption Associates, Inc. we know those feelings, but we also know that having a child is a truly obtainable dream. Thousands of children across the world are waiting for loving, stable, and happy homes.

Affording Adoption

Introducing “Funds For Families,” a new loan helping build families through adoption offered through Adoption Associates, Inc. and West Michigan Community Bank.

Domestic Adoption

When Eric and Carrie began their adoption journey, they weren’t sure what a semi-open adoption would be like. “How much contact are we going to have with the birth mother during her pregnancy?” “What about after placement?” Neither they, nor Sarah, the birth mother who chose them, could have understood the amazing bond that was about to form.

International Adoption

In the April issue of Adoptive Families Magazine, the editors published a story entitled, “Daughters in Demand: Why Parents Prefer Girls.” Statistics show that 80% of adoptive parents, when given a choice, choose a girl. This “decade-long desire for girls” is greatly affecting the adoption community, and the boys left behind. In light of this information, a mother of four sons shares her family’s story.

Agency News

Check out the new additions to the AAI web site, get information on how to RSVP for the upcoming adoptive families picnic, and learn more about infant adoption awareness trainings.

Adoption Accents

With a gift of $50, you will receive beautiful note cards created by orphans in the Sol Vichegodosk orphanage and the Vichegodsk Home for Deaf Children in the Arkhangelsk region of Russia. 100% of your purchase will go to the orphans in this region of Russia.