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Walk Me Home
Many major organizations have a signature event and now foster care does too, Walk Me Home. May 3rd, which is National Foster Care Awareness Month, and running through October, Walk Me Home is beginning with an ambitious first year. The goals for this walking campaign 1) Raise awareness for foster care, 2)Develop a positive vehicle for recruitment and retention of foster parents and 3) Raise 1,000,000 nationwide for the children in foster care.

10 New Year's Resolutions for Foster Parents
Ready to make your New Year's Resolution? Try one of these 10 ideas to get your new years on the right track. Find ideas for New Year's Resolutions for foster parents.

10 New Year's Resolutions for Adoptive Parents
Needing help in setting your New Year's resolutions? Here are some suggestions for the new year.

All About National Adoption Month
Everything you wanted to know about the month long celebration and more - calendar of events, ideas for celebrating, and the history of National Adoption Month as well as the Presidential Proclamation.

Presidential Proclamation of the National Adoption Month 2007
President of the United States proclaims November of each year as the National Adoption Month.

National Adoption Day - November 17, 2007
National Adoption Day - when thousands of adoptions are finalized across the country.

Celebrating National Adoption Month
30 days of ideas for you and your family's celebration.

History of National Adoption Month
Why do we celebrate National Adoption Month? How did it get started?

Adoption Poems
Several poems relating to the topic of adoption. Adoption poems written while waiting for a referral, for finalization, or about closed adoption records. Find an adoption poem to use for an adoption announcement.

Adoption Announcement
A cute and easy to make adoption announcement. This adoption announcement would work for an older child or internationally adopted child.

Announcing the Arrival of .........
Making a simple announcement plus links to various sites that offer adoption announcements.

15 Ways for a Mother to Honor Herself on Mother's Day
Don't wait for someone else to tell you how special you are or to remind you of the gift you have brought into the world. Here are 15 Ways you can do it yourself.

All About Celebrating Mother's Day
Views from birth moms and adoptive moms, ideas for celebration, and honoring mothers everywhere.

Foster Care Awareness Month
How to celebrate the month of May and Foster Care Awareness Month.

Foster Care Awareness Month Celebration Calendar
31 Days of activities to celebrate and honor foster parents.

The History of National Foster Care Month
How May became National Foster Care Month in 1988.

Celebrating Father's Day for Adoptive Parent, Foster Parent, & Birth Parent
A collection of articles about adoptive fathers and foster fathers. Ideas for Father's Day gifts and articles geared towards adoptive fathers and foster fathers.

A Mother's Charm
Offering original (sterling silver/gold) adoption charms for moms and dads that include the Gotcha engravable charm and the shoes from around the world to commemorate adopting your child. Also offering a book out on affording adoption that has received lots of positive feedback from adoptive parents since 2003.

Adopting Motherhood: Families Brought Together By Single Adoption
Elena Rue is a documentary photographer who focuses on adoption. She has recently begun a project of photographing a community of women in New England who have all chosen to adopt children on their own. View her photos here.

Cool Party Favors - Adoption Themed
Find creative ideas from the owner, who is also an adoptive parent that your friends could use or keep, like photo mint tins.

Tapestry Books
"Tapestry Books is the premiere online adoption book store for learning about adoption. Founded in 1990 the company was the first Adoption Book Catalog to also provide customers with a Web site. Our staff are parents, and professionals, who understand the issues surrounding adoption and infertility, and have a genuine desire to improve the quality of resources available to adoptive families."