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Ho! Ho! Ho! and Happy Holidays! We have some exciting news to share with you! Hopscotch Adoptions’ proudly introduces you to the first Make A Wish family to have received the gift of an adoption from the Make A Wish foundation, thanks to the North Texas Chapter.  During this magical time of the year when we know the power of a wish, a gift and a miracle, you don’t want to miss this spellbinding podcast. Audible is generously making a $1 donation for EVERY LISTEN of The Power Of A Wish podcast. One listen equals one dollar, up to $25,000 dollars! Road tripping for the holiday? Baking a million cookies? Listen and support the Make-A-Wish foundation and their important work. If you share on social media, don’t forget to tag your local Make-A-Wish chapter!  The Power Of A Wish is family friendly so please share widely this simple way to support the organization . You can listen online at  Wish.org/podcast or  Apple Podcasts  (aka iTunes) and give them a 5-star ratin...

Good evening Adoption Advocates, The  final tax reform bill and conference report  was unveiled this evening and  we are pleased to share that because of your advocacy and efforts both the adoption tax credit and the tax benefit for employer provided adoption benefits have been SAVED! Over the past two months your advocacy convinced the House to remove its provision eliminating the adoption tax credit. Your voices convinced the Senate to leave all adoption provisions alone in its bill (preserving both the adoption tax credit and tax benefit for employer provided adoption benefits.) While the adoption tax credit was saved in the final bills that passed both chambers, the employer benefit would have been eliminated in the House bill. But again through the power of your voices in calls, e-mails, and letters, the conference committee decided to use the Senate’s version which preserved the employer adoption benefit! (See pages 111-112 of this  document  to read where...

It’s not too late to register!!! Grief in Adopted Children – The Webinar airs tonight at 7pm central time and there is STILL time to register.  Can’t make it tonight?  Too much craziness going on at your house during those evening witching hours?  I get it!  Everyone who registers will receive the recording that you can access whenever, wherever, and forever!!!! Grief is inevitable.  You are going to have to face it with your children.  I can help!!! We can do hard things together. CLICK HERE  to register!!!

Click here  to participate in SOAR’s Annual Online Auction from December 4th-14th.

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD PDF FLIER To FRUA Families in the Mid Atlantic Region who have adopted from Russia: FRUA INC has received the attached invitation for our FRUA  families to join the Yolka holiday festivities at the Russian Embassy in Washington D.C. on Dec. 16. If you plan to attend, RSVP directly to the Russian Embassy and if you are bringing children, please note that. Please note that the embassy does not confirm receipt of your email; simply assume that they have you on the list. You will need identification with you when you arrive for the party. We’re pleased that we could facilitate this invitation to the embassy’s Yolka celebration for our FRUA members. Sincere Holiday Wishes, Jan Wondra Chair National Board of Directors Families for Russian and Ukrainian Adoption, Including Neighboring Countries  Hope, Help and Community for Adoptive Families Angel in Adoption, 2012,  Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute  chair@frua.org Mobile: 303-506-5269 FR...

NCFA Releases  Adoption Advocate  No. 114 | Putting the Pieces Together: The Significance of the Child’s Story Source:  http://www.adoptioncouncil.org Throughout a child’s life, they will have questions about their past, whether they were adopted through foster care, infant, intercountry, kinship, or transracial adoption. In the December issue of the  Adoption Advocate , Debbie Wynne anticipates some of those common questions and poses ways in which adoptive parents can proactively and lovingly support those needs, build a safe and trusting relationship with their child, and provide healthy opportunities for their child to learn and grow. Download the PDF  of  Adoption Advocate  No. 114 or  read the web version .