Hello from your friends at Adoptions of Indiana! A big focus for our agency this year is Growing Community. We’re using social media and in-person meet ups to strengthen our adoption community!
We are excited to announce a couple of events on our calendar – we hope you’ll join us!
For Birth Mothers
April 7th – Birth Moms Budgeting and Financial Planning Seminar
Sarah Boston is a financial adviser and branch manager for Raymond James. Sarah, also a birth mother, describes her approach, “My budgeting workshops are not all about “what you should be doing” or designed to make you feel guilty about what you have been doing. It is about finding the methodology that works for your money personality, helping understand what information you need to make good financial decisions, and most of all…wipe that guilt away!” Sarah Boston is a financial adviser and branch manager for Raymond James. Sarah, also a birth mother, describes her approach, “My budgeting workshops are not all about “what you should be doing” or designed to make you feel guilty about what you have been doing. It is about finding the methodology that works for your money personality, helping understand what information you need to make good financial decisions, and most of all…wipe that guilt away!”
Where: Adoptions of Indiana – or remote via Google Meeting
Contact: Meg at meg@adoptionsofindiana.org to RSVP
*There is no cost to attend
May 12th – Annual Birth Mothers’ Day Celebration
Join us Saturday, May 12th for the 14th annual Birth Mothers’ day Celebration from 11 am – 1 pm. Brunch and events are provided free to a birth mother and the support person she chooses to accompany her.
Where: Tabernacle Presbyterian Church in Indianapolis
Contact: Meg at meg@adoptionsofindiana.org to RSVP
July 7th – Birth Mothers’ Cooking Class with Chef JJ
This will be a fun event using food and cooking to look at how we can all develop more confidence in ourselves.
Where: JJ’s Backyard in Broad Ripple
Contact: Meg at meg@adoptionsofindiana.org to RSVP
For Adoptive Parents
April 21th – Adoptive Family Spring Meet-Up!
We will meet at the Urban Chalkboard, a play and learning place for babies and littles in Carmel near our office. We do need to have an idea of how many children will be attending, so please RSVP to Becky at becky@adoptionsofindiana.org! If we have more than 10 children, we may need to reserve the space and push the time back from 2-4pm that day. We hope many of you can make it!
On-Going Education
Many have told us that the pre-adoptive educational workshops attended at AOI have been extremely helpful, we’re glad! We want to make you aware of the on-going educational opportunities available through AOI. Please visit our website here: adoptionsofindiana.org/post-adoption-education-seminars/ for more information. If one, or more of these courses would be helpful to you on you adoption journey contact Addison at addison@adoptionsofindiana.org
For Adoptees
April 10th – May 1st – Adoption Connection Club
Adoptions of Indiana is pleased to be offering a session of our Adoption Connection Club! This program is for children in 2nd – 5th grade who joined their families through adoption.
The club will meet Tuesday evenings from 6:00pm – 7:30pm for 4 weeks, starting April 10th through May 1st at the offices of Adoptions of Indiana.
Students are welcome to bring a snack and drink.
To register, please call 317-597-5312
The cost per participant is $100.*
A choice of 2 parent meetings will be offered. Please speak with Allison regarding these details.
*if $100 poses a financial hardship to your family, please call our office and request to speak to our executive director, Meg Sterchi.