National Adoption Awareness Month

November is National Adoption Awareness Month!

Here are some ways to celebrate (besides adopting a child!):

• Donate a children's book about adoption to your local school or library. Here are a few suggestions: Shaoey and Dot by Chapman, Stellaluna by Cannon, We Adopted You, Benjamin Koo by Girard, and Over the Moon by Katz.
• Attend a community event celebrating adoption on November 17th! Find one near you at: National Adoption Day
• Write an editorial about adoption and submit it to your local paper.
• Encourage your church to recognize National Adoption Awareness Month.
• Make a financial contribution to an adoption foundation or a family who is adopting. Here are just a few that I know enough about to feel comfortable suggesting: One Dollar Adoption, The MICAH Fund, The LYDIA Fund, Shaohannah's Hopes, and The Dave Thomas Foundation.
• Consider doing respite foster care or volunteering at a crisis nursery.
• Learn about positive adoption language.
• Advocate for equitable adoption benefits at your place of employment.
• Pray for orphans around the world and increase your awareness at Cry of the Orphan.

This video is about 15 minutes long, and it's geared toward church leadership, but it's good!