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Adoption Circle Newsletter - June 2025
Posted on July 04, 2025 by Adoption Circle Staff
Happy Summer!! The weather is HOT, and outdoor activities are in full swing! Let’s recap June before the fireworks light up the night sky.
June was a busy month and ended with a bang with three placements in the last four days of the month. It was very exciting that all three birth parents chose to connect with On Your Feet, the post placement agency that Adoption Circle recently began a partnership with. These birth parents will be offered many services including mentors; support groups; individual therapy and financial classes. We encourage you to check out this amazing agency on social media and consider financially supporting them. We had one family finalize in June, which was special as it was the family’s second adoption and the children are full siblings, born 7 years apart. We are so happy that these brothers will have each other throughout their lifelong journey of adoption.
June was Pride Month, and we found ourselves celebrating LOVE and the creation of all families. Seeing a child in need of a family being loved by parents, and extended families and friends, is what adoption is all about. We embrace any opportunity to foster a sense of belonging and acceptance for the children that we place for adoption.
June celebrated Father’s Day. Fathers are often the forgotten members of the adoption process. We appreciate honoring biological fathers, adoptive fathers and father figures on this special day.
June was National Safety Month. While we are all spending more time outside enjoying hiking, swimming, picnicking and summer sports, remember to use sunscreen and to practice water safety. Parenting littles (and not so littles) keeps us on our toes! Summer brings with it extra precautions that we must abide. 
Juneteenth also occurred last month. With so many of our adoptions being multiracial this was an opportunity to teach your children about the end of slavery and the importance of the Civil War and the 13th Amendment to the US Constitution. (For those of us with high school students we can promise you that your child is going to NEED to know this piece of American history)
Adoption Possibilities
Our agency always tries to highlight programs that benefit the adoption community. We are pleased to tell you about a new non—profit organization. It is not only an organization to benefit prospective adoptive parents, it is also an organization started by one of our own adoptive parents. Adoption Possibilities is a non-profit organization that focuses on raising money for families going through the adoption process. The money is awarded to families through a grant application process and is used to help ease the financial burden of adoption. To keep up on Adoption Possibilities events, follow them on social media.
https://www.facebook.com/share/1CAXX5jjmd/
https://www.instagram.com/adoptionpossibilities?igsh=MW45eGQ1b3E5ZDN2ZA==
Adoption Possibilities are always in need of volunteers. If you are interested in volunteering with Adoption Possibilities go to their website. Adoption Possibilities could definitely benefit from any volunteer as the organization is set to prepare for their inaugural event.
Also, there is another easy way to support Adoption Possibilities. Kroger shoppers can link their Kroger card to the organization. It's a simple and FREE way to contribute. For Kroger rewards members, log into your account, and in the community rewards section enter "Adoption Possibilities" for the organization or enter the NPO number - GM652, and then click enroll in the adoption possibility box.
Adoption Possibilities is a registered 501(c)(3) organization, so all donations to the organization are 100 % tax-deductible. Your generosity to Adoption Possibilities helps bring families together through adoption.
A Note from the Director of Birthparent Services: We celebrated Pride in the month of June, and it made me think about LOVE – who do we love, why do we love, and can we love without respect? The love between a parent and child is very powerful, personally I think it may be the most profound love I have ever experienced (no disrespect to my hubby whom I love dearly 😊). When we hold our tiny bundle for the first time, we so often find ourselves driven to love and protect. Can we love completely if we don’t love WHO our child came from? In adoptions many birthparents struggle with mental health and addiction issues; thus they have legal issues. Openness in adoption is ALWAYS found to be in the best interest of the adoptee, with the caveat that healthy boundaries are put in place. As an adoption professional I have seen adoptive parents voicing a concern of protection and I have asked myself – WHO do they think they are protecting? Are they trying to protect their child OR themselves and their role as a parent? A child centered adoption is the healthiest and always puts the child’s needs before the parents (biological and adoptive). Loving your child’s birth parents can be challenging at times, when we feel insecure with ourselves and unsure of our role this can impede our ability to love. My suggestion to adoptive parents who are struggling to love their child’s birth parents is to be open with the birthparents! Creating a family through adoption IS about creating an extension of family where all parties come together through one common bond: the LOVE for the child.
We are looking forward to July events If you don’t already feel free to follow us on social media. FaceBook, Instagram, Twitter