https://videopress.com/v/XIqzZ6xQ?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true Happy 5th Anniversary to Adoptees Connect, Inc.! January of 2023 is five years of Adoptees Connect, Inc.. being a nonprofit organization, and today, we're celebrating one of the very first resources created for adoptees by adoptees! It's hard to fathom that adoptees had little to no resources to fall back on five years ago,… Continue reading Happy 5 Year Anniversary, Adoptees Connect, Inc!
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Adoptees Connect: In Our Own Words – Introducing Becca Hahn
Becca, can you give us a little background about yourself & your adoption? I was born January 18th, 1990 and was adopted shortly after. I was told that my birthmother was gone by the time my adoptive parents came to get me at the hospital and that all arrangements had been made with a… Continue reading Adoptees Connect: In Our Own Words – Introducing Becca Hahn
Collaborating with Adoptee Merch
We're excited and honored to announce our collaboration with Adoptee Merch. Recently they shared an article on their website with details regarding this decision. The article as follows: When Adoptee Merch was created and launched around New Year’s 2018 one of our missions was to be able to focus on putting adoptee voices first. As… Continue reading Collaborating with Adoptee Merch
We’re Attending the Indiana Adoptee Network Conference!
We're excited to announce many of the Adoptees Connect Facilitators and Attendees from around the USA will be attending the Indiana Adoptee Network Conference the weekend of April 5th - 7th. We're really excited to be a part of this wonderful event! If you are attending and would be interested in meeting up with some of our… Continue reading We’re Attending the Indiana Adoptee Network Conference!
NAAM18 November Poll Results Powered by Adoptees Connect
Here are the completed poll results we promised our followers and the online adoption community. For the non-adoptees who might come across this article, we're happy you are here. There is no one in the adoption "arena" who is more experienced about what it feels like to be adopted than adult adoptees. Our experiences are… Continue reading NAAM18 November Poll Results Powered by Adoptees Connect
Moving Forward with Exciting News
After a long thought out process, much prayer and dedication to the mission of Adoptees Connect I've made some changes to better serve the adoptee community and Adoptees Connect groups being planted globally. Due to the rapidly growing Adoptees Connect groups I've made the decision to incorporate Adoptees Connect and apply for 501(c)(3) status which has… Continue reading Moving Forward with Exciting News
Adoptees Connect Small Groups are in 17 Locations in 9 Months!
Day by day our groups are growing, and adoptees are stepping up to make a commitment to plant these groups! This is a cause for celebration! I’m literally blown away at the network that is being built and woven together by our adoptee community via Adoptees Connect! For so many of us, its been a… Continue reading Adoptees Connect Small Groups are in 17 Locations in 9 Months!
Our Adoptees Connect – Lexington, KY Group Went Hiking!
Greetings Everyone! This past Saturday May 19, 2018 a few Adoptees from our Adoptees Connect - Lexington, KY group got together and decided to go on a hike together! The time spent was so valuable for each of us! We set out to find Tioga Falls which is a waterfall one of the 300+ waterfalls… Continue reading Our Adoptees Connect – Lexington, KY Group Went Hiking!
Our Adoptees Connect Groups are Growing!
I'm so excited to share that our Adoptees Connect Small Groups are growing! These groups being planted is literally a dream come true! It's so overdue for our community and for adoptees everywhere. I was thinking the other day how throughout my time on earth I've seen counselors and therapists off and on, all the way back to my childhood. Never… Continue reading Our Adoptees Connect Groups are Growing!
Guest Article: Strangers by Adoption by Kevin D. Engle
Strangers by Adoption Kevin D. Engle I am Frankenstein: created, not born. I am Edward Scissorhands: functioning but not quite finished. I am the Incredible Shrinking Man: with a disease no one can name. I am the android from the Twilight Zone: my behavior programmed into my circuits. I am… Continue reading Guest Article: Strangers by Adoption by Kevin D. Engle