Kathy Kunkel, founder and director of A Act of Love Adoption Agency in Utah, celebrated her 60th birthday this week. Kunkel has been a pillar in the Utah and national adoption community for more than twenty years — adopting eight of her own children and assisting thousands of adoptive parents and birthparents in adoption as […]
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Act of Love Adoption Agency is a licensed, non-profit 501(c) (3) adoption agency in the state of Utah. Act of Love is able to accept tax-deductible donations until midnight for the 2012 year and will then begin accepting donations for the 2013 year on January 1. The charitable donations that were made to Act of
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We started looking into adoption and searching for an adoption agency one October, by the next October we had brought home our baby girl! It took us six months to decide on an adoption agency. We contacted agencies from coast to coast and spent a lot of time speaking with the people that worked at
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Mark, Marie, and Soren’s Story We will forever be grateful to Kathy and the A Act of Love team for making our little family possible. Like many other couples, we didn’t anticipate any difficulty conceiving a child. Yet, after several years of trying, including stressful fertility treatments, we realized that, for whatever reason, this was
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THIS YEAR IS A SPECIAL ONE FOR ACT OF LOVE- Kathy Kunkel, the founder and CEO of Act of Love is turning 60 years old on December 30, 2012. She has given her heart and soul to make Act of Love Adoption Agency what it is today. She loves each and every person that she
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Jennifer and I became a family almost 9 years ago. Our story begins when I was young. I knew even my teen years that someday I would have a little girl named Jennifer. I wrote messages to her in my journals, and bought outfits for her over the years. I prepared my whole life to
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Birth mother S lived in North Carolina and had 3 great children and a longtime boyfriend. They were planning to get married and create a great life. S worked hard to help support her family. She found out she was pregnant, very unexpectedly. She and her boyfriend, C, tried to decide what to do. They
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Utah’s adoption agencies are receiving a lot of attention in regard to birthfather rights. Having been part of a family touched by adoption, I have closely watched the practices of several agencies in regard to how birthfathers are involved in the adoption process. As many of you know, usually only bad news is covered by
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Placing a baby for adoption is one of the most important decisions you will make in your life. Knowing that you are not in a place where you can offer your child the basic necessities he/she will need at this time, adoption is a choice that can bring you peace. As you contemplate your pregnancy
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A few years ago around Thanksgiving time, a young mother from California contacted A Act of Love Adoption Agency about information on placing her twenty-month old baby for adoption. She tearfully explained that she was working night and day and still couldn’t make enough money to provide for all the needs of her child. She
