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November 2019 Newsletter

Thanksgiving

What a special time of year. It is good to have a reminder about how many blessings we have in our lives. Learning to be grateful for what we have is a step toward being happier and having more joy in our lives. There are no happy people who are not also grateful.

Thanksgiving

At A Act of Love we are grateful for our wonderful birth mothers and adoptive families. We know that we are blessed to have you as part of our lives! Thank you! We hope that you take time to feel gratitude and joy in your hearts this month! Happy Thanksgiving! 

November Adoption Month 

November is National Adoption month- a month set aside to raise awareness about the urgent need for adoptive families for children and youth in foster care.

Adoption Month

The history of National Adoption month dates back to 1976 when Massachusetts Governor Mike Dukakis announced the first Adoption Week. Governor Dukakis's idea grew in popularity and quickly spread nationwide. In 1984, President Ronald Reagan proclaimed the first National Adoption Week, and in 1995, under President Bill Clinton, the week was expanded to the entire month of November.

Veterans Day

Happy Veterans Day to all! We want to thank everyone whose lives have been and are affected on a daily basis . Dieter Kunkel, who is the husband of A Act of Love Adoptions Founder Kathy Kunek, served in Vietnam. We are grateful for the sacrifice of brave men and women who help us enjoy the freedoms we have. 

Live Videos

We continue our Facebook Live videos every Wednesday. This month we covered topics for adoptive families like application processes and for birth parents topics like counseling. Please, make sure you watch the videos to strengthen your knowledge about adoption. Many more related topics are coming too. 

December Service Project

For our service project this year we will be collecting stuffed animals with no logos. If you want to help us with this project you can drop off your donations to our office. You can mail us to our office: 9561 700 E # 101, Sandy, UT 84070

Also, you can Venmo your donation at donations@aactofloveadoptions.com and we will do the shopping for you. We have lots of love to give, thank you. 

October 2019 Newsletter

Happy October everyone! We hope that you are enjoying this beautiful fall weather. The leaves are changing, the air is starting to feel crisp, and we are reminded of the beauty of this earth. Appreciating the beauty around us is a way to show our gratitude for the blessings in our lives. As beautiful as nature is at this time of year, the people in our lives bring even more beauty, meaning, and love.

Service Project

This past month we participated in our quarterly service project. We assembled hygiene kits for both male and female teens living in the homeless shelter. We delivered the kits to the Volunteers of America Utah donation Center here in Salt Lake City, Utah. Our prayers are with these teens who are going through difficult times.

Halloween

This month we also posted a Halloween video called Dark Lord Funk a Harry Potter parody video, it was a very popular video that generated millions of views. One of the interesting facts is that both young men who played Harry Potter and Voldemort were adopted. You can enjoy the video here

Questions & Answers

Technology is changing the way we interact. One of the latest big changes is the use of voice search to get answers from the internet. When people run a voice search 95% of the time is a question. Because of that, A Act of Love will be answering questions in video format to make it easier for people to find adoption related answers through search networks.

Birth Mom Becky

As part of our Facebook Live videos for the month of October, we decided to bring in one of our amazing birth moms. We interviewed Becky and asked her questions about adoption and her amazing experience and decision of having her baby adopted. If you are planning to adopt or place your baby for adoption, you will benefit a lot from Becky’s experience and testimonial with the A Act of Love, you can check out the interview here.

 

September 2019 Newsletter

fall

It is that time of year when summer fades into fall. We see all of the changes in the weather and nature. The beautiful fall colors remind us of life and the changes we experience as we move into different phases of our lives. Different people come into our lives and because of them we are never the same.

At A Act of Love we want to thank you for becoming a part of our lives. We will never be the same because we have known each of you. We are grateful for our adoptive families and our birth parents and the wonderful blessings you have been to us and to each other. We love you! Thank you!

Congrats to Nathan & Molly

Congrats to Nathan & Molly for their placement! Their baby is absolutely adorable! We know they will enjoy every amazing moment with him. We would also like to express our gratitude and love to our beautiful birth moms. Because without their courageous and loving decision adoptions like these would not be possible.

Expanding our Video Library

Video is one of the main ways to consume media. A Act of Love Adoptions has the goal use video to educate and share valuable content about adoption. Our goal is to share videos every week. You can check our library by CLICK HERE

Birth Mother Testimonial

“I am a birth mother who decided to make a courageous decision. I moved to Salt Lake City Utah scared and alone looking for options. I saw the number to act of love adoption and wondered if it was the right choice for me. I called and instantly there was someone there to help me with my choice with absolutely no pressure to let me know that everything was going to be ok through my process. I didn’t just meet workers I met friends people who were there for me 100 percent with counseling, Home and food. They were there when I was scared. Listened to all my questions and always gave me the right answer. Through them I found the perfect adoptive mother to have my child. Although this is very hard situation I know it was the best one I could have made for my son and I’m happy I chose act of love.”
- Birth Mom W. Testimonial

August 2019 Newsletter

We have participated in some wonderful projects this summer. From parades to service, with the goal in mind to create awareness about adoption, it’s been a lot of fun. And there are many more projects coming.

We are passionate about adoption because we know what it means for birth parents, families, and especially the children. Choosing life is our mission and that is why we want to make sure we let others know and create awareness for what we do.

We wish you an excellent rest of the summer and stay tuned for upcoming events.

Draper Parade

Draper Parade

This month we had a fantastic opportunity to be part of the Draper parade. It was a great experience to express what we do and share what we love.

We created our float by hooking a trailer to a truck that we decorated with colorful banners and balloons.

Many of our staff members, friends, and family came to support us by riding on the float. We had fun and happy inspirational music playing! As we passed the crowds of people sitting on the side they couldn’t help but dance along to the music. 

Some of our members were walking next to the float passing out flyers, candy, and blowing huge bubbles. We were thrilled to see how people reacted when we were passing in front of them. We got many cheers for adoption and families as people read our banners. They were cheering for us. It seemed like they were excited because of what we represent.

It was an excellent experience! If you want to see what it was like, we recommend that you go and check out the parade video on our Facebook page.

Adoption Around the country

Beginning on May 13 during National Foster Care Month, through July 22, 2019, Wendy’s offered its “Spread the Love” cause cups. Thanks to the generosity of Dr Pepper® and Coca-Cola®, Wendy’s will donate $5 to the Foundation for every Snapcode that a customer scans on the cup, up to $500,000.

We are proud of organizations who support adoption. The choice of adoption means supporting life and new beginnings.

It was an excellent experience! If you want to see what it was like, we recommend that you go and check out the parade video on our Facebook page.

Wendys Supporting Adoption

Live Videos

We continue to do our Facebook live videos every Wednesday where we share content related to adoption. If you would like to ask a question or suggest a topic, just go to our contact page on our website and send us a message. Please make sure you support us by watching those videos, commenting, and sharing them with family and friends.

July 2019 Newsletter

Newsletter July 2019

Independence Day

Happy 4th of July! We hope that you all enjoy this wonderful time of the summer with family and friends. It is an important time to reflect on our blessings. We are all very blessed to live in this country with all of our protections and freedoms. There is a sense of gratitude that we should live with and that we should teach to the next generation.

Our Declaration of Independence states that our Creator has endowed us with unalienable rights of, “Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness.” Also in the preamble to the Constitution of the United States it states that one of the purposes of the constitution is to “Secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity.” These statements perfectly describe the adoption process.

It is an honor to be part of helping the next generation enjoy the freedoms that we are blessed with. Both birth and adoptive parents are a vital part of this process. When we choose life and love we are giving the gift of freedom.

We are grateful to each of you and your commitment to freedom for all!

Weekly Videos

As many of you know, we are doing weekly Facebook Live videos. We cover topics for adoptive families and birth parents. We choose for our topics, questions that people have about adoption especially the adoption process. Our videos are between 30 seconds to a couple of minutes, this makes it easier to watch and share with family and friends.

Adoption Media

Technology is advancing and so is the way we consume media. We created a page on our website to share our media content. If you go to aactofloveadoptions.com/adoption-videos/ you will find our Facebook Live videos, our YouTube channel, testimonials, and videos about the adoption process.

We want to make sure people have a great understanding of how adoption works and these videos are going to help people to find quick answers.

Newsletters

Adoption Newsletter

Our newsletters are a great way for us to share what is going in our agency and also in the world of adoption. We want to bring you the latest that is why we have a full page where you can read our current and previous newsletters.

You can go to https://aactofloveadoptions.com/newsletter/ to find them.

 

June 2019 – Newsletter

From A Act of Love

This year is going so fast especially with everything going on within the agency.

June is the month we celebrate Father's Day. We want to recognize all the fathers out there- especially our wonderful birth fathers and adoptive fathers. They have experienced first hand the wonderful gift of adoption.

They have brought joy and a better future to thousands of children who are now enjoying the gift of life. We wish a happy father’s to all the fathers who are part of our A Act of Love Adoptions family.

26th Year Anniversary Party

In June we also celebrated our 26th year anniversary as an adoption agency. It’s been a wonderful experience to have served thousands of people through all of these years.

Adoption is a wonderful gift and a miracle for so many people. We can proudly say, after 26 years and many successful adoptions we are still committed to adoption and have a lot of love to share for many more years.

26th year anniversary party

For the last 26 years we have worked with so many wonderful people. We are blessed to have built many wonderful relationships with families and birth parents. They are now part of our A Act of Love family. Through all of these years we have worked with some of the most amazing and qualified people on our staff to make these adoptions happen. For all the work they have done, we want to recognize them too.  

As part of our celebration we had a wonderful party hosted in A Act of Love Adoption office on Friday, June 14th. We have a wonderful experience with old friends and we enjoyed a wonderful meal. It was a very emotional commemoration with some tears from Kathy, founder of A Act of Love, and from Isaac Thomas, Executive Director.

Facebook Live Videos

We started rolling out our Facebook live videos every Wednesday morning this month. We are sharing important information about adoption and answering many questions people ask about the process. You will find videos from our amazing staff members who are experts in adoption. We encourage everyone to stay tuned on our Facebook page every Wednesday to watch, like, comment on, and share our videos.

Live videos

May 2019 Newsletter

Message From A Act of Love

May is a wonderful month. At A Act of Love Adoptions we celebrated Mother's day and Memorial Day. It's a time of remembrance for the gift of life given through our wonderful birth parents who put the future of their babies first by choosing adoption.

It is a time to remember those who have died who have protected our freedoms. But for A Act of Love Adoptions' family, it is also a time to remember our sweet little ones and our dear birth parents who have passed on.

Let's keep this special feeling in our hearts through the rest of the year and keep honoring the miracle of life.

Mother's Day

This month as we celebrated Mother's Day, we decided to remember our birth mothers by creating a video recognizing them.

A Act of Love Adoptions staff members came to the office and one by one, they said hi to one of the birth mothers who somehow impacted their lives.

A Act of Love Adoptions wishes all birth parents a wonderful, happy Mother's Day.

Memorial Day

This month also includes Memorial Day. As part of our Memorial Day celebration we decided to go to a children's cemetery to take some flowers to them.

We had a wonderful experience and felt an enormous feeling of reverence as we were contemplating the graves of those little wonderful souls.

We recorded a very emotional video that you can watch on our Facebook page.

Memorial Day

April 2019 Newsletter

Adoption Easter

Message from A Act of Love

Easter is time when we celebrate life. As an adoption agency we seen the miracle of adoption made possible by brave birth parents who choose life for their babies. Then, we see how this gift of life is passed to the families who, in many cases, are waiting for this miracle of birth.

Easter is known for resurrection. Similarly, families who have adopted have experience a revival of love and joy as they experience the gift of a newborn for their families.

We wish, this Easter season, you can experience a feeling of joy as you contemplate the miracle of life.

Service Project

We are continuing our initiative to serve the community. We decided to serve those who have served us by putting their life on the line. We chose our veterans.

We wanted to show our appreciation for the years of service that veterans gave to our country. We enjoy the blessings of security and freedom thanks to these brave men who risked everything and sacrificed time with their loved ones so we could have the privileges we have today.

Our A Act of Love service project team chose the William E. Christoffersen Salt Lake Veterans Home as place to donate. Our staff members donated beautiful handmade blankets. You can watch a video of the experience here:

We drove to in Salt Lake City. It was an honor to be in the presence of those brave souls. We were humbled as they extended their hands to receive the blankets.  Being there reinforced our desire to continue creating awareness for our beloved veterans.

Did You Know?

There are a lot of famous people who have been adopted or have adopted.

Bill Clinton Was Adopted

Today we want  to spotlight Bill Clinton. He was adopted and these are some of his words about adoption:

“We must work tirelessly to make sure that every boy and girl in America who

is up for adoption has a family waiting to reach him or her. This is a season of miracles, and perhaps there is no greater miracle than finding a loving home for a child who needs one.”

March 2019 Newsletter

Message From A Act of Love

Winter is over! We are excited to keep sharing the gift of life this spring. Chilren are such gifts. Some even say they are the greatest miracles of the earth. And why wouldn’t they? They are perfect mirrors of ourselves and not only bless us with the motivation to be better people, but equally make us better. Today, there are many forces fighting against life and adoption.

These voices come from legal courts, organized movements, and individuals who have their own agenda. One thing we know is that love, truth, and goodness are on our side. We will keep bringing miracles to hundreds of people. Thank you for joining us and this great cause.

From an Adoptive Family

"It is nice to have communication with our social workers from A Act of Love. We spent a lot of time learning the ethics behind adoption. We were able to talk to Adoptive Familyour social workers a lot about what they cover when they’re talking to expectant parents. It was really nice to know that through this process they’re going to take care of the birth parent in a way that we knew we wouldn't have access to." - Adoptive Family

News and Current Events

Mike Lee Pro-life

During a floor debate Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, told his colleagues that having babies is the best thing we can do to guarantee a happy future.

He basically said that more babies will mean more people to solve the problems of the future. He said: "More people, means more markets for more innovation, more babies will mean forward looking adults". At A Act of Love we believe that adoption is a gift of life for babies that will create our future.

Giving Tuesday

Giving Tuesday

Facebook is helping nonprofit organizations collect donations through their Giving Tuesday initiative. Now people can easily donate directly through Facebook. This is why, on some Tuesdays of the month, A Act of Love will create a post inviting people to keep supporting us by donating through Facebook. Make sure to like our Facebook page and stay tuned for our posts on Tuesdays.

February 2019 Newsletter

Our Life, Our Love, Our Child, Our Family…

Newsletter 2019

As an adoptive parent I have always been amazed at the courage and strength of birth parents. They make one of the hardest decisions they will ever make. That is to place their child for adoption. While many would discourage this act of unselfishness as unnecessary. They would encourage the other alternatives they have to choose from.

Many children never have the chance of belonging to a loving family because of these other alternatives.
In the Our Life we journey toward each other, the birth parent and the adoptive family.

Both driven by need find and provide a home for a child. Each wanting what is in the best interest of the child. Desiring to provide a life for the child that would help the child reach its full potential.

We all share Our Love for the child. We have that in common. The adoption of a child creates a unique bond between the birth parents and adoptive parents. Adoption is built on a platform of respect and love.

Through this process, the child can be truly loved by all involved in their life. When I first began the adoption process I wondered if I could love a child that was not mine biologically.

When they placed my son into my arms and he grabbed my suspender, LOVE, rushed over me like a waterfall. Truly ‘love makes the world go around’.

It was at this point that he became Our Child. My wife and I realize that we became the parents because the birth parents trusted us to raise this child. So in a very real way we all the parents seeking what was best for the child.

A family is more than skin color, race or biology. It is the sharing of your life and love without hesitation for our children.

SURVEY OF UTAH ADOPTIVE PARENTS

Utah families who recently adopted an infant (under the age of 6 months) are invited to complete an online survey about their adoption experience. The survey is part of a research project sponsored by the Department of Psychology at the University of Utah.

The survey is intended to improve our understanding of the factors that help adoptive families thrive. It takes around 30 minutes to complete, and each person who completes it will receive a $20 Amazon gift card. To complete the survey, go to the following website:

http://earlyexperiences.psych.utah.edu/research.php

You can also learn more about the research project by visiting the Facebook page:

http://www.facebook.com/utahadoptionsurvey