Adoption Connection on Myspace
We have a new Myspace page. Be our friend? www.myspace.com/adoptionconnection

Adoption Connection's Adoptive Family Picnic
It was wonderful to see you! Thank you for sharing your afternoon with us and making it another great picnic.

Adoption Connection Office Has Moved
In February Adoption Connection moved to our new home. Please make a note of our new address:

Adoption Connection
2150 Post Street
San Francisco, CA 94115
(All phone numbers will remain the same.)

Adoptive Parent Support Groups in the North Bay
Parents Place of Sonoma County (a program of JFCS) continues to offer FREE support and educational groups to address the needs of adoptive parents and their children in Sonoma County, and beyond. Therapist Deborah Keith, MFT can provide professional support and insight to families who grew their family through: domestic infant, foster child and international adoption.

Groups include: adoptive parent support, crisis intervention, and training for parents and professionals. To accommodate parents' busy schedules Parents Place of Sonoma offers meetings in the daytime and evening, and on a drop-in basis. (This program is funded by the California Department of Social Services.)

Check out their extensive LifeBooks Workshops! " View all Workshops
Find out more at: www.ParentsPlaceOnline.org or call at 707-571-2048.

Adoption Connection Adoptive Parent Taskforce
Did you grow your family through our domestic or international adoption services? We are developing a volunteer taskforce to better serve our adoptive families. Contact Lynne Fingerman, Adoption Connection co-director, to find out more: 415-359-2494.

Upcoming Workshop Calendar
For a full listing of upcoming workshops and orientations go to our Workshops page.

Connections Online
Adoption Connection's twice-yearly newsletter, Connections, addresses the timeliest domestic and international news. We also feature adoption professionals, new projects, and upcoming events. You can now visit our archive to download our latest issue.

Adoption Connection in the News:

"JFCS' Adoption Connection Broadens Options for Gay Families"
Outlook, a publication of Jewish Family and Children's Services, Fall 2006.

"The Gift of Family"
Outlook, a publication of Jewish Family and Children's Services, Fall 2006.

"Adoption option: Families share the joys and tribulations they encountered in bringing baby home -- from Russia, China or right next door"
Dawn Yun, San Francisco Chronicle, Friday, October 14, 2005

"After $80,000 and 4 trips to Russia, Novato couple's family is complete"
Dawn Yun, San Francisco Chronicle, Friday, October 14, 2005

"FAMILY MATTERS / And adoption makes three / Fatherhood fulfills the lives of two men after a long and bumpy road to finding their son"
Dawn Yun, San Francisco Chronicle, Friday, October 21, 2005

"Agencies help in navigating adoption process"
Dawn Yun, San Francisco Chronicle, Friday, October 21, 2005

"All in the family Bay Area Jewish parents accept joys, struggles of interracial adoption"
Vicki Larson, J. Weekly, Volume 108, Number 40/ October 8, 2004

"Out of Everywhere"
Nicole Westmoreland, Bay Area Parent, SF & Peninsula Edition, November 2004

"Risks to avoid in adoption"
Randie Bencanann, LCSW, Adoption Connection Co-director, San Francisco Chronicle, Letters to the Editor, Saturday, September 25, 2004

"The ABC's of Adoption"
Dayna Dunteman, Sacramento Magazine, August 2004

Press Contacts
Adoption Connection provides helpful expert advice and comment on adoption issues for media outlets. For questions or to arrange an interview, contact Leah Sheldon at (415) 359-2494 or Contact Us.