Michele Fried is the author of Creating a Cultural Continuity Plan for Our Children, an article published in several adoption trade magazines includin...
Russia’s Proposed Ban on Adoptions by American Citizens
With upwards of 600,000 orphaned or abandoned children in Russia, why ban ALL adoptions by US Citizens who have added 60,000 Russian children to their...
WNY Most Admired Leaders In Esteem
Buffalo Business First selected Adoption STAR as one of The Most Admired Companies in Western New York. Buffalo Business First wrote, “We asked re...
How I Explained Adoption to the First Grade
An adoptive mother shares how she was able to explain adoption in a language and style first graders were able to understand. PLUS: a list of useful a...
Michele Fried, CEO and founder of Adoption STAR, shares a special Holiday Message:
Each holiday season and approaching New Year, I reflect on the past…. calculating statistics, planning for the future, reassessing goals, celebratin...
The Elly’s Angels Foundation
The Elly’s Angels Foundation provides opportunities, inspiration, and financial assistance to children of all ages. Inspired by Ellyce Kausner, wh...
Georgette Mulheir talks about the disadvantages of orphanage care
Georgette Mulheir is a pioneer for the movement to end child abuse in the form of orphanages. Her speech talks about the disadvantages of orphanage ...
REMEMBER ADOPTION STAR FOR YOUR HOLIDAY GIFT GIVING
Need a last minute holiday gift? Why not show that someone special that you are thinking of them by making a donation in their name to the Adoption S...
A Clear Definition of Open Adoption — Isn’t It a Spectrum?
Today we offer the second guest post from Lori Holden, an emerging expert on open adoption. Her book, The Open-Hearted Way to Open Adoption: Helpi...
HOW YOU CAN HELP SAVE THE ADOPTION TAX CREDIT BY USING SOCIAL MEDIA
The government is monitoring hash tags on Facebook and Twitter to show the importance of the tax credit. Here is the information as to what they ...