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Home / Blog / Events

Our COVID-19 Response

March 13, 2020 by kristina berg

Due to the rapidly changing nature of the situation, we will continue to post updates to our website. Please don’t hesitate to contact us with any questions or concerns. This page was last updated on 2.18.21. Because we care about you, our staff and the greater community we have taken precautionary actions to mitigate exposure

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Filed Under: Events, Foster Care, Foster Care Adoption, Global Family Support, Infant Adoption, International Adoption, Parenting, Reunion, Sibling Adoption, Waiting Families

Adoption Medicine Clinic Stress Reduction and Wellness Study

March 4, 2020 by kristina berg

We received notice from the Adoption Medicine Clinic that this study is being postponed due to COVID-19.  Dr. Eckerle and the Adoption Medicine Clinic are inviting parents and their adopted children to join a first-of-its-kind study to evaluate the benefits of practicing mind/body stress reduction techniques within adoptive families. What is the opportunity? Attend an

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Filed Under: Events, Foster Care Adoption, Infant Adoption, International Adoption

11 Things to Look Forward to at Adoption Day Camp

February 19, 2020 by Emily Cain

As many parents know, it’s never too early to start making summer plans for your kids. With so many options, the choices can be overwhelming, but we think our Adoption Day Camp might be just the experience your family is looking for this summer! This unique camp blends traditional activities like archery and swimming with

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John Gleason, a Korean adoptee, is pictured in front of the logo for his restaurant Bap and Chicken holding his fingers in a heart.

Bap & Chicken | A Korean Restaurant with an Adoptee Twist

November 15, 2019 by Staff Contributor

John Gleason, a Korean adoptee through Children’s Home, discovered his roots through food. “I grew up in the Twin Cities. I went to a mostly all-American elementary school, high school and college. So I grew up without a lot of connection to Korea. The only Asian I knew for a long time was my sister,”

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Filed Under: Events, Foster Care Adoption, Infant Adoption, International Adoption, News

Monica and Miguel smile with their daughter who wears traditional Colombian clothes. All three were adopted from Colombia.

Will you help us find host families?

October 18, 2019 by Guest Contributor

As autumn makes its quiet entrance with vivid colors and our thoughts turn to a season of change and gratitude, many of us in the adoption community also think about November as National Adoption Awareness Month. Thousands of children here and abroad are in desperate need of love in its many forms, something a family

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Filed Under: Events, International Adoption, News

A family with two daughters adopted from foster care smile in the park. The girls wear light pink matching shirts.

Free Webinar on Find Foster Families Day

July 19, 2019 by Staff Contributor

For a second year, Adoption is Love Fund is organizing Find Foster Families Day on October 8, 2019. This comes three days after the community awareness and celebration event, the Fostering is Love Walk. Both events are focused on bringing attention to the need for foster families. On an average day in 2018, there were

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Two boys in Minnesota foster care smile in the park. One has his arm around the other's shoulder.

UnitedHealthcare Supports Efforts to Help Children in Minnesota

April 3, 2019 by Staff Contributor

UnitedHealthcare is proud to support the Children’s Home Family Support Coach program, along with our foster care and adoption fair in an effort to find, recruit and support families that can provide the love and security children need. The opioid epidemic is one contributing factor to a steadily rising number of children facing out of

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Kids dressed up as well-known fairy tale characters for a mental health musical.

Join us for Fidgety Fairy Tales, The Mental Health Musicals

March 4, 2019 by Staff Contributor

Come join us Monday, April 8 for Fidgety Fairy Tales This year Minnesota Association for for Children’s Mental Health joins us again in their 11th musical where familiar fairy tales are re-imagined to raise awareness about children’s mental health. With great music and gentle humor, this hour-long musical is fun for the whole family. This

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Filed Under: Education & Webinars, Events, Foster Care, Foster Care Adoption, Infant Adoption, International Adoption, News, Parenting

Girls of different ages at Camp Masala smile in traditional Indian clothing.

Registration Open for Camp Masala

February 14, 2019 by Staff Contributor

Camp Masala is a weekend camp for children and adults of South Asian heritage and their families. They celebrate the diversity of India, Nepal and Pakistan through fun and educational activities led by Minnesota’s South Asian Community. Children will be surrounded by other children who look like them and other families who are built like

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Filed Under: Culture and Heritage, Events, International Adoption, News

Teens jump in the air at an Adopteen chapter event.

Adopteen Now Has a Twin Cities Chapter

February 4, 2019 by Staff Contributor

Getting together for huge events throughout the year is pretty amazing, but sometimes we want to have smaller, more intimate and more affordable chances to meet each other and have some fun. Adopteen has done just this. Adopteen Chapters host hangouts—quick 3- 4-hour opportunities to hang out and have a good time with other adoptees

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