$1,200 per foursome includes: ($1,100 if payment received before June 1st) 18 holes of golf at The Hawthorn's Golf and Country Club Use of the practice facility Participation in all day games and hole-in-one contests Boxed Lunch Snacks & Beverages Player gift bag - including a signed copy of "Quiet Strength" by Tony Dungy Dinner & Awards Banquet with keynote speaker, Tony Dungy, only three days before the Colts home opener at the new Lucas Oil Stadium Silent Auction Additional banquet tickets are available for $75/person (limit 1 per golfer) *Banquet is limited to adults only, cash bar available. Check-in, lunch and practice facilities open at 11:30. Register online or print a registration form to mail in. Sponsorship Opportunities Available Call 317-968-9601 or Email with any questions. All proceeds generated from the event will help fund adoption education programs and services in support of both birth and adoptive families in Indiana. Adoptions of Indiana is a tax-exempt organization under Section 501(c)(3) of the IRS Code. Your charitable contribution is tax deductible according to limits provided by law.

Adoption Education

Adoption education is a very important element in preparing for adoption. ADOPTIONS OF INDIANA believes that children are best served by parents who are well prepared to deal with adoptive issues that arise throughout the adoptive lifecycle. It is our mission to provide pre-adoption and continuing education and to assist our families in gaining the education they need to meet the demands of their growing families.

Patricia Irwin Johnston, nationally respected Author, Adoption Educator, and Publisher of Perspectives Press is a featured presenter for our pre-adoption education seminars.

New Offerings

While We Wait-Adoptive Parent Support Group.

Come join other waiting families for an informal dinner and discussion. Topics will vary based on participants needs.

Thursday March 20, 2008 @ 6-7:30 pm.
Thursday May 1, 2008 @ 6-7:30 pm.
Thursday July 17, 2008 @ 6-7:30 pm.
Thursday September 18, 2008 @ 6-7:30 pm.
Thursday November 20, 2008 @ 6-7:30 pm.

Please RSVP to Karen @ 317-574-8950 by Tuesday prior to the event.

Sharing the Journey

An educational opportunity for extended family to learn about the adoptive experience, their role in the process, and how to support their loved ones.

Meg Sterchi, Executive Director

Saturday May 17, 2008 10 am.-12 pm.
Saturday October 11, 2008 10 am.-12 pm.

2008 Upcoming Pre-Adoption Seminars

Full Pre-Adoptive Workshop (14 hours) Includes:

Journey To Adoption, Conspicuous Families, break outs for either The Birth Parent Perspective or Introduction to International Adoption, and Journey as an Adoptive Parent.

Thursday-Friday June 12-13, 2008 8 am.-5 pm.

Journey As An Adoptive Parent

Learn how children understand adoptive issues as they develop and how we as parents can learn to talk about adoptive issues with them in a developmentally appropriate way.

Meg Sterchi, Executive Director

Saturday September 13, 2008 8:30-12 Noon

The Birth Parent Perspective

Gain an understanding of birth parents and their needs as well as what leads them to make an adoption plan for their child. Participants have the opportunity to learn directly from women who have made adoption plans for their children.

Natalie Stevens, Adoption Specialist & Volunteer Birth Parents

Saturday July 12, 2008 8:30-12:00 Noon
Saturday November 15, 2008 8:30-12 Noon

Introduction to International Adoption

Learn the specifics related to the country you are adopting from, information regarding international travel This class meets the criteria of the Hague regulations covering international processing, risks and procedures. Additional topics include brain development, grief and loss, attachment and parent/child expectations. Being armed with some basic knowledge and practical tips helps everyone in the adjustment of becoming a family.

Jennifer Morrissey, Coordinator of International Adoption Services

Saturday March 29, 2008 8:30-12 Noon
Saturday August 23, 2008 8:30-12 Noon

Journey to Adoption

Journey to Adoption is a half day session designed to help our clients first revisit the issues which brought them to adoption and understand the parallels between their own losses and those of children who are adopted and birthparents. From there the workshop moves through differences between parenting by birth and parenting in adoption, demonstrates the advantages of experiencing a true "adoption expectancy" and offers practical tools for helping families form strong connections of entitlement and attachment to one another over time.

Patricia Irwin Johnston, Author, Adoption Educator, and Publisher of Perspectives Press

Thursday April 17, 2008 6:00-9:00 pm.
Thursday September 25, 2008 6:00-9:00 pm.

Conspicuous Families

Gain an understanding of what it means to become a transracial family and how to prepare ourselves and our children for issues they will face.

Patrician Irwin Johnston, Author, Adoption Educator, and Publisher of Perspectives Press & Meg Sterchi, Executive Director

Thursday May 15, 2008 6:00-9:00 pm.
Thursday October 23, 2008 6:00-9:00 pm.

Birth Parent Offerings

Adoptions of Indiana's Birth Parent Support Group--"Where Birth Parents can relate"

Come to talk, cry, laugh, listen, and learn with other birthparents who can relate to you!

Thursday July 24, 2008 @ 6:30-8 pm.
Thursday October 23, 2008 @ 6:30-8 pm.

4th Annual Birth Mother Celebration

Join us to acknowledge and honor birthmothers for their special role in our children's lives. The evening includes dinner and a remembrance ceremony. All birth mothers are welcome to join us and their special guest.

Thursday May 8, 2008 @ 6:00 pm.
Please RSVP to Karen @ 317/574-8950 or ksobol@ad-in.org