Adoption STAR

Compassionate

Professional

Attentive

Welcome to Adoption STAR
A not-for-profit adoption agency where support, training, advocacy and resources help create forever families.

Adoption STAR is Authorized in New York State, Licensed in Florida and Ohio and is COA Hague Accredited
Experienced staff of adoption professionals and subject matter experts
Providing both domestic and international placement options
Personal (you'll never reach voicemail or a recording), compassionate and thorough staff
Education and support for adoptive families, birth families and adoptees (childhood through adulthood)
Respected for depth of work with diverse families

Adoption STAR: Your link to your forever family.

Call Adoption STAR Today
716-639-3900 * 954-566-6055
585-672-5227 * 917-470-9340
518-391-2515 * 315-703-7511
607-330-2158 * 845-457-4883
513-631-6590 * 216-201-9177
Or Toll Free 866-691-3300

We hope that by reading about us you can see how much we desire to adopt a child and how much love we have to give.

SAVE THE DATE!

Saturday, May 1, 2010, 6:00 pm
Dazzling Decade ~ A Night of Stars
Marriott
Amherst, New York
A special tenth birthday gala event with dinner, drinks, music, awards and auction items to celebrate the amazing accomplishments and beautiful families created in the past ten years.

Your attendance is a must! Open to the community at large.

Click here to read a letter from the Dazzling Decade committee Chair.

Please click here for more information on becoming an individual or business sponsor for the agency's entire birthday year: March 2010 - March 2011.

(Photo: Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Adoption STAR is pleased to announce a very special collaboration that will help assist the agency's efforts to help even more children without families in Haiti. Click here to learn more.

We are thrilled to announce the arrival of our children from Haiti! The children and their families are doing beautifully.

Please help spread the word, we need your efforts as well as your donations. For more information on Haiti and how you can help, click here.

Adoption STAR's Vision on WSVN-TV Miami/Fort Lauderdale: Click Here to view the video.

HEY BUFFALO! Adoption STAR was on TV
Channel 2 WGRZ News Segment
Channel 9 Cable - YNN Segment

Blue Rose is the Birth Mother Support Group of Adoption S.T.A.R.

Sofia (Supporting Our Families Interested in Adoption) is the adoptive family support group of Adoption S.T.A.R.

A.C.E. (Adoptee Circle of Experience) is an adult adoptee support group.

Below is a PDF version of our most recent newsletter.

Home Study Educational Classes
March 16, Tuesday
This five week program prepares you for domestic or international adoption and is open to all registered Adoption STAR clients. Register today by calling 639.3900 or email info@adoptionstar.com.
> 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm

Orientation Session - Ohio
March 22, Monday
If you are considering adoption, either now or in the future, we encourage you attend this free informative session. Located at Symmes Township Regional Library, 11850 Enyart Rd. Loveland, OH 45140. RSVP info@adoptionstar.com or call 513-631-6590.
> 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm

Baby Care Class: Caring for Your Baby
March 24, Wednesday
This class focuses on newborn care and is geared specifically to the waiting adoptive parent. A Physician’s Assistant who is also an adoptive parent will facilitate this special workshop. Free. Open to clients and non-clients of the agency. RSVP info@adoptionstar.com or 716.639.3900.
> 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Understanding Infant Adoption
March 26, Friday
Training program open to all health care professionals and social workers serving pregnant women and teens. Session is FREE and meal is provided. 8.0CEU’s/Contact Houses provided for nurses and social workers. 2734 East Oakland Boulevard. Suite 101 Ft. Lauderdale, FL.
> 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Orientation Session -- Buffalo area
April 11, Sunday
Join us for this free orientation session to learn more about adoption and the Adoption STAR Agency. 47 Plaza Drive, Williamsville. Please call to RSVP or email info@adoptionstar.com
> 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm

Orientation Session -- New York City area
April 29, Thursday
Join us for this free orientation session to learn more about adoption and the Adoption STAR Agency. Please call to RSVP or email info@adoptionstar.com
> 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm

Adoption STAR 10th Birthday Party!
May 01, Saturday
Please join us for our Dazzling Decade ~ A Night of Stars event. Dinner, music, awards, and auction items. Celebrate the amazing accomplishments of Adoption STAR over the past ten years. Your presence is so very important. Open to the community-at-large. Please join us!
> 6:00 pm Marriott, Amherst, NY

Orientation Session -- Buffalo area
May 02, Sunday
Join us for this free orientation session to learn more about adoption and the Adoption STAR Agency. 47 Plaza Drive, Williamsville. Please call to RSVP or email info@adoptionstar.com
> 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm