Newsletter

The Adoption STAR Newsletter is a free on-line emailed newsletter updating clients, those interested in adoption and the community-at-large about information.

STAR News

STAR NEWS is a free quarterly publication serving pre and post adoptive families. The focus is on adoption, parenting, agency news, adoption legislation, etc. Some editions include book reviews and information on upcoming events. Every edition features moving articles and poetry that allows the reader to gain insight, knowledge and more information on topics related to pre and post adoption and parenthood. Topics that have been addressed include: Open adoption, transracial parenting, post adoption issues, depression, talking to children about adoption, how to address adoption in the school curriculum, international adoption, infertility, etc.

To receive STAR NEWS via regular mail place your name and address on the agency mailing list by contacting info@adoptionstar.com or by calling the agency directly and providing your information. In addition to the quarterly newsletter, a monthly emailed newsletter (a different publication) is sent out the first of every month. If you wish to receive the emailed monthly newsletters please also provide your email address(es).

Below you will be able to retrieve many of the older versions of the STAR NEWS.

Adoption STAR February 2012 Newsletter
Every month Adoption STAR sends out an email newsletter. February 2012 is attached.

Adoption STAR January Newsletter
Every month Adoption STAR sends out an email newsletter. January 2012 is attached.

Adoption STAR December Newsletter
Every month Adoption STAR sends out an email newsletter. November 2011 is attached.

ADOPTION STAR NOVEMBER NEWSLETTER
Every month Adoption STAR sends out an email newsletter. November 2011 is attached.

ADOPTION STAR SEPTEMBER NEWSLETTER
Every month Adoption STAR sends out an email newsletter. August 2011 is attached.

Adoption STAR August 2011 Newsletter
Every month Adoption STAR sends out an email newsletter. August 2011 is attached.

ADOPTION STAR JULY 2011 NEWSLETTER
Every month Adoption STAR sends out an email newsletter. July 2011 is attached.

ADOPTION STAR MAY 2011 NEWSLETTER
Every month Adoption STAR sends out an email newsletter. May 2011 is attached.

ADOPTION STAR MARCH 2011 NEWSLETTER
Every month Adoption STAR sends out an email newsletter. March 2011 is attached.

ADOPTION STAR FEBRUARY 2011 NEWSLETTER
Every month Adoption STAR sends out an email newsletter. February 2011 is attached.

ADOPTION STAR JANUARY 2011 NEWSLETTER
Every month Adoption STAR sends out an email newsletter. January 2011 is attached.

ADOPTION STAR DECEMBER 2010 NEWSLETTER
Every month Adoption STAR send out an email newsletter. December 2010 is attached

ADOPTION STAR NOVEMBER 2010 NEWSLETTER
Every month Adoption STAR send out an email newsletter. November 2010 is attached

Adoption STAR OCTOBER 2010 NEWSLETTER
Every month Adoption STAR send out an email newsletter. October 2010 is attached

Adoption STAR SEPTEMBER 2010 NEWSLETTER
Every month Adoption STAR send out an email newsletter. September 2010 is attached

Adoption STAR AUGUST 2010 NEWSLETTER
Every month Adoption STAR send out an email newsletter. August 2010 is attached.

Adoption STAR JULY 2010 NEWSLETTER
Every month Adoption STAR send out an email newsletter. July 2010 is attached.

JUNE 2010 NEWSLETTER
Every month Adoption STAR send out an email newsletter. June 2010 is attached.

Adoption STAR MAY 2010 NEWSLETTER
Every month Adoption STAR send out an email newsletter. May 2010 is attached.

Spring 2010 STAR NEWS Special 10th Birthday Ed
Look inside to read about... Our 10th Birthday Celebration; Upcoming events; Some favorite articles and poems from the past 10 years!

April 2010 NEWSLETTER
Dazzling Decade ~ A Night of Stars is planned for May 1. Read more about it.

March 2010 NEWSLETTER
March is Adoption STAR’s birthday. Read all about the birthday party plans.

February 2010 NEWSLETTER
Read about what is happening due to the massive earthquake in Haiti.

January 2010 NEWSLETTER
Adoption STAR announces being licensed in Ohio. Many plans for a successful 2010.

December 2009 NEWSLETTER
Exciting plans for 2010!

November 2009 NEWSLETTER
Happy National Adoption Month. Read about all the wonderful activities Adoption STAR has planned.

October 2009 NEWSLETTER
There are so many October events. This Fall choose to get involved with your local adoption agency!

September 2009 NEWSLETTER
Learn about Celebrate Family, an upcoming fundraiser.

August 2009 NEWSLETTER
Every month Adoption STAR send out an email newsletter. Here is one for August.

July 2009 NEWSLETTER
9th Annual Adoption STAR Family Picnic is coming up. Share this newsletter with family and friends.

May 2009 NEWSLETTER
Every month Adoption STAR send out an email newsletter. May 2009 is attached.

Volume Number 8, Issue 1, September 2008
An Unexpected Honor, Institute Report Calls for Changes in Law on Transracial Adoptions for Children in Foster Care, Obtaining a Passport for your child BEFORE finalization,2008 Events and more.

Volume 7, Issue 4, Summer 2008
Adoption STAR receives Hague Accredation! The advantages and disadvantages in baby adoption vs. older child adoption. Adoption STAR is awarded the lead agency role in New York State for Infant Adoption Awareness Training Program again!

Volume 7, Issue 3 -- Spring 2008
Happy New Year! Adoption STAR hires a new Executive Director. Ground breaking study recommends adoptees get access to birth records. Do you have an adoption friendly workplace?

Volume 7, Issue 2 -- Winter 2007-2008
Happy National Adoption Awareness Month. Ten tips to talking to your child about adoption. Information about the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety act and how it affects adoptive and foster parents.

Volume 7, Issue 1 -- Fall 2007
What type of prospective adoptive parent are you? News about the Hague Accreditation Process; How to bring adoption into the classroom; Father’s Day photos; An adoptive mom writes about when a birth mother doesn’t want an open adoption.

Volume 6, Issue 4 -- Summer 2007
How an email changed one family’s life; Infertility an unexpected unanswered prayer; mothers day photos.

Issue 5, Number 1 -- August 2005
Open house and ribbon cutting; men becoming father’s, birth mother’s day celebration

Volume 4, Issue Number 4 -- May 2005
Adoption STAR has a new home; "Forever Changed" a submission from a birth mother; "What I Have Learned" a submissed from an adoptive mom; and photos of women becoming mothers.

Volume 4, Number 3 -- Winter 2005
A day in the life of a mom; Obtaining home study group statistics; Adoption STAR Baby Name Book now in print.

Volume 4 , Issue No 1 -- Summer 2004
An International Adoptive Mom shares her thoughts from the heart of a closed adoption; Rochester moms start play group; Father’s day photos.

Would you like to submit something to our newsletter?

Submissions may include:

Your adoption story

Poetry

Pictures

Pre or post adoption articles

Articles about parenthood and parenting

Experiences with infertility

If you are interested in submitting, please do so by emailing us at info@adoptionstar.com.

*We can not promise submission will be printed.
**All submissions are subject to editing.