FYA 008: The Both Hands Project – with J.T. Olson
In this episode of the Fund Your Adoption Podcast, I interview J.T. Olson, the Founder and Executive Director of the Both Hands Foundation. Through an innovative fundraising program, the Both Hands Foundation serves orphans, widows, and adoptive families through home improvement service projects. The funds raised help reduce the financial barrier to adoption and bring orphaned children into permanent families.
read moreFund Your Adoption: A Step-By-Step Guide To Adopt Debt-Free
There’s never been a better time to launch your adoption fundraising. It’s easier than ever before to utilize creative ideas, technologies and resources to fund your adoption debt-free. While private and international adoptions seem to get more expensive by the year, the biggest challenge for most people is just getting started.
read moreFYA 007: AdoptTogether – with Hank Fortener
In this episode of the Fund Your Adoption Podcast, I interview Hank Fortener, the Founder of World Adoption Day and AdoptTogether, the world’s first adoption crowdfunding site. Since it launched in 2012, AdoptTogether has helped more than 1,000 families raise over $4.5 million to bring children into permanent families through adoption.
read moreFYA 006: Fact vs. Fiction And What You Need To Know About Foster Care Adoption – with Rita Soronen
In this episode of the Fund Your Adoption Podcast, Rita Soronen, President and CEO of the Dave Thomas Foundation For Adoption, shares her wealth of foster care adoption experience and helps us separate the facts from the fiction. We discuss ways to overcome your fears and steps to get started with foster care adoption along with a ton of resources available to adoptive families.
read moreHelp Us Adopt
Help Us Adopt is a national non-profit 501(c)(3) financial assistance grant program providing qualified couples and individuals – regardless of race, ethnicity, marital status, gender, religion, sexual orientation, or disability- with grants of up to $15,000 towards their domestic, international, foster, or special needs adoption expenses.
read moreFYA 005: T-Shirt Fundraising For Adoption – with Brian Marks
Brian Marks, the Founder and CEO of Bonfire, shares his keys to successful adoption t-shirt fundraising and the risk-free way to start your own fundraiser, sell more shirts and eliminate the hassle of managing inventory, shipping orders and doing everything yourself.
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