 Independent Adoption Center Profiles Birthparents, Adoptive Parents, Adopted Children: This Month, Meet Adoptive Parents Monica & Debbie of El Cerrito, CA 15 February, 2007 – Pleasant Hill, CA. Each month, IAC – a nationally recognized nonprofit education and counseling agency – will present a profile of birthparents, adoptive parents, or children who have been adopted. A pioneer in open adoption, Independent Adoption Center (IAC) is nationally recognized as a leader in the field having facilitated almost 4,000 successful adoptions in 35 states. Headquartered in the Northern California town of Pleasant Hill, IAC has southern California offices in Los Angeles, and also operates centers in Indiana, North Carolina and Georgia. Featured for the month of February, 2007 are adoptive parents Monica and Debbie of El Cerrito, CA. The couple are strong advocates of open adoption and through the Independent Adoption Center, a licensed adoption agency, were put in touch with birth mother Danielle who lives in Nevada. Danielle chose them as adoptive parents and their dreams came true when their daughter Madison was born on August 20, 2002. Monica and Debbie maintain an open and honest level of communication with Danielle, trading emails and photos regularly. Now that Madison is four and a half years old they are in phone contact often and visit frequently. Sharon Fitzgerald, Advertising and Marketing Director, said, “Maddie, as she is affectionately called, is a beautiful little girl with lots of spirit. She is growing up knowing her birthmother loves her. Monica and Debbie say they thank Danielle every day when they kiss their daughter goodnight knowing what a wonderful gift she gave them.”
As a nonprofit organization, the IAC’s mission is to create open adoptions: that is, a completely voluntary adoption where birth parents select the family they want to adopt their child. It is a viable and accessible alternative to untimely pregnancy throughout the United States. IAC will celebrate its 25 anniversary in May 2007.For more information, please call 1-800-877-6736 or visit www.adoptionhelp.org. Media Contacts: David Perry & Associates, Inc. / David Perry & Barbara Webb (415) 693-0583 / news@davidperry.com |
