We are so excited to be able to have our family picnic again this year! We have missed all of our MAA families and hope to see many of you there.  Sunday, August 8th, 2021, 1-4 pm CST Rochester Community Park (pavilion by the playground right off of Wild Rose Lane) Rochester, Illinois Please bring your own food and drinks. We will provide activities for children (water balloons, bubbles, etc.). Come celebrate your family and connect with other adoptive families! Contact Misty or Bailey with any questions at (217) 498-9700.

Donations for Colombia! MAA Staff are headed to Colombia in July, and we are collecting donations for them to bring! Needed items are onesies for infants and toddlers, white socks and underwear for boys and girls of all ages. Donations can be mailed to the Illinois office: 128 N. John Street, Suite 2, Rochester, IL 62563 Donations must arrive by July 20th.

Training Opportunity

Navigating Anti-Asian Racism: Tools for the Adoption Community August 3, 2021, 1 pm EST NCFA is pleased to be joined in this roundtable discussion by four adult Asian adoptees including Cam Lee Small, MS LPCC and founder of Therapy Redeemed; Glenn Morey, documentary filmmaker; Janine Osterink, community leader for adoption, racial diversity and inclusion; and Sarah Bernstein, rising junior at the University of Pennsylvania. Panelists will share from their lived experiences to address how anti-Asian racism has and continues to impact the adoption community, and specifically Asian American adoptees. Adopted individuals will be supported in their own experiences of racism and be provided with strategies for self-care. We will also discuss how adoptive parents can best support their children and help them in processing the racism they experience. Finally, panelists will share advice and expertise for the adoption professionals working with these individuals and their families.

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Waiting Children Check out MAA's new Waiting Child Page for Southeast Asian Programs! There are many children waiting for families, including siblings, older children who are medically healthy, and children of all ages with medical or developmental needs.

Families home in June!

If you are not in a position to adopt right now, but still feel compelled to help, please know that you can always make a donation directly to Madison Adoption Associates. Your generous gift will be directed where it is needed most, whether that be to provide food and medical services to vulnerable children both domestically and internationally, to support MAA’s growing therapeutic support services for adoptive and foster families, to help ease the financial burden for adoptive families, and/or many other areas where MAA serves deserving children. So please – consider making a tax-deductible donation today, so that children around the world may have a chance for a brighter tomorrow.