We promote adoption as a positive option for those facing unplanned pregnancies.
March 2023 News
Spreading the Word about
Open Adoption in Silicon Valley
New Foster / Adopt Ministry!
Westgate Church will kick off this exciting all-new care ministry for foster and adoptive families on Friday, March 24. They'll serve families considering either fostering or adopting.
And, I'm honored to be the keynote speaker(!)
PLEASE JOIN US at this event, March 24, 6:30-8:30pm at Westgate's Saratoga Campus theatre.
You can get details and register here.
JOIN US!
If you have a heart to foster or adopt, please register for this March 24 event!
Child care will be provided!
Welcome Our New Board Member!
Please join me in warmly welcoming Anne Steeley to the Board of Unplanned Good! Anne brings a ton of passion and smarts to the role, and we all look forward to working with her in 2023, and beyond!
Welcome Anne!
VAC Event on Feb.18 was fabulous!
Dr. Simon Gold spoke at Calvary Chapel and we had a table in the lobby. The book was available there and generated some interest. Anne joined me at the table to talk about adoption to those who visited, and we signed up several new friends to our mailing list.
BTW, you can register for future events hosted by the Values Advocacy Council at VAC.org
Compassion Immersion Sunday
We were honored to join in Compassion Immersion weekend at Westgate Church!
The Unplanned Good booth generated several great conversations on Sunday morning, Feb.19, and attendees at Church that morning saw our two-minute video on Unplanned Good.
Learn more about WestGate here.
A Big THANK YOU to Real Options
for all their great work!
The March 4
'Walk for Life'
a huge success!
Unplanned Good had a table, -- no rain that morning, only lots of good conversations, smiling faces, fans of adoption and new friends!
Are You a Birth Mother??
BIRTH MOM SURVEY HERE
If you have ever placed a baby for adoption, please take a minute to complete this survey about post-placement support for birth parents.
We want your input!
Pro-Choice Pro-Adoption
It's Time for a Loving, Positive Response to Unplanned Pregnancy.
Buy it here on Amazon.
Read the reviews on Amazon, and submit your own!
Review it here.
The Book Promo interviews & podcasts are on our Unplanned Good speaking page, here.
And, coming up next ...
"Trigger Laws" Ban or Restrict Abortion in Thirteen States
Several States - 13 of them - have bills that were "triggered" into law automatically following the overturn of Roe v Wade last June. While these States are saying ‘no’ to abortion, we ask, 'What would it look like for them to say ‘yes’ to adoption?'
We at Unplanned Good have just started an effort to find one brave Governor to lead a "pro-adoption" initiative nationally. The time is right!
If YOU have contacts in any of these 13 States governors' offices, please connect me. I'd like to see if we can get some traction here in 2023, and help these States to become more pro-adoption.
WE NEED YOU!!
How can you help? Here are our top three requests:
1. BUY THE BOOK. It was released in National Adoption Month! You can buy it now on Amazon.
2. LEAVE A REVIEW ON AMAZON.
You can help spread the word about this book by posting a brief comment on Amazon. That helps SO much because it elevates the book in search results. And it only takes a minute!
3. HELP PROMOTE THE BOOK.
Now that it's published, there are many opportunities for you to help promote the book on FB and Insta.
Check out our library of social media posts we made for you, or simply share the book with a friend.
MY BLOG WAS PUBLISHED ON ADOPTING.COM!
"Open Adoption: A Changed Reality" was published on Adopting.com. It's a part of spreading the word about open adoption as an option.
I'm happy to share it with you here.
Phrase of the Day: Open Adoption
Open adoption is a form of adoption in which the biological and adoptive families have each other's contact information and varying degrees of contact with each other, by phone, in person and/or through social media.
OPEN ADOPTION;
It's Not Like the Olden Days!
All of this is about spreading the word about open adoption -- a reasonable option for women facing unplanned pregnancy. The 1970s and 80s were all about closed adoptions. Then we discovered the beauty of open adoption. Learn more about open adoption in this short video.
DID YOU KNOW?
- Fewer than 0.5% of women facing unplanned pregnancy make an adoption plan?
- When they do, it's because an adult in their life encouraged them to consider adoption?
- There are over one million U.S. couples waiting now to adopt?
Check out our website at www.UnplannedGood.org/
Comments? Email us, at UnplannedGood@gmail.com
Submit stories, testimonials, questions or comments.
Why are we doing this?
Young women are 50% more likely to make an adoption plan when the trusted adult in their life suggests it to them. Otherwise, most girls don't give it a minute's thought, and choose between abortion or single parenting. That's why we need to get this on the radar of more people.
Want to help Unplanned Good?
Here's what we need:
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Thank you!
Tell a Friend
You know people who've been touched by adoption. Ask them to write their short story for our web site and sign up for our newsletter.
"My Mom encouraged me, and that made all the difference!
I needed to know that she'd stand by me through this and support the adoption plan."
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Help us to get the word out!
Submit your story!
Please forward this newsletter to someone you know has been touched by adoption. Ask them to sign up for our monthly news here and/or contribute their story to our web site.
Thank you so much for your continued encouragement & support of UPG.
Terri
About Unplanned Good
We promote adoption as a positive option for those facing unplanned pregnancies. It can be so very good (and beautiful!) for all involved.
Unplanned Good is reaching out to both teens and their parents, to let them know that adoption is an option. Studies have shown that young women are 50% more likely to see their pregnancy through and make an adoption plan when an adult suggests this path.
Please visit our site, and pass it on. Read the encouraging, heartfelt stories there. Send in your own story, and ask a friend to do the same.
