Adoption News at Lifetime

Mardie Caldwell Interviewed by Larry King

Lifetime Adoption's Founder and CEO, Mardie Caldwell, recently appeared live on CNN's Larry King show. On the show, she was among a panel of experts discussing the increase in interest towards Haiti adoptions after the earthquake.

Many families are seeking to adopt a child from Haiti after seeing the vast devastation there post-earthquake. But is adoption from Haiti something that is possible? Visit GuidetoAdoption.com for free information on the steps to domestic or international adoption.

Lifetime Adoption Featured in Adoption Documentary

Lifetime Adoption will be featured in a documentary titled "Voices for the Children." One World TV was at Lifetime's offices to film a documentary about adoption that will air on PBS, Discovery Health and Fox in November. One World specializes in short public service pieces. Stay tuned for air dates and times.

Lifetime Adoption Director of Adoption Services Heather Featherston calls these documentaries "very powerful...They're used to help raise awareness, to show adoption does not mean good-bye forever.”

To read more about Lifetime's appearance in this documentary
and open adoption, click here!

Watch the documentary here:

Merry Christmas from Lifetime Adoption!

The entire staff of Lifetime Adoption wish you a very Merry Christmas!

November is National Adoption Awareness Month!

Join us as we celebrate adoption! We remember those who are daily blessed by adoption, and those who make adoption possible.
Click to begin the celebration!

For creative ideas on how to celebrate the blessing of adoption every day in November, click here to view our calendar.

If you are on Facebook, please RSVP to our virtual event for
National Adoption Awareness Month! You do not need to travel to
Lifetime Adoption Center in Northern California to participate; you can celebrate anywhere nationwide! Click to RSVP.

Adoption Consultations for
Prospective Adoptive Families

For more information, please call 530-432-7373

Call to schedule a private consultation or learn more about Lifetime’s program.

Are you considering adopting? There is a baby for you!
Have you thought about adopting a child but don't know where to start? Lifetime Adoption offers private, one-on-one consultations and teleconferences to help families learn more about how they can be blessed through adoption.

Informational Meeting at Lifetime Adoption Center.

Lifetime's qualified staff will address your adoption concerns, as well as answer other questions, such as:

• What do you need to do to get started?
• What is independent adoption?
• How much does it cost?
• How to save money in your adoption
• Answers to your legal questions
• How long does it take?
• What Adoption Services are important for your success?

Lifetime Adoption Center Phone: (530) 432-7373 E-mail Our Office if you have any questions

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During your private consultation, you will meet the director, Mardie Caldwell, and the staff of Lifetime who will be happy to answer your adoption questions.

Click here to fill out a free application.

Can't make the Informational Meeting in Person? Listen right at your home or office through our Informational Adoption Teleconferences. If you are interested in adopting, your first step is to request information about our adoption services then submit a free adoption application. Click here for more information and to sign up! www.AdoptionTeleconference.com

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Lifetime Adoption Sponsors Birthmother Program

For the second year in a row,
Lifetime Adoption has sponsored the birthmother support organization BirthMom Buds annual event, Birthmother's Day. Birthmother's day is a day to celebrate and honor birthmotherhood.  Its a day to reflect on the choice made and the life given.  Its a day to recognize, mothers who made the ultimate sacrifice for their children in placing them for adoption.

This year's event was titled "The Road Less Traveled" and was made possible by generous donors such as Lifetime. 

Birthmother's Day is celebrated the Saturday before Mother's Day.  It originated in 1990 by a group of birthmothers in Seattle, Washington.  Most birthmothers will agree that Mother's Day is a very painful holiday and these women wanted to create something that would honor their birthmotherhood.

To find out how you can make a donation that will help birthmothers pay for college and higher education, visit www.LifetimeFoundation.org.

Mardie Caldwell Interviewed at Sacramento & Co.

Sacramento & Company Host Guy Farris, Mardie Caldwell, and guest host Scott Moak

Lifetime Adoption's Founder and CEO Mardie Caldwell recently appeared on ABC's Sacramento & Company, one of Northern California's most popular morning talk shows. Caldwell and hosts Guy Farris and Scott Moak discussed her new adoption book,
So I Was Thinking About Adoption...Considering Your Choices.

New Book for Women
Considering Adoption is Released

Lifetime Founder and CEO Mardie Caldwell’s new book So I Was Thinking About Adoption, will be available this November and is sure to be a smash hit.  This concise little book gives helpful details on the adoption process and how to make an informed choice when considering adoption. This book will be a step by step reference to guide those facing an unplanned pregnancy to the best decision for themselves, their child and their situation.

What people are saying about
So I Was Thinking About Adoption...Considering your pregnancy choices:

"Thank you for all you have done for us and all the other waiting families...We are a contracted Lifetime family and I am a case manager now in the emergency room...I have been spreading the word....
This is going to fly off the shelves!"

-Lyn, adoptive mother

For more information on the book, visit IWasThinkingAboutAdoption.com.

Mardie Caldwell Appears at
National Pregnancy Clinic Conference

Mardie Caldwell, Founder and CEO of Lifetime Adoption, was well-received at a nationwide conference for pregnancy clinics with her vibrant and beautiful booth. Highlighted at the conference was Caldwell's new book,
So I Was Thinking About Adoption...Considering Your Choices.

Gold Panning Event Raises
Funds for Lifetime Foundation

We are holding a new and exciting gold panning event right at the Lifetime Adoption Center! Proceeds from our treasure and gem hunting event will go directly to our non-profit organization, Lifetime Foundation. Through the Lifetime Foundation, we are able to provide scholarships and assistance to birthmothers nationwide. Consider attending our next gold panning event, in support of birthmothers. For more information, visit TreasuresInABag.com.

Lifetime Adoption is Passionately Pink for the Cure!

Lifetime Adoption has joined the Go Pink! campaign in support of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. We started a team supporting Susan G. Komen's Passionately Pink for the Cure and are excited about participating in the fight against breast cancer. Staff and other community members are making contributions to donate to Susan G. Komen for the Cure. We have exceeded our goal!

We're excited to be part of such a worthy project supporting women's health!

Lifetime's Founder Mardie Caldwell, COAP Appeared Live on the Today Show

In over 21 years of helping build thousands of families through adoption, Mardie Caldwell, COAP, has seen it all. She has, in fact, written two award-winning books on the subject and is the founder of one of the largest adoption centers in the country, Lifetime Adoption. Now she is sharing her expertise during a feature on America's #1 morning show, NBC's 'Today Show'.

Adoption is seeing a resurgence in this country, in fact 3 out of 5 people are touched by adoption. And while, in theory, the adoption process may seem fairly basic, families just starting to adopt face many decisions before they even begin. Add to that the seemingly endless river of paperwork and red tape, and it is easy to see why adoption experts like Caldwell are vital in ensuring adoption success.

Caldwell appeared on the Today Show in New York on Wednesday, May 9th, and discussed recent changes in adoption. You may view her appearance by clicking on the button below:

Caldwell currently hosts a weekly radio talk show, Let's Talk Adoption, which enables her to encourage and educate adoptive parents as well as others interested in adoption. Her first book, AdoptingOnline.com won the Benjamin Franklin Award from Publishers' Weekly, and her second Adoption: Your Step-by-Step Guide garnered various awards as well. Caldwell currently has three more books scheduled for release with her publisher, American Carriage House Publishing, all related to adoption.

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Pregnant? Looking for Options?

Are You Seeking Resources to Fund Your Adoption?
Finally, an Adoption Financing Program to Help Families Move Closer to a Successful Adoption!

Lifetime Adoption is proud to introduce our new adoption financing program, created with you in mind! Whether you are looking for funds to help pay for your adoption, pay off your fertility treatments, or add on to your house to help accommodate your growing family, this program is exactly what you have been looking for!

Click here to apply today!

Teleconferences

If you are interested in a teleconference, you may sign up for Lifetime's newsletter by clicking here and it will send you notices for upcoming classes.

AdoptingOnline.com, the new book by Lifetime's founder, Mardie Caldwell, C.O.A.P., is being featured this week on Dr. Laura Schlessinger's radio show. Dr. Laura has called AdoptingOnline.com "an awesome resource for anyone interested in adopting."

"An Awesome Resource for Anyone Interested in Adoption!"
-Dr. Laura Schlessinger

Click play to listen to Dr. Laura's comments:

Have You Seen the Lifetime Staff Pages?

Meet your Lifetime staff by clicking here. You can visit staff members' pages to learn more about the team that is working for you.

A Call to Action

We are hearing from more and more birthmothers about the difficulties they encounter with birthfathers when trying to make an adoption plan. Refusal to cooperate, followed by refusal to support the child either financially or emotionally after they are born, is never in the best interest of the child. Read about Birth Father Registries and learn what you can do to help women make the choice of adoption for their child.

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Let's Talk Adoption... with Mardie Caldwell

Mardie Caldwell host a new weekly radio talk show focused on Adoption. "Lets Talk Adoption …with Mardie Caldwell. The program can be heard world wide on the Internet on LetsTalkAdoption.com.

The hour-long program features guests with expertise in different aspects of the adoption experience. Broadcasting live every Sunday at 3 pm PT.

Programs are engaging, informing and inspiring, providing listeners with practical ideas they can use immediately. Topics range from adoption law to a birth parent perception of adoption to financing your adoption. Also discussed are new books, adoption in the news and answers to questions from our adoption mail bag. To find out more or listen, click here.

Mardie Caldwell is a Certified Open Adoption Practitioner. She has appeared on ABC, NBC, CBS, Cable, Fox, BBC and PBS affiliated programs, Parenting Life, Parenting Magazine, Adoptive Family magazine, and Wisdom Radio , bringing families and birth parents together and sharing the positive message of adoption since 1986.

Caldwell has swiftly become one of the nation's leading authorities on adoption using the Internet. Many, including Dr. Laura Schlessinger, have endorsed Caldwell’s book AdoptingOnline.com

ATTENTION: Lifetime contracted families on active duty military, part of the military reserves or special duty military:

If at least one spouse in your family is currently being deployed in the service of our country to aid in the fight against terrorism, Lifetime is offering you the option of an extended contract freeze.

A contract freeze allows your family to put adoption plans on hold temporarily, to be resumed at a future date. There is no charge for a contract freeze, nor is any contract time or money lost.

If a contract freeze would help your family at this critical time, please contact your Lifetime coordinator to discuss this option for your contract. We would like to help in any way we can.

We appreciate your sacrifices. May God be with your family.

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Lifetime Adoption Foundation

Families Needed

Lifetime Adoption is currently looking for African American or African American mixed couples looking to adopt African American or African American mixed race children of any gender. We currently have numerous birth mothers waiting for you to contact us. To learn more about the grant programs available, visit African American Adoptions Online today.

Open Adoption is blessing both birth and adoptive families in so many ways. OpenAdoption.com encourages you to learn more about Open Adoption through the articles and information contained in their website. Learn how you can touch the life of someone else through adoption, and how your life in return may be blessed.

Helping birthmothers find the information and resources
they need in their state.

Are you looking for more information to start your adoption? Please visit Start Your Adoption so you too can learn how to adopt a baby or child.