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Adopting with FIA
    Get Acquainted Workshops

Before you make a decision about whether FIA is right for you, we feel it’s important for you to understand who we are, how we work, what we expect from clients, and how we view the adoption process. There’s so much to tell, and we think there’s no better atmosphere in which to accomplish this than here in Vermont. The workshop will give you a chance to meet our staff, ask questions, and relax in a casual, rural setting while exploring the adoption options offered by FIA.

Attendance for the Get Acquainted Workshop is mandatory for all clients. The Get Acquainted Workshop is a wonderful educational opportunity which does not obligate you to work with Friends in Adoption. The cost of the workshop is $295 per couple or single. The fee covers all meetings plus lunch on Saturday. These workshops fill up quickly and are booked on a first come, first serve basis. FIA has a no refund policy. Your payment can only be applied to the workshop you registered for.

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Upcoming Workshops:

December 4-6, 2008
March 19-20, 2009
May 14-15, 2009
Aug 20-21, 2009
Oct 15-16, 2009
Dec. 3-5, 2009

Participants at a FIA Workshop!

Praise for the FIA Workshops


We’re leaving Vermont energized to begin the adoption process. The basics of your program made us feel very comfortable with FIA. The honesty of the FIA staff and hearing the staff’s concern and caring for the birth parents as crucial elements in a healthy adoption were very important to us. Also, the passion we noticed in each staff member as they spoke of both FIA and adoption in general was wonderful !

Many thanks !
Eileen and John


Thank you for a tremendous weekend. We were particularly moved by the birth mother speaking. It made us realize that there is another person involved in this.

Paul and Jenny


Thank you so much for an informative, fun and relaxing weekend! Your team seems to be one of the best adoption agencies we've seen. We are proud and excited about becoming your clients!

Dawn & Stan


We want to thank you ALL for such a wonderful and informative weekend. David and I found ourselves driving to Vermont unsure of what the weekend would bring and a bit nervous as well. Beginning with the Friday night get-together in the garden, we both felt suddenly at ease and peaceful with you, your staff, the other prospective adoptive parents and ourselves as well. We both felt a sense of serenity just sitting there and listening to you talk about what the weekend would have in store for us, rocking so peacefully in that great old rocking chair! For many reasons, David and I both felt that fate had brought us to that little town of Middletown Springs, Vermont on Friday. We can only imagine the work and time that must have gone into this weekend. It was perfect! It must be quite fulfilling to know you are helping so many people in your lives. God bless you all! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! It feels as though the “dark unknown” of adoption suddenly is bright and hopeful for us!

Fondly,
David and Susan


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compassionate and open adoption

Friends in Adoption
44 South Street
P.O. Box 1228
Middletown Springs, VT 05757-1228


FIA is a non-profit licensed open adoption agency

fia@friendsinadoption.org
phone - (802)-235-2373
www.friendsinadoption.org


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