Over 30 years ago, Ginger West was a foster mother who had cared for over 200 children in her home over the years. Ginger and a small group of foster parents saw a tremendous need in the Citrus County community to strengthen the family unit and to keep children from going into foster care. This group created a corporation called…
Being a Florida adoption agency, Gift of Life is use to seeing sea creatures everywhere. We’ve got alligators in nearly every body of water. We can often catch a glimpse of dolphin fins while going over the Courtney Campbell Causeway in Clearwater. We even named an entire county after manatees. But recently, some of our caseworkers spotted some sea creatures…
Gift of Life Adoptions has traveled all over the state of Florida in our almost twenty years of adoption work. We have had the opportunity to see some real community gems and local charms of this great state. Whether it’s a collection of lovely local art or an interesting little shop, our travels open our eyes to more of Florida…
Gift of Life has seen hundreds of adoptive family profiles in our almost 20 years of being open. We have seen them change from homemade scrapbooks, to word documents and powerpoint displays, and now they are mostly beautiful glossy books from many of the photography websites and software that is now available. I recently asked our Adoptive Parent Coordinator to…
Gift of Life Adoptions was honored to attend an open house at Oasis Pregnancy Care Center. On Monday May 11, 2015 Oasis officially celebrated the two year anniversary of being at their Wesley Chapel location. A lovely volunteer graciously took our staff on a tour and told wonderful stories of all they have been able to accomplish there in the…
If you happen to be vacationing in Florida, come visit the Gift of Life bus bench. It is wonderfully placed in Bradenton, by the majestic Manatee River. This scenic location is complete with broad walkways and rustling palm trees. Some of the amenities this bus bench has to offer are sitting, lounging and leaning. Conveniently situated next to the Manatee…
Commonwealth Catholic Charities in Richmond, Virginia and Gift of Life Adoptions have a great partnership. For several years, we have been working together to create families through adoption. This wonderful relationship has resulted in several completed adoptions. CCC invited Leah Wild and Roxanne Robertson from Gift of Life to give a presentation to approximately 25 people. Several of these hopeful…
I was at Morton Plant Hospital facilitating a meeting between an adoptive couple and birth mom. The birth mom was a kind, young, African American woman. I had worked with her for only a few months. The couple was Caucasian from the Midwest and had been waiting to complete their family, through adoption, for quite a while. The couple could…
My daughters were 2 and almost 4 years old when they came to us as biological sisters through the foster care system. They wanted to know more about their background but there were gaps I could not fill. I didn’t have much information to offer. Their background seemed to be filled with blank spots that could only be filled with…
My girls did not come to me the way I had expected, but they came to me in God’s perfect time. God blessed me with two beautiful daughters and now I have a granddaughter who is the light of my life. My husband and I were foster parents and our girls came to our home from a developmentally delayed mother…