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5017 Leavenworth
Omaha, NE 68106

(402) 556-2367

Who Is Adoption Links Worldwide?
Adoption Links Worldwide needs families who are willing to support us in any number of ways several ways.
Forever Families Guild
The mission of the Forever Families Guild is to raise awareness and funds as well as lend volunteer support for Adoption Links Worldwide. Please consider joining.
Other Ways to Support Our Mission

Be A Volunteer Family Recruiter!
ALW needs your help to recruit new adoptive parents. We are initiating a grass-roots approach to educating the community about the need for adoptive parents. There are two ways in which you can volunteer:

I. Take a Pledge and Pass It On. Make this Pledge: "I pledge to think of four families I believe would make excellent adoptive parents, talk with them about the serious need for adoptive families, and present them with an ALW brochure." Volunteers will be given four brochures. When your brochures are gone - your job is done.

2. Sign of Commitment to Waiting Children. ALW will provide each Volunteer Family Recruiter with 3 yard signs which say "It's time to Consider Adoption!" The signs (similar in size to a real estate sign) will be simple, tasteful, and will communicate the need for adoptive parents. We ask the Volunteer Family Recruiter to post the signs in their yard (and/or their neighbors yard-with permission) for at least one month. When you have completed your rotation, please clean them up and return them to AL W for the next volunteer. To be an Volunteer Family Recruiter, call Cheryl (402) 556-2367.For Our Pregnancy Counseling Program: New infant sleepers, new infant car seat.

ALW's Wish List
Play Therapy

Dolls: Doll families of ethnic variety sized for a dollhouse, anatomically correct dolls (www.CreativeTherapyStore.com)
Games: Mourning Game, Totika, Talking Feeling Doing Game, Life Stories, Peace Path (www.CreativeTherapyStore.com)
Books: Drawing Together to Manage Anger, Getting Out of a Stress Mess: A Guide for Kids, Paper Dolls and Paper Airplanes: Therapeutic Exercises for Sexually Traumatized Children, You’ve Got Dragons: Getting Rid of Children’s Worries, Everyone Needs a Rock (www.CreativeTherapyStore.com)
Gift Certificates to CreativeTherapyStore.com or Amazon.com
Colorful/creative area rug
Art Supplies:
Easel
Water colors
Washable tempera paints
Finger paints
Washable markers
Colored chalk
Dry-erase markers
Poster boards
Smooth Rocks
Paint markers
Puffy Paint
Play dough
Molding clay
Moon Sand
Reception Area
Wall Mount for magazines and brochures (natural wood)
Coloring books/activity books (ex. Highlights, cross words, Sudoku)
Annual subscription to morning Omaha World Herald, magazines
Puzzles
Annual subscription to Adoptive Family Magazine – Thanks Mandy Pflaster!
Gift Certificate for cleaning company
Mini Shop Vac
Office Supplies
Small organizational clear plastic bins
20# white copy paper
HP inkjet cartidges: 56/57, 45/78
Office Desk Chair
Web Cam
Projector (ability to connect to laptop)
Pregnancy Counseling
New infant sleepers
Car Seat
Fandango 2010 Wish List
Fandango is a dinner with a silent and oral auction benefitting Adoption Links Worldwide. Items for the oral auction will have a value of $1,000 and up. These are some suggested items we would love to have donated. If you are able to help by donating any of these items or have additional ideas, please contact us at (402) 556-2367. GO
Jewelry
Spa Packages
Golf Packages or Year Golf Membership
Condo Vacation Rentals
Fine Dining for 10+
Wine Club Membership
Performing Arts Tickets/Membership
Orpheum Tickets/Membership
NU Tickets/Day Trip with food, transportation and drinks
Cruise for Two
Custom Furniture
Family Gym Membership
Interior Design Consultation (2+hours)
Fine Artwork and/or Thomas Mangelson nature prints – Husker Print signed by Tom Osborn
Landscaping Package
Financial Support
Automated Monthly Contributions
Make monthly contributions automatically from your checking or savings account using electronic funds transfer. The process is simple and your contributions are greatly appreciated.

Get a From for Electronic Funds Transfer

Help with Fundraising
Fundraising for a non-profit is essential and Adoption Links Worldwide depends greatly on financial support from the community. Money raised or donated to ALW provides support, to our operating expenses, program development, marketing and advertising and most importantly, to children who continue to wait for a family.

Here are just a few ways to fundraise or donate to Adoption Links Worldwide:

Host a simple BBQ or tailgate party. Charge your friends and family $5 per meal and let them know the proceeds go to Adoption Links Worldwide. This is cheap, easy, fun and spreads the word about Adoption Links Worldwide.
Have a garage sale and send Adoption Links Worldwide half of your sales.
Ask for a special collection at your church or temple.
Encourage family and friends to donate in your name (or the name of your child) to Adoption Links Worldwide.
Donate in your child’s birth parents’ names on his or her birthday or adoption day.
Transfer stock to Adoption Links Worldwide.
All donations to Adoption Links Worldwide are tax-deductible.
For more information on how you can help with fundraising or to donate, please call Cheryl at (402) 556-2367.

Help with Subsidizing Program Development
Some families like to help with specific projects such as developing a marketing plan that could reach more adoptive families, or a media campaign to reach pregnant women in crisis who need an experienced therapist, or on a more global note, provide resources to develop or enhance adoption services in a third-world country. Adoption Links Worldwide needs gifts of $1,000 or more to be dedicated to any of these projects. If you can assist in this way, please call Cheryl at (402) 556-2367.

Employee Matching.
If your employer offers a Matching Gift Program, your gift to ALW can instantly double (or even triple) your support? Simply request matching gift information from your Human Resource Office, complete the form (usually takes less than 5 minutes) and
send it to us. We'll do the rest! Some companies that offer donor matching are: First Data, Conoco Inc., Delta Airlines, JCPenney Co, Pepsi Co, Toys R Us, Union Pacific, Wal-Mart and Wells-Fargo. Check with your company about "matching gifts."

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