Tips for Planning Your National Adoption Day Event
- Organize a coalition of local partners to support planning and implementation of the event, including:
- Judges
- Department of Children’s Services
- Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA)
- Child attorneys
- Children’s rights groups
- Adoption agencies
- Adoptive parent groups
- Business leaders
- Faith-based organizations
- Elected officials
- Develop an event agenda, including date, time, speakers and post-event celebrations for families, as applicable.
- Register your event so that we can recognize our collective impact through this special day.
- Develop a communications plan to raise awareness and encourage participation in your event (e.g., emails, social media, community calendar listings, media outreach, etc.)
- Request a proclamation of support from state and local elected officials.
- Consider purchasing National Adoption Day gifts for families and other event participants. (Note: Event organizers may download the National Adoption Day logo to create custom items in partnership with local vendors).
- Explore options for photography and video to capture images from the event. Collect signed photo and video release forms from attendees.
- Encourage local media (e.g., print, TV, radio) to cover your event, as appropriate.
- Send a thank you note to speakers, partners and others who helped make your National Adoption Day event a success!