The NEW FSA Southeast Website

Still have questions about the upcoming Regional FSA conference? Find your answers here!

http://www.fsasoutheast.com

You'll see fliers, speaker bios, Orlando and conference-related links, hotel information, and the registration form and instructions.

Take a look!

Hotel Information for the FSA Southeast Conference

We are getting so excited for our Southeast Regional FSA Conference, and we hope you are, too! Our line-up of speakers and presenters is top-notch. Very soon we will have a website up and running, as well as paper fliers in your mail boxes!

If you are planning to stay in Orlando during the weekend of the conference, and you need a hotel to stay in, here is some great information for you!

We have a block of rooms reserved at the Sheraton Safari (www.sheratonsafari.com).

Phone: 407-239-0444
Address: 12205 Apopka Vineland Rd., Orlando, FL 32836

The group rate is $119 a night. To reserve, call the hotel and tell the reservationist that you are with the FSA Conference. But act quickly! The rooms will be held only until May 25th, and then they will be made available to the general public.

This hotel is close to the Disney attractions, and is also on the same road as the temple and Stake Center where the conference is being held. It will be easy to navigate! Additionally, the hotel boasts "the world's longest python water slide." Sounds like a great way to unwind and have fun!

Southeast Regional FSA Conference

Take a look at our flier! Thanks to Kathy Ladle and Elena Duncan for putting this together. Please copy and forward it to anyone you think might be interested in attending our conference this year.

Registration information will be coming shortly!
Keep checking back often for more updates.

Meet Our Keynote Speaker: Troy Dunn

We hope you have all marked your calendars and made plans to attend the
Southeast Regional
Families Supporting Adoption Conference
on June 25th and 26th! (See previous post.)

We have even more exciting news about this conference. On Saturday, June 26th, our keynote speaker will be Troy Dunn! We are thrilled beyond belief that he will be addressing us.


Those of you who have had the pleasure of hearing him speak know just what a treat we are in for. We are very blessed that he lives here is Florida, and is willing to travel to Orlando for our conference.

For those of you who do not know who Troy is, here are some links you may be interested in.

For his introduction on the National FSA Blog last summer:
http://familiessupportingadoption.blogspot.com/2009/07/meet-our-keynote-speaker-troy-dunn.html

For his company website:
http://www.troythelocator.com/Main.asp

For his amazing television show, The Locator:
http://www.wetv.com/locator-landing

Spread the word, and invite anyone you know who is involved with or interested in adoption to attend.

(Registration information will be available shortly!)

Southeast Regional FSA Conference

We have exciting news! Please mark your calendars for our Regional Families Supporting Adoption conference this summer.

Date: Friday, June 25 and Saturday, June 26, 2010
Place: Orlando South Stake Center (across from the Orlando Temple)

Make it a fantastic family vacation to remember! The conference is open to all adoptive families and their friends or family members, church leaders, and anyone who has any interest in adoption.

We have wonderful local and regional planning committees who are working hard to create an amazing conference for everyone. Children will be welcome, and childcare will be provided both days for a nominal fee. We will have participants coming from the entire Southeast Region, and we would love to see Florida very well-represented!

Here is a very tentative schedule of events:

FRIDAY, June 25th:
late afternoon temple session at the Orlando Temple
dinner and entertainment/program

SATURDAY, June 26th:

breakfast

keynote speaker

breakout sessions

lunch

birthparent panel

breakout sessions

door prizes/wrap up

Possible topics for breakout sessions include:

* crafts; making adoption memory books

* presentation from infertility specialist/doctor

* post placement issues (adoptive breast-feeding, bonding, infant care, depression, etc.)

* transracial adoption issues

* general adoption Q&A

* grief; handling failed placements

* talking about adoption with children & others

* private adoptions

* foster care

* strengthening marriage

* adoption and schools

* international adoption
* openness
* networking/publicizing yourself/finding your baby
* growing up adopted
* even more!

We are working hard to make sure there is something for everyone.

Stay tuned for registration information.

We hope to see you there!

Florida Families Supporting Adoption Conference

Greetings all Florida Families Supporting Adoption! It is that time of year again, when we get to come together for our annual conference. We are so excited for this year, and know that it will be a wonderful event.

Date: Saturday, November 7, 2009

Time: 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

We will be starting right at 9:00 a.m., and a light breakfast will be served shortly after that.

Place: Orlando Stake Center
(Par Chapel, 45 East Par Street, Orlando, Florida 32804)

Lunch will be provided for everyone, including children. Babysitting will also be provided at the church. If you do bring your children, please consider making a donation of $15-$20 to the babysitters for their service.

Our tentative schedule is as follows:

On Friday, November 6th, anyone who would like to is invited to attend the 7:00 p.m. Orlando Temple session. Babysitting will be provided in the nursery at the Orlando South Stake Center, across from the temple, starting at 6:30 p.m.

Saturday, November 7th

9:00-9:30 Welcome and Introductions
9:30-10:00 Breakfast and Mingle
10:00-10:45 Keynote Speaker: Jenny Kite
10:45-11:00 Break
11:00-12:15 Adoptive Parent Panel
12:15-1:15 Lunch (Collect your children from the nursery for lunch)
1:15-3:15 Adoption Presentations
3:14-4:00 Closing Remarks and Door Prizes

We hope to see you there!

Please send your RSVP to Kim Middleton at kimberly.middleton@gmail.com.

Big News about the FSA National Conference

We have exciting news! As you know, the FSA National Conference is just around the corner, on July 31-Aug. 1. Today we received word that there will be a video stream of the keynote address by Troy Dunn, as well as of the birth parent panel. Both of these sessions promise to be inspiring.

In order to view the video stream, please go to http://stream.lds.org/LDSFamilyenglish. You will be able to view this anywhere, as long as you have high speed internet access. It will be streamed on Saturday, August 1^st at 9:30 MDT and again at 1:00 MDT, and it will also be broadcast to stake centers at the same times. (You will probably have to ask your building's audio/visual specialist for help to see it in your stake center.)

We are so happy that our FSA chapter can participate in the conference from such a distance.

If you are going to be in Utah, and you would like to attend, please follow the sidebar link to the FSA National Blog. You will find all the information you need.

Happy viewing!