On Saturday July 18th, about 900 people from all over the U.S. enjoyed a great day at Forest Park in Noblesville Indiana as FTIA families and friends participated in the 2009 Celebration of Children Reunion. It was a perfect day for a picnic with some clouds and a temperature in the 70's, filled with much fellowship, eating, playing, relaxing and general good times. Children of all ages enjoyed the playgrounds, carousel, miniature golf, old trains at the Transportation Museum, face painting, games, and other activities.
Here are a few photos from the day for you to enjoy. We will post more as we receive them.
Plans for the 2010 Celebration of Children Reunion are already underway. We will return to Forest Park on Saturday, July 17, 2010. Mark your calendars now for this special day!
Thanks to everyone for helping make this another great day by your presence, volunteering, bringing food, and sharing your joy in your family. Every year the reunion reminds us in a special way of the rewards of our work. We thank you for being part of our family and consider it a privilege to share your adoption journey.
2008 Celebration of Children Reunion
On Saturday July 19th, more than 1200 people from all over the U.S. enjoyed a great day at Forest Park in Noblesville Indiana as FTIA families and friends participated in the 2008 Celebration of Children Reunion. It was a bright sunny day filled with much visiting, eating, playing, relaxing and general good times. Children of all ages enjoyed the playgrounds, carousel, miniature golf, old trains at the Transportation Museum, face painting, games, Radio Disney, and other activities.
Here are a few photos from the day for you to enjoy. We will post more as we receive them. Our official photographers, Ramsey Cloutier Fine Portraits, also have photos available for purchase through their website. They can be viewed by clicking on the "Main Site" link, then on the "Client" tab and entering the password "ftia2008" (all lower case without spaces). Email them to place your order.
We had great vendor booths at the reunion. If you liked what you saw and wish to make future purchases or donations to the non-profit groups, you can reach them as follows:
- Childvision
- Pearl River Outreach
- Global Gifts
- International Doll Company
- Lotus Tours
- Multicultural Dolls
- ScrapandTell
- Usborne Books
FTIA Usborne Consultant
Plans for the 2009 Celebration of Children Reunion are already underway. We will return to Forest Park on Saturday, July 18, 2009. Mark your calendars now for this special day!
Thanks to everyone for helping make this another great day by your presence, volunteering, bringing food, and sharing your joy in your family. Every year the reunion reminds us in a special way of the rewards of our work. We thank you for being part of our family and consider it a privilege to share your adoption journey.
See you next year!
Your FTIA Team
2007 Celebration of Children Reunion
The 2007 Celebration of Children Reunion was a wonderful day of fellowship, fun and games, tasty food, and many memories. After a drizzly early morning, the sun came out and Forest Park was filled with happy, active children enjoying the playgrounds, carousel, miniature golf, old trains at the Transportation Museum, face painting, games, Radio Disney, and all the open grassy areas. Parents and FTIA staff visited, watched the children play, and enjoyed the day. We filled the park with more than 1800 people! We appreciated the positive emails from many of you who enjoyed this year’s park set up and organization of the day.
Take a minute to look at our photo video of the day.
Plans for the 2008 Celebration of Children Reunion are already underway. We will return to Forest Park on Saturday July 19, 2008. Mark your calendars now for this special day!
Thanks to each of you for making this such a fun day and especially to those who volunteered to help at registration, t-shirt sales, children’s games, parking, hospitality, general clean up around the park and at the shelters, etc. and to everyone who brought delicious food to share! It really is one big family reunion celebrating the many families FTIA has had the pleasure and privilege to support through your adoption journey.
See you next year!
Your FTIA Team
2006 Celebration of Children Reunion
What a great day! Our Celebration of Children Reunion on Saturday, July 22, 2006 in Forest Park could not have been a better day. The families, the weather, the food, the games, etc. were all fantastic! We want to take this opportunity to thank each of you that were able to attend our 2006 Celebration of Children Reunion for helping make it another memorable event. Our final attendance count was close to 2000!
Below is a link for you to view some photos from our Celebration of Children Reunion.
Reunion PhotosPlease mark your calendars for Saturday, July 28, 2007 for next year’s Celebration of Children Reunion in Indianapolis. We are already planning this memorable event and look forward to you joining us for this very enjoyable and entertaining day for everyone!
2005 Celebration of Children Reunion
Wow! What a celebration. Thank you to everyone who attended our 2005 Celebration of Children Reunion. In total there were between 1850-1900 of us who attended. Thank you to all of our volunteers including those who helped plan the reunion and everyone who gave an hour or two on Saturday. Thank you to everyone who brought food to share. A big thank you from our entire FTIA team for each and every family for attending, it is such an encouragement for us to have the opportunity to see the children and meet so many of you face-to-face.
Next year's 2006 Celebration of Children Reunion is already scheduled for Saturday, July 22, 2006 at the same park in Noblesville, Indiana. Please mark your calendars now. We already have in mind several ways to improve next year's picnic, but we also would welcome input from you. Please consider sending us an email letting us know what you would like to see different for next year.
We already have some photos on our website, but love to have more. Please send us digital or hard copies of pictures from this years reunion. Thank you. Click here and see some of the pictures we have posted to our website.
2004 Celebration of Children Reunion
A big "Thank You" for all who volunteered and attended our 2004 Celebration of Children Reunion in Forest Park on Saturday, July 24th.
For the more than 1,600 of us in attendance, I think it was a true celebration and a great time. We have already put some pictures on the website for you to enjoy. We would love to receive additional photographs (either print or email) to remember this wonderful celebration.
As always, we are open to suggestions and recommendations how to make this special weekend better every year. We are already planning next year’s reunion and will soon have the date up on our website.
Thanks again to the Reunion Committee and all those who have volunteered on Saturday.
One family's special Reunion video.
Click below to view pictures.