--- title: Gladney Blog (84) description: Gladney Center for Adoption's Blog for adoption information, adoption stories, and information about the adoption process. (84) --- [![Gladney Center for Adoption](https://blog.adoptionsbygladney.com/hubfs/Adoptionsbygladney_November2017/Images/gladney-logo.svg "Gladney Center for Adoption")](http://adoptionsbygladney.com) - [I'm Pregnant](https://gladneyadoption.com) - [I Want To Adopt](https://adoptionsbygladney.com/i-want-to-adopt) - [Post Adoption Support](https://adoptionsbygladney.com/post-adoption-support) - [About](https://adoptionsbygladney.com/about) - [Resources](https://adoptionsbygladney.com/resources) - [Contact](https://adoptionsbygladney.com/contact) - [I'm Pregnant](https://gladneyadoption.com) - [I Want To Adopt](https://adoptionsbygladney.com/i-want-to-adopt) - [Post Adoption Support](https://adoptionsbygladney.com/post-adoption-support) - [About](https://adoptionsbygladney.com/about) - [Resources](https://adoptionsbygladney.com/resources) - [Contact](https://adoptionsbygladney.com/contact) # Gladney Blog ## [Charlie Is Running For Gladney | TCS New York City Marathon](https://blog.adoptionsbygladney.com/charlie-is-running-for-gladney-tcs-new-york-city-marathon) Posted by [Natalie Bowen, LMSW-TX](https://blog.adoptionsbygladney.com/author/natalie-bowen-lmsw-tx) on 10/16/18, 9:34 AM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://blog.adoptionsbygladney.com/hubfs/Blog/Charlie%202-600961-edited.jpeg)](https://blog.adoptionsbygladney.com/charlie-is-running-for-gladney-tcs-new-york-city-marathon) The 2018 TCS New York City Marathon is coming up on November 4th. Between now & then, we'll be introducing you to Gladney's [charity runners](https://blog.adoptionsbygladney.com/tag/new-york-marathon). [Read More](https://blog.adoptionsbygladney.com/charlie-is-running-for-gladney-tcs-new-york-city-marathon) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.adoptionsbygladney.com/charlie-is-running-for-gladney-tcs-new-york-city-marathon#comments-listing) Topics: [Support](https://blog.adoptionsbygladney.com/tag/support), [New York Marathon](https://blog.adoptionsbygladney.com/tag/new-york-marathon) ## [How to Set Up a Restaurant Night Fundraiser](https://blog.adoptionsbygladney.com/how-to-set-up-a-restaurant-night-fundraiser) Posted by [Emily Conway](https://blog.adoptionsbygladney.com/author/emily-conway) on 10/16/18, 12:00 AM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://blog.adoptionsbygladney.com/hubfs/Blog/tim-mossholder-678979-unsplash.jpg)](https://blog.adoptionsbygladney.com/how-to-set-up-a-restaurant-night-fundraiser) The process of adopting is stressful. However, footing the cost shouldn’t be. One way to raise money for your adoption fee is to set up a restaurant night fundraiser at one of your local restaurants. Many different groups do this across the country as it doesn’t require much time or money. It is also a great way to bring friends and family together and support a local restaurant. [Read More](https://blog.adoptionsbygladney.com/how-to-set-up-a-restaurant-night-fundraiser) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.adoptionsbygladney.com/how-to-set-up-a-restaurant-night-fundraiser#comments-listing) Topics: [Adoption Finance](https://blog.adoptionsbygladney.com/tag/adoption-finance) ## [Selling T-Shirts To Pay For Adoption](https://blog.adoptionsbygladney.com/selling-t-shirts-to-pay-for-adoption) Posted by [Gladney Intern](https://blog.adoptionsbygladney.com/author/gladney-intern) on 10/15/18, 1:00 AM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://blog.adoptionsbygladney.com/hubfs/image-1.png)](https://blog.adoptionsbygladney.com/selling-t-shirts-to-pay-for-adoption) The process of adopting is stressful. Although there are scholarships and grants that you can apply for, sometimes these don't help to cover the full cost of the adoption fee. One way to raise money for an adoption is to sell custom-designed t-shirts. These t-shirts can obviously promote your cause of adoption on the t-shirt, but it can also feature other various designs to attract the eye. Some of the essential steps in setting up a custom t-shirt sale are: [Read More](https://blog.adoptionsbygladney.com/selling-t-shirts-to-pay-for-adoption) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.adoptionsbygladney.com/selling-t-shirts-to-pay-for-adoption#comments-listing) Topics: [Adoption Finance](https://blog.adoptionsbygladney.com/tag/adoption-finance) ## [How to Create a GoFundMe Campaign](https://blog.adoptionsbygladney.com/how-to-create-a-gofundme-campaign) Posted by [Gladney Intern](https://blog.adoptionsbygladney.com/author/gladney-intern) on 10/11/18, 11:30 PM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://blog.adoptionsbygladney.com/hubfs/crowdfunding.jpg)](https://blog.adoptionsbygladney.com/how-to-create-a-gofundme-campaign) The process of adopting can be stressful. However, paying the adoption fees shouldn’t be. One way to raise money to go towards those adoption fees is to create a crowdfunding campaign. Many people have created various fundraisers on the website [GoFundMe.com](http://gofundme.com) because it is an easy and convenient way of raising money and reaching a wide variety of people. [Read More](https://blog.adoptionsbygladney.com/how-to-create-a-gofundme-campaign) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.adoptionsbygladney.com/how-to-create-a-gofundme-campaign#comments-listing) Topics: [Adoption Finance](https://blog.adoptionsbygladney.com/tag/adoption-finance) ## [How to Organize a Successful 5K Fundraiser](https://blog.adoptionsbygladney.com/how-to-organize-a-successful-5k-fundraiser) Posted by [Gladney Intern](https://blog.adoptionsbygladney.com/author/gladney-intern) on 10/10/18, 11:30 PM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://blog.adoptionsbygladney.com/hubfs/Blog/goh-rhy-yan-321526-unsplash.jpg)](https://blog.adoptionsbygladney.com/how-to-organize-a-successful-5k-fundraiser) The process of adopting is stressful. However, footing the cost shouldn’t be. One way to raise money for the adoption fee is to organize a 5K walk/run in your community. Groups across the country have successful raised a lot of money doing this such as [Deer Park-5K Color Run](https://thedriven.net/event.race_reg/eid/10273045678/?&), and you can too! Here are some helpful steps in organizing the run/walk: [Read More](https://blog.adoptionsbygladney.com/how-to-organize-a-successful-5k-fundraiser) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.adoptionsbygladney.com/how-to-organize-a-successful-5k-fundraiser#comments-listing) Topics: [Adoption Finance](https://blog.adoptionsbygladney.com/tag/adoption-finance) ## [Sam Is Running For Gladney | TCS New York City Marathon](https://blog.adoptionsbygladney.com/sam-is-running-for-gladney-tcs-new-york-city-marathon) Posted by [Natalie Bowen, LMSW-TX](https://blog.adoptionsbygladney.com/author/natalie-bowen-lmsw-tx) on 10/9/18, 6:51 AM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://blog.adoptionsbygladney.com/hubfs/Blog/Sam%20NY2018.jpg)](https://blog.adoptionsbygladney.com/sam-is-running-for-gladney-tcs-new-york-city-marathon) The 2018 TCS New York City Marathon is coming up on November 4th. Between now & then, we'll be introducing you to Gladney's [charity runners](https://blog.adoptionsbygladney.com/tag/new-york-marathon). [Read More](https://blog.adoptionsbygladney.com/sam-is-running-for-gladney-tcs-new-york-city-marathon) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.adoptionsbygladney.com/sam-is-running-for-gladney-tcs-new-york-city-marathon#comments-listing) Topics: [Support](https://blog.adoptionsbygladney.com/tag/support), [New York Marathon](https://blog.adoptionsbygladney.com/tag/new-york-marathon) ## [Adoption Grant - Helpusadopt.org](https://blog.adoptionsbygladney.com/adoption-grant-helpusadopt.org) Posted by [Becky Fawcett](https://blog.adoptionsbygladney.com/author/becky-fawcett) on 10/4/18, 7:49 PM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://blog.adoptionsbygladney.com/hubfs/Blog/Help%20Us%20Adopt%20Dot%20Org%20Founder.jpg)](https://blog.adoptionsbygladney.com/adoption-grant-helpusadopt.org) As a young girl, and the oldest of five children, I always knew that someday I would be a mother. What I didn’t know, is that how I would become a mother would be one of the most important things I would ever do in my life. When I started dating my future husband in college, having children someday was a very quick conversation because we were on the same page. When we had been married for five years, the conversation went from some day to now, and then quickly became a conversation about how difficult it was going to be. Infertility was something neither of us ever expected, and while we were still on the same page about becoming parents, infertility treatments and adoption were not things we were prepared for, especially financially. We were in our early 30’s and we had just started building our future. [Read More](https://blog.adoptionsbygladney.com/adoption-grant-helpusadopt.org) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.adoptionsbygladney.com/adoption-grant-helpusadopt.org#comments-listing) Topics: [Adoption Finance](https://blog.adoptionsbygladney.com/tag/adoption-finance) ## [Gladney Intern Brandi's First Week](https://blog.adoptionsbygladney.com/gladney-intern-brandis-first-week) Posted by [Gladney Intern](https://blog.adoptionsbygladney.com/author/gladney-intern) on 10/4/18, 7:37 AM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://blog.adoptionsbygladney.com/hubfs/Intern%20Photos%20for%20Blog/Brandi%20Handley%20Intern.jpg)](https://blog.adoptionsbygladney.com/gladney-intern-brandis-first-week) This internship has been so much more than I ever expected! I first heard about Gladney after I started the MSW program at the University of Texas at Arlington. When the opportunity presented itself to apply for an internship here I jumped at it, but I was not holding my breath on being one of the few lucky ones to be selected. Then, the much-anticipated e-mail came in…” you have been accepted as an intern at the Gladney Center for Adoption”. Intern at Gladney?! Me?! I felt like my eyes were deceiving me! I remember calling my mom to tell her and then quickly assuring both of us that it was too good to be true. I am so glad that statement was wrong! [![Explore Becoming A  Gladney Intern](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/4002831/337c20b8-8aa4-420b-bcd4-fc72480d0e20.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/4002831/337c20b8-8aa4-420b-bcd4-fc72480d0e20) [Read More](https://blog.adoptionsbygladney.com/gladney-intern-brandis-first-week) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.adoptionsbygladney.com/gladney-intern-brandis-first-week#comments-listing) Topics: [Gladney Intern Blog](https://blog.adoptionsbygladney.com/tag/gladney-intern-blog), [A Day in the Life of a Gladney Intern](https://blog.adoptionsbygladney.com/tag/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-gladney-intern), [Foster Adoption](https://blog.adoptionsbygladney.com/tag/foster-adoption), [New Beginnings](https://blog.adoptionsbygladney.com/tag/new-beginnings) ## [Catalina Is Running For Gladney | TCS New York City Marathon](https://blog.adoptionsbygladney.com/catalina-is-running-for-gladney-tcs-new-york-city-marathon) Posted by [Natalie Bowen, LMSW-TX](https://blog.adoptionsbygladney.com/author/natalie-bowen-lmsw-tx) on 10/2/18, 8:28 AM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://blog.adoptionsbygladney.com/hubfs/Blog/catalina.jpg)](https://blog.adoptionsbygladney.com/catalina-is-running-for-gladney-tcs-new-york-city-marathon) The 2018 TCS New York City Marathon is coming up on November 4th. Between now & then, we'll be introducing you to Gladney's [charity runners](https://blog.adoptionsbygladney.com/tag/new-york-marathon). [Read More](https://blog.adoptionsbygladney.com/catalina-is-running-for-gladney-tcs-new-york-city-marathon) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.adoptionsbygladney.com/catalina-is-running-for-gladney-tcs-new-york-city-marathon#comments-listing) Topics: [Support](https://blog.adoptionsbygladney.com/tag/support), [New York Marathon](https://blog.adoptionsbygladney.com/tag/new-york-marathon), [Adoption Stories](https://blog.adoptionsbygladney.com/tag/adoption-stories) ## [Ben's Adoption Story: Vietnam to United States](https://blog.adoptionsbygladney.com/ben-adoption-story-vietnam-to-united-states) Posted by [Gladney Center for Adoption](https://blog.adoptionsbygladney.com/author/gladney-center-for-adoption) on 9/27/18, 8:07 AM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://blog.adoptionsbygladney.com/hubfs/Blog/Barnes%20Janet%20-%20Vietnam%20-%20Photo%202.jpg)](https://blog.adoptionsbygladney.com/ben-adoption-story-vietnam-to-united-states) ### The Beginning It started in Can Tho, Vietnam when I was placed into a baby home 9 days old until I was two. As I was living in the orphanage for those two years my adopted parents were searching for a child to adopt. It’s crazy to think how I got adopted because I knew they really were looking to adopt a [Chinese girl](https://adoptionsbygladney.com/i-want-to-adopt/international/china) until the adopted agency told them that they have a bunch of Vietnamese kids waiting to be adopted. They’ve told me the story many times and I can still recall it till this day. They received the video, and both of them watched the video separately to see if they would pick the same kid out of the video that they would want and as crazy as it is to think both of my parents picked me. They said that I was the biggest kid and most energetic, so it was easy to point me out, and I still carry those traits today. I have no memory on my travel from Vietnam to the United States, but I’ve definitely been told that I was very scared and confused. I mean, who wouldn’t be confused when coming to a new home? 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