JONESBORO, Ark. (KAIT) – November is National Adoption Month and we want to bring adoption awareness.

K8 News spoke with Arrow Adoptions, a local nonprofit that helps prospective women place their children for adoption.

The nonprofit organization helps find suitable children for a loving home.

Executive director Caleigh Parker said this year the organization had its first annual fundraiser earlier this month.

“This year we had our first annual fundraiser and we had a sneaker night where we raised $8,000,” Parker said. “There, at our evening, we recognized different families who adopted, recognized birth mothers and shared adoption testimonies.”

Parker also said that while there have been many reforms in recent years that have made adoption easier, there is still a big challenge.

“One of the biggest challenges that exists today is the price of private adoption, so of course it can vary anywhere across the country from ten to fifty thousand, however our goal and our organization is to keep adoption costs down at a low level,” Parker said.

Arrow Adoptions has been an organization since 2020 and Parker has also adopted children. She said she enjoys helping both expectant mothers and families looking to adopt along their journeys.

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