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	Join the Waiting Parents Registry:
	Packages and Fees
	Sending Us Your Material
	Tips on Writing Your Letter
	Tips on Choosing Your Photos
	Ten Common Mistakes Adoptive Parents Make in Writing Their "Dear Birth Mother" Letter

Sending Us Your Material
With the exception of the Personal Profile, which should be submitted electronically, please send all of the material for your Waiting Parent Web Site Package by mail together to:

Canada Adopts!
550 Eglinton Ave West
Suite Box 23052
Toronto ON
M5N 3A8

Please note: Do not send your material by courrier. If you would like to send it by express mail, please use Canada Post Priority Post.

Here's a Checklist of Everything You'll Need to Send Us:

Copy of the front page of your home study or letter from your adoption practitioner or agency on official letterhead stating you completed a home study.
Signed copy of the Terms of Use and Disclaimer. Please print out a copy of the last page, sign it, date it and include it with your application. If you're a couple, both partners will need to sign it.
"Dear Birth Mother" letter. An autobiographical profile of about 500 - 1000 words written by you describing your life and the kind of life you hope to provide for your child. Please make it available on a CD, in either a Microsoft Word or text (.txt) file. Do not format your letter, except for paragraphs, and avoid the use of fancy fonts or typefaces. For tips on how to write an effective letter, click here.
Two colour photos. Be sure that the photos you send are originals, with high contrast. Reproductions and photocopies suffer from bad quality and lack crispness. You can also send us digital photos on a CD. Make sure that digital photos are large (at least 4 by 6 inches) and saved in .jpg format. Please do not send digital photos embedded in Microsoft Word or Power Point files. If you're a couple, at least one photo should be a close up of both of you. If necessary, we may have to crop your photo slightly so that it fits into our format. One photo will appear on your "Dear Birth Mother" letter; the other with your Personal Profile. For tips on how to choose an effective photo, click here.
Personal Profile. The results of a short autobiographical survey which will be included as the second page to your site. Once you've completed it, submit it directly to us electronically. To fill out the form, please click here .
Short biographical description. 25 - 40 words about you or your reasons for adopting to be included in your listing next to your thumbnail photo.
E-mail Address and Phone Number. Electronic address and phone number where birth mothers can reach you or your adoption professional directly. Please include these as either a Microsoft Word or text (.txt) file. Do not send hard copies as this contact information is a very important part of your profile as this is the only way birth parents can contact you. Although we try to be very careful, errors occur when email addresses and phone numbers need to be re-typed. Also, be sure to include an e-mail address or phone number where we can reach you if we have any questions—that is, if it's different from the ones listed on your web site. If you don't have an e-mail address you can set up a free account through a number of web services such as Hotmail, Yahoo or Gmail.
Self-addressed stamped envelope. If you send originals, be sure to include a self-addressed stamped envelope so that we can return them after we've finished. We will not return CDs unless you provide an envelope large enough to fit the CD as well as suffiecient postage.
Cheque payable to "Canada Adopts!"

Questions? E-mail us at info@canadaadopts.com and we'll be happy to answer them.