WEST DES MOINES, IOWA (June 20, 2025) — Iowans for Adoption, a 501(c)(3) non-profit, led by volunteers for thirteen years, is pleased to announce an in-person and virtual Move for Adoption. This event emphasizes the importance of Iowa’s children, families, and adoption. Money raised will be used for creating adoption educational materials and programming, advertisements related to Iowan's Safe Haven Act and adopting from foster care, and curricula for statewide use.
Members of Iowans for Adoption collaborate with many entities to help ensure that all children in Iowa have a safe, permanent, loving, nurturing, stable family that contributes to their positive health, development, and well-being. According to Dr Diana Lang, Executive Director and Founder of Iowans for Adoption, "In Iowa, hundreds of youth living in foster care (out-of-home care/shelters) are legally eligible for adoption. This means that more than 500 youth in Iowa's foster-care system do not have any parents with legal rights. Also, many people do not realize that it costs very little, and typically nothing, to adopt children from foster care and Iowa needs more foster parents.”
Multiple organizations have joined Iowans for Adoption to host the in-person and virtual Move for Adoption. The in-person event is Sunday, July 27 at Utopia Park, 7000 Vista Drive, West Des Moines, Iowa. The virtual event can be completed any day, any time, with any activity and for any distance, anywhere in the world.
According to Lang, “The goals of our Move for Adoption events are to:
- celebrate adoption, children, and families,
- raise awareness about all facets of adoption and foster care,
- help all children have a safe, permanent, loving, nurturing, stable family, and
- educate Iowans about adopting from foster care and the Safe Haven Act."
Lang emphasizes, "Not everyone may be able to adopt or be a foster parent; there are many other ways to Move for Adoption. All are welcome to attend the event and run, roll, stroll, walk, or watch without registering or donating. We need everyone's help to ensure that all children have safe, loving, permanent families!" Lang said.
To register, order a shirt, donate, sponsor, or volunteer, visit GetMeRegistered.com/MoveForAdoption. The in-person/Utopia Park event starts at 1PM and includes a professionally-timed 5K, a kids' fun-run, free crane games, face-painting, balloons, promotional items, and medals for all youth in attendance. Registrations can also be made at the event.
Please see the attached flyer for additional information.
To donate, pay, or sponsor by check, mail a check (and shirt sizes) to:
Iowans for Adoption
P O Box #93
Gilbert, IA 50105
