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Annual Picnics

Annual Picnic 2009

AFTH held its 21st annual picnic at the Fort Washington State Park, in Pennsylvania on Sunday June 7, 2008. It was a beautiful day filled with beautiful families. Toys were handed out to children and there were plenty of free snacks.

An estimated 1500 parents, grandparents, birth parents and children from all over gathered to celebrate adoption. International families hung flags from the various countries they adopted from in the trees and gathered with their travel groups. Some domestic families visited with Birth parents.

It is always great to see new families as well as families who have been coming for years. We would like to thank all of our families who came out to celebrate adoption with us for making this event successful. We hope to see you again next year.

Thank you to the Raucous Brothers who provided us with a lively reggae sound, 4 local teens for face painting, Jack and Jill ice cream for supplying all the children with ice cream and to the AFTH staff who helped out at the arts and craft table, and all throughout the event.

A special thank you to all the companies that donated food:

  • Whole Foods
  • Wawa
  • Giant
  • Acme
  • BJs
  • Target
  • Pepperidge Farm
  • Herr’s
  • Hershey’s
  • Genuardi’s
  • Super Fresh
  • Shop Rite
  • Yellow Pages/ Michael Offord

2009 Picnics

PA, NJ & DE
Date: June 6, 2010

Place: Fort Washington State Park - Flourtown Picnic Area
Time: 11am-2pm
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Connecticut
Date: 2010 date TBA
Place: Quassy Amusement Park
Time: 11am-8pm
Virginia
Date: June 12, 2010
Place:Chesapeake City Park Fun Forrest
Time: 2:30pm - 5:30pm
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Pittsburgh
Date: August 6, 2010
Place: Idlewild Park, Ligonier, PA
Time: 10am Tickets available through the AFTH-Pitt 724.853.6533
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2009 Photos