Angel in Adoption Award

For Immediate Release Contact: Bren Wolfe

September 13, 2010 Phone: 720.933.9182

Email: brenwolfe01@msn.com





Congressman Michael Coffman Honors Bren Wolfe as an Angel in Adoption™ To Be Recognized at National Event in Washington, DC





Denver, CO – Congressman Michael Coffman has selected Bren Wolfe as a 2010 Angel in AdoptionTM for her outstanding advocacy of adoption issues. The Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute (CCAI), which orchestrates the Angels in Adoption™ program, will honor Bren Wolfe, along with more than 190 Angels, at an awards ceremony and gala event in Washington, DC, October 6, 2010.



Bren Wolfe is being honored as the Founder of the non-profit organization, Journey to Me [www.JourneytoMe.com]. Inspired by her own journey as an adoptive parent of Zoe, whom she and her husband Tim adopted from a poor orphanage in China, Bren decided to leave her corporate job and volunteer 100% of her time developing the Journey to Me organization. For the past four years, Bren’s passion has lead her to build a comprehensive network of resources, therapists and professionals from around the country for families with adopted children in handling a myriad of issues associated with trauma, attachment and bonding, sensory, multi-cultural integration and all the unique and individualistic characteristics and challenges that these adoptive families face each day. By providing quality post-adoption education, Journey to Me has become a safe and supportive network, committed to strengthening families and helping adopted children thrive, impacting over 50,000 families per month.

The Angels in Adoption™ program is CCAI’s signature public awareness campaign and provides an opportunity for all members of the U.S. Congress to honor the good work of their constituents who have enriched the lives of foster children and orphans in the United States and abroad.



“The Angels in Adoption program is unlike any other program in the Nation’s Capitol. Because of it, over 1600 “Angels’ have come to share with Washington their adoption experience and left with a renewed excitement of all that adoption makes possible,” said Kathleen Strottman. “I learned one simple lesson from my time on the hill, knowledge is power. Angels in Adoption is meant to give Members of Congress the knowledge they need to use the power they have toward making the dream of a family a reality for every child.”





In addition to the more than 190 local angels from around the country, several National Angels will also be recognized at the ceremony and gala for their dedication and commitment nationally and internationally to child welfare on a grand scale. Former “National Angels” include First Lady Laura Bush, Patti LaBelle, Jane Seymour, Muhammad Ali, the late Dave Thomas, Steven Curtis Chapman, Bruce Willis, Alonzo Mourning, and Marcus Samuelsson.



The Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute (CCAI) is a 501(c)3 nonpartisan organization dedicated to raising awareness about the tens of thousands of orphans and foster children in the United States and the millions of orphans around the world in need of permanent, safe, and loving homes through adoption. CCAI’s goal is the elimination of the barriers that hinder these children from realizing their basic right of a family.



CCAI was created in 2001 by the active co-chairs of the bicameral, bipartisan Congressional Coalition on Adoption (CCA) to more effectively raise Congressional and public awareness about the issue of adoption.



The Angels in Adoption™ program was established in 1999 as a Congressional press conference to honor outstanding individuals. Since then, the program has developed into a yearlong public awareness campaign culminating in an extraordinary awards Gala and celebration in Washington, D.C.



CCAI does not receive any government funding and they rely on the generous support of foundations, corporations, and individuals to accomplish their mission. For more information visit http://www.ccainstitute.org/



Journey to Me is a 501(c)3 Charitable Organization committed to strengthening families and helping adopted children thrive by providing quality post-adoption education and comprehensive resources through a safe and supportive network.

www.journeytome.org