FIA: Family Photo Submission

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FIA Alumni Photo and/or Testimonials Submission FormIf this is not the form you're looking for, please visit the FIA Forms Central to find a form that best suits your needs! By using the correct form, you will help us in assisting you more efficiently — and faster.

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Hello! Our FIA Alumni Families (adoptive parents, birth parents, and adult adoptees) are invited to donate content (images and text) to appear in any and all of our publications, in print or online, such as:

FIA newsletters;
FIA flyers about a workshop or event;
FIA ads and brochures promoting adoption;
FIA Website;
FIA Blog;
FIA social media pages (such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter);
etc.

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Our FIA team members love to see photos from our families so this is going to be a treat for the entire staff! Plus, we really want to avoid using stock photography as much as possible, and your photo submission may just help us achieve our goal.

Through this easy form, you will be able to upload your photos. We recommend sending 3 images, so make sure to select your absolute best 3 shots, but if you need to go a little over that number, that is okay, too!

This form will also allow you to choose how your names should be printed.

And while you are at it, if you are feeling inspired to write a testimonial about your past experience(s) working with FIA, that would be really helpful, too! You will find the proper field to do so in this form.

Thank you!

The Friends in Adoption Team

If you need assistance or have questions regarding this form, please email jean@friendsinadoption.org

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Please keep in mind that you must be the legal guardian of a child in order to legally allow publication of images of the child/children appearing in the photo or video you intend to submit.

Therefore, please be mindful when sending images showing other children (such as nieces, nephews, and friends' children) because their respective legal guardians must also fill out this form.

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What you may submit:

Text:

Your Adoption Experience;
Your Adoption Story (however be mindful in regards to sharing certain details that may belong to your child's adoption story and/or to their birth parents and it may be up to them to share those details (on a case-by-case basis);
Quotes (short stories);
Reviews about your experience working with FIA;
Testimonials;
etc.

Photographs and/or Videos of:

Family Portraits;
Baby Pictures;
Adoption Finalization Day;
Photos taken at the Annual FIA Picnic;
etc.

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A note about sending videos:

Please send short videos (20 seconds to 1 minute long). If the video file is larger than 7 MB, it will be too big to be attached to this form. If this is the case; no worries! You will be able to let us know later on in this form about your videos, and we will coordinate things via email with you. You will be able to upload your video to Dropbox, or Google Drive, or any other similar service.

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Full Name* This field is required.

First Name

Last Name

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Partner's NameIf you adopted as a single person, please skip this question.

First Name

Last Name

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Your email address:* This field is required.

Email Verified

The verification code has been sent to some@email.com
Please check your mailbox and paste the code below to complete verification.

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Phone Number* This field is required.

Please enter your phone

Phone Type (Choose One)

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Residential Address* This field is required.

Street Address

Street Address Line 2

City

State / Province

Postal / Zip Code

Country

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Please describe your family* This field is required.Please only include information that is okay for publication.

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I/We authorize FIA to publish our names as follows:* This field is required.In most cases, FIA will publish only your first names.

First names, but okay to release last names whenever absolutely needed

First names only for all situations

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File Uploading Options (please select all that apply):* This field is required.

1. I want to upload pictures or docs with this form.

2. My files have already been submitted.

3. The pictures (or videos) were taken by an FIA team member.

4. I want to upload my files via Dropbox or Google Drive (or any other similar service); let's talk about this via email.

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Upload Your FilesYou may upload up to 6 files. We suggest about 3 or 4 photos (please send high res photos or we may not be able to print them). If you submit a Word Doc with your story/testimonial, FIA may publish it as a blog post or an article in our newsletter, or use excerpts in our social media posts. File types allowed: jpg, jpeg, png, gif, avi, fav, wmv, mp4, mov, pdf, qt, swf, mpg, mpeg, mpeg-4, h.264, DivX, doc, dot, wbk, docx, doc, dotx, dorm, docb, xls --- Trouble uploading files? Please note that this form will not accept file types that are not listed here. Please try converting your file to a PDF and try again.

Drag and drop files here

Select files to upload

Max. file size: 15.6MB

Maximum file size: 15 MB. If your file is larger than 15 MB, please email us and we can setup a Dropbox link for you.

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Please list your picture files with corresponding photo captions:This is optional, but it would be great to have photo captions to accompany your images!

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Parent/Guardian Verification:* This field is required.

By checking the box to the left, I/we declare that I am/we are a parent(s) and/or legal guardian(s) of the child/children shown in the photographs.

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Copyright Declaration:* This field is required.

By checking the box to the left, I/we declare that we hold, own or control the rights over all image files (photographs) uploaded with this form or submitted via e-mail.

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Authorization to Publish in Any Media:* This field is required.

By checking the box to the left, I/we agree to give Friends in Adoption (FIA) permission to publish my/our image(s) and story in any media, in digital format and/or in print, such as newsletters, brochures, magazines, flyers, websites, social media, videos and slide shows and any other format chosen by FIA, for any legal, educational and promotional purposes about adoption and about FIA's services.

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Release:* This field is required.

By checking the box to the left, I/we hereby release Friends In Adoption including its employees and agents, from any claims that they have infringed on our rights or that of any other party involved in the material we have authorized FIA to publish to privacy or any other action involving release of information.

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Extension (choose one):* This field is required.

By checking the box to the left, I/we extend this release to any photographs or videos taken by FIA, which contains images of myself/ourselves, and of our child/children, at any events hosted by FIA, in the past or in the future. I/we may choose to revoke future releases at any given time, in writing.

I/we prefer to maintain this release limited exclusively to the photographs or videos associated with this form.

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Revocation:* This field is required.

I/we may revoke this permission at any time and stop the material I have already donated to FIA from being used in future projects. I also understand that already-published materials are forever, therefore such revocation will not apply to already produced or published materials, and that FIA will not remove or delete materials that have already been published.

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Your Message or Questions (optional):You may also use this space to write a TESTIMONIAL about FIA (which could be published in one of our newsletters or online pages).