The Gladney Center for Adoption has placed more than 26,000 children in forever homes and assisted more than 36,000 women experiencing crisis pregnancies.

The idea for the Gladney Cup golf tournament began in 1999 with a Gladney adoptive parent who, like so many, wanted to give back to the agency. The charitable dollars The 2005 Gladney Cup is expected to raise will go toward enhancing the agency's adoption programs that are helping children in this country and around the world.

Gladney's ABC (African-American and Biracial children), New Beginnings (for children with medical or emotional needs) and international adoption program, which places children from Eastern European, Asian and Latin American countries, are the primary beneficiaries for the fund-raiser.

Through comprehensive flexible programs for birth parents, adoptive parents, and adopted persons, the non-profit Gladney Center is committed to providing unequaled services to all clients.

To learn more about the Gladney Center for Adoption and our continuing mission of creating brighter futures through adoption, please visit our Web site at www.gladney.org.