ADOPTION STORIES

Danna Bare

Danna Bare worked for Lund as a Post-Permanency Service Provider for nearly ten years, serving families formed by adoption and guardianship throughout Windsor and Windham Counties. In 2020, she was awarded the Congressional Angel in Adoption award for Vermont, for her direct service and leadership work in the field. Before finding her passion for family support work 16 years ago, Danna owned and managed two well-loved restaurants.  In 2023, Danna began serving as the Executive Director of the Springfield Area Parent Child Center in Springfield, VT, where she was happy to find she still gets to share her adoption knowledge on an almost daily basis, through support to staff and families.
 
In this interview, we talk with Danna about her work supporting foster/adoptive and kinship families, trauma-informed parenting, adoption-competent classrooms, navigating connection to birth family, the importance of bearing witness as an adoptive parent, and the resiliency of adopted children, youth, and teens. 
 
Content warning: Loss, grief.