HOW WE GOT STARTED: In collaboration with an already existing adoption group, TAFFI - Transracial Adoptive/Foster Families of Ithaca, Adoptive Families Community Group, started in the Fall of 2013. Historically, there has been a general adoption community group in Ithaca. After adopting her daughter with her husband, in 2011, Nicole Dauria sought to be apart of such a community. She discovered that a general adoption group, no longer existed. In her search, she meet Anneliese Truame, who founded TAFFI. Together they planned a general adoptive families gathering in August 2013. Many families attended and expressed interested in regular gatherings and connections. This lead Nicole to begin The Adoptive Families Community Group.