Did you know? One in three American adults has considered adopting a child, if just a fraction of them adopted, every child waiting in foster care would have a permanent family.
National Adoption Day
On this day during National Adoption Month, judges across the country make it a priority to finalize pending foster care adoptions. National Adoption Day is held each year on the Saturday before Thanksgiving (November 19, 2011). Host a National Adoption Day event of your own by inviting members of your church congregation or local group to join you for a workshop, picnic, reception or other event in celebration of adoptive families and generate awareness of waiting children. To partner with a local foster care adoption agency, visit www.childwelfare.gov/nfcad
Be a part of the national effort and get a free banner by registering your event at http://www.nationaladoptionday.org/
National Adoption Month resources
Promote foster care adoption in your community to help us find a family for every child, especially during National Adoption Awareness Month each November. Here are some of the ways you can help:
Reach out to your local media using these resources:
- Media relations tips
- Sample news release
- Sample letter to the editor
- Sample event announcement
- Letter to request airing of public service announcement
- Order our free public service announcements, videos and posters
- Share our Step-by-Step Guide to Adoption with potential adoptive parents
- Engage your faith community
- Encourage employers in your area to offer adoption benefits
- Participate in National Adoption Day, November 19, 2011
- Gather your family and friends to watch the CBS foster care adoption special, A Home for the Holidays
- Share the 2010 Best Adoption-Friendly Workplaces List
Credit: http://www.davethomasfoundationforadoption.org/
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