Nat'l Adoption Day celebrated
To the Editor

TO THE EDITOR

Each Thanksgiving, we gather together to give thanks for our families and the good things in life. For thousands of children in foster care, this cherished celebration is just a dream.

In the United States, there are 114,000 children in foster care who need permanent, loving families, and many of these kids have been waiting years to be adopted.

But there is hope. November is National Adoption Month. The major goal of National Adoption Month is to support efforts to recruit and retain foster and adoptive families as well as to increase public awareness about children needing adoptive homes.

During the third Saturday of the month, National Adoption Day is celebrated. It is an event where an unprecedented number of courts and community organizations in all 50 states and the District of Columbia will open their doors to finalize the adoptions of thousands of children from foster care and to celebrate all families that adopt.

As we celebrate National Adoption Month and begin to look toward the holiday season, we need to remember the children who do not have an adoptive resource, the children for whom there is no permanent home for the holidays.

For more information, please call 1-877-210-KIDS. Thank you for helping us find permanent, loving families for these waiting children. You can also visit Georgia's waiting children online by visiting www.myturn now.com.

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