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NOVEMBER IS ADOPTION AWARENESS MONTH |
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The first major effort to promote awareness of the need for adoptive families for children in foster care occurred in Massachusetts in 1976, when Governor Mike Dukakis announced an Adoption Week.
Now every year a Presidential Proclamation launches activities and celebrations to help build awareness of adoption throughout the nation. Thousands of community organizations arrange and host programs, events, and activities to share positive adoption stories, challenge the myths, and draw attention to the thousands of children in foster care who are waiting for permanent families.
For more information about adoption contact the Lake County adoption line at: 440-350-4218 or 440-918-4218.
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idea grew in popularity and spread nationwide. Later that year
President Gerald Ford proclaimed the first National Adoption Week,
and in 1990, the week was expanded to the entire month of November.
