National Adoption Day

National Adoption Day will be Saturday, November 15, 2008.

ABOUT NATIONAL ADOPTION DAY - National Adoption Day is designed to raise awareness of the 129,000 children in foster care waiting to find permanent, loving families. On National Adoption Day courts, judges, attorneys, adoption professionals, child welfare agencies and advocates work together to finalize adoptions and find permanent, loving homes for children in foster care. More than 300 events are held each year throughout the country in all fifty states. More than 20,000 children have been adopted from foster care on National Adoption Day over the last eight years.

National Adoption Day 2008 – Goals
* Finalize adoptions from foster care in all 50 states
* Celebrate and honor families who adopt
* Raise awareness about the 129,000 children in
foster care waiting for adoption
* Encourage others to adopt children from foster care
* Build collaboration among local adoption agencies, courts and
advocacy organizations

All information provided is from http://www.nationaladoptionday.org/2008/index.asp
The site also lists local events, by state.