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"Strengthening Communities
One Family at a Time" 
Adoption Month
November is National Adoption Month.
November is National Adoption Month. Counties and communities across California will promote adoption and permanency awareness through activities and events that bring attention to the needs of the 25,000 children and youth in foster care throughout the state waiting for families to love and adopt them.
November 20, 2010 is National Adoption Day.
National Adoption Day on November 20, 2010 will cap the month-long effort to raise awareness about the thousands of children in California waiting for families, celebrate those special people who have provided a loving home to children in foster care, and inspire others to come forward and be a forever family to children and youth.
Special Event
National Adoption Day
California State Capitol -- “Dawn to Dusk Calling Out of Names”
6 am to 6 pm
On the North steps of the California State Capitol, state and community leaders, adoptive parents, former foster children and child advocates will “call out” the names of children and youth who continue to wait for family love and belonging. This meaningful event will honor those who have come forward to transform the lives of children through adoption as well as recognize the thousands of children in California waiting for forever families. Four local families will be recognized with 2010 Adoptive Family of the Year awards. A candlelight vigil concludes the event at 6pm.
This ALL DAY event will include:
6:00am – 6pm: Calling Out of Names
8:00am – 6pm: Community Adoption Information Fair:
Featuring information and educational materials from local adoption agencies on how to become a forever parent to a child in foster care. A great opportunity to meet with multiple agencies at one time.
9:00am: Pancake Breakfast
10:30am: Walk Around the Capitol:
Join families and community members for a walk around the Capitol and celebrate the special role of adoptive families in our region.
Throughout:
Entertainment, inspirational speakers, kid’s crafts and more!
6:00pm – Candlelight Vigil:
Stand with us for this powerful moment on the steps of the Capitol.
Get Involved
For more information on how you can help strengthen our community one family at time, visit the websites of one of the agencies sponsoring National Adoption Month in California. Learn how you can become an adoptive family or provide other ongoing, permanent support for foster children in need. Learn also how you can volunteer for National Adoption Day at the State Capitol.
Become A Parent
To learn more about how you can help strengthen our community by becoming a permanent family to a child or children in foster care in the greater Sacramento Area.
Please visit the websites of one of these sponsoring agencies:
AspiraNET: www.aspiranet.org EMQ Families First: www.emqff.org Lilliput Children's Services: www.lilliput.org Sierra Forever Families: www.sierraff.org
To find an accredited adoption agency in another area of California, please go to the California Alliance of Child and Family Services link, at http://www.cacfs.org/MemberDirectory/, select your county from the Placing Counties list, then click on Adoption Agencies under Program Type. Or access the California Department of Social Services adoptions website at www.dss.cahwnet.gov/cfsweb/PG1304.htm
Call Out Names
To lend your voice as a participant in the “Calling Out of Names,” contact: Sara Hanson at 916.368.5114 or email shanson@sierraff.org.
Other Events Throughout the State and Nation
Dozens of other events will occur on National Adoption Day in California – and hundreds more across the nation. All seek to bring attention to the thousands children that are waiting for families. For more information, visit www.nationaladoptionday.org.
Resources
National Adoption Day Speaker Flyer National Adoption Month Poster
Speakers: Dawn to Dusk: Calling Out of Names
Sacramento News & Review Adoption Month Insert
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