Every year, on the Saturday before Thanksgiving, the National Adoption Day Coalition sponsors National Adoption Day to finalize the adoptions of thousands of children in foster care and to celebrate all families that adopt. On National Adoption Day 2006 – Saturday, November 18 – hundreds of courts and communities across the nation will come together to finalize thousands of adoptions of children from foster care. The day brings together hundreds of judges, attorneys, adoption agencies, adoption professionals and child advocates who are dedicated to creating forever families for waiting children.____________________________
November is also National Adoption Awareness Month. To honor the occasion, the theme for this month's adoption network meeting at work was "How Can I Help?". Our presenters were Dr. Jan Adams from Maria's Children International and Dina Fesler from Children's Culture Connection. Both are fundraising organizations.
Maria's Children International supports Maria's Children which is a Moscow-based organization that provides arts therapy and training for Russian orphans.
Children's Culture Connection raises funds for a number of children's charities around the world: Half the Sky Foundation, ASHA: Better Life Education Program, Afghani Model School, Children of Vietnam, Orphan Sponsorship International, War Kids Relief, Nyumbani Children's Home, Numan School Project, Life of Hope Ministries, Angels of the Amazon and L'athletique D'Haiti.
Below are some of the cards that I purchased from Maria's Children International. The artwork is beautiful and they have something for every occasion. You can visit their online store at http://www.mariaschildren.com/WebStore/orderform.html
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