National Adoption Day Proclamation



National Adoption Day 2018 proclamation

WHEREAS: All children deserve to be raised in safe and loving homes; and

WHEREAS: [ ____________________ County] recognizes the importance of legally-free foster children becoming members of nurturing families through adoption; and

WHEREAS: More than 9,200 Washington children are currently in foster care, including ___(number)__ in Region ____,

WHEREAS: More than 1,900 children statewide are legally free and waiting to join new families; and

WHEREAS: Raising awareness of these children among potential adoptive parents is a critical step in moving foster children more quickly into permanent homes; and

WHEREAS: Courts across Washington will celebrate the state’s 14th Annual National Adoption Day on or around November 16, 2018, in order to help raise awareness;

NOW, THEREFORE, [the ________________ County Commission], does hereby proclaim November 16, 2018, as

Adoption Day

and urges all residents to join us in this special observance.

Signed this _____ day of ___________________, 2018.

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