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“Home for the Holidays” Musical Adoption Special at 8 Tonight

Take a break from Christmas craziness and watch CBS’ 11th annual Home for the Holidays special tonight at 8 pm, 7 Central. As Reba McIntyre (who will perform tonight) says, love is the true meaning of Christmas. Take a few minutes and get inspired. Other music performers include Mary J. Blige, Carrie Underwood, and Shakira. Songs will include both those that relate to themes of love and family as well as traditional holiday carols. The show will again be hosted by adoptee Faith Hill. CBS says that stories of adopted children and their parents will be the main part of … Continue reading →

The Campaign to Encourage Adoption of Teens from Foster Care

November is National Adoption Awareness Month and this year the theme is: “You don’t have to be perfect to be a perfect parent. There are thousands of teens in foster care who would love to put up with you.” Every year an estimated 300,000 children in the United States enter the foster care system. The current reports indicate there are 518,000 children in the foster care system today and approximately 118,000 are waiting for an adoptive family. Each year nearly 9,000 foster children “age out” of the system without having a family to call their own permanently. No family to … Continue reading →

November is National Adoption Awareness Month.

Every year in the United States, the month of November is set aside to promote awareness about the adoption of children from the foster care system. National Adoption Month, has been celebrated for over 20-years and started in May 1976, when Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis issued the first state Adoption Week proclamation. Later in the same year 1976 President Gerald Ford officially proclaimed National Adoption week by way of a letter to the North American Council on Adoptable Children (NACAC) conference. During the following years, Adoption Week was observed during the week of Thanksgiving in November. In 1986, NACAC coordinated … Continue reading →