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History

In 1976, the governor of Massachusetts, Michael Dukakis, announced an Adoption Week for his state. Later that same year President Gerald Ford proclaimed that Adoption Week would be celebrated nationally. As more and more states started to participate in Adoption Week it became clear that more time was needed for holding events and in 1990 National Adoption Week became National Adoption Month.

Today National Adoption Month is celebrated during the month of November. The celebration usually includes National Adoption Day with courthouses throughout the nation participating and hundreds of adoptions being finalized simultaneously.

National Adoption Day is a collective national effort to raise awareness of the 114,000 children in foster care waiting to find permanent, loving families.

Visit the National Adoption Day web site for activitities and events.

Sponsored by: The Adoption Exchange Association, the Collaboration to AdoptUsKids, The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, The Advertising Council.

In partnership with: The Freddie Mac Foundation, The Congressional Coalition on Adoption , The National Adoption Day Coalition

Sponsored by: CYFD, Heart Gallery of New Mexico Foundation and Heart Gallery of America, Inc.

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