Adoption Day
The D.C. Superior Court’s Family Court and the D.C. Child and Family Services Agency (CFSA) will co-host the 23rd Annual Adoption Day on Saturday, November 21, 2009, the day on which National Adoption Day is being celebrated across the country. At the D.C. event, over 30 children will be introduced to the audience along with their adoptive parents by local news anchor Barbara Harrison. They will come forward and their judge will sign the adoption decree officially making them part of a permanent loving family.
Anyone in the D.C., Maryland and Virginia area who is interested in adoption or foster care is encouraged to attend this free event, which will take place at 10am on November 21, with a reception afterwards. Representatives from CFSA will be there to speak with interested persons about foster parenting and adoption. There are dozens of children in foster care, in need of a 'forever family.' We hope you will join us for this very special event. For more information, and a flyer you may distribute to anyone you think might be interested, please click here.
If you are unable to attend, but interested in fostering or adopting, please call CFSA at (202) 671-LOVE. If you know of a child in D.C. who you fear is being neglected or abused, please call CFSA at (202) 671-SAFE.
Useful Links
National Adoption Day
Actress Nia Vardalos Writes About the Joy of Adopting a Foster Child - Courtesy of the Huffington Post
Adoption Stories
| 06/24/2009 |
A Child Featured on Wednesday's Child segment is Adopted into a Loving Home - Courtesy of WRC-TV, channel 4
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| 11/19/2008 |
Channel 4's Barbara Harrison focuses Wednesday's Child segment on Family Court's Adoption Day ceremony - Courtesy of WRC-TV, channel 4
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| 11/16/2008 |
D.C. Holds 22nd Annual Adoption Day Ceremonies - Courtesy of The Washington Examiner
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| 11/16/2008 |
A Big Day for Families - Courtesy of The Washington Post
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| 11/15/2008 |
For Teen's Adoption Dream, It's Never Too Late - Courtesy of The Washington Post
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| 11/14/2008 |
Judge Josey-Herring talks with Beverly Kirk about Adoption Day 2008 - Courtesy of Newschannel 8
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| 11/23/2007 |
Judge Anita Josey-Herring: The 3-Minute Interview - Courtesy of The Washington Examiner
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| 11/20/2007 |
Adoption Trends Offer Hope - Courtesy of The Afro American
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| 11/18/2007 |
Adopted With a Child's Love, Officials Praise Adoption Progress - Courtesy of The Washington Times
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| 11/18/2007 |
National Adoption Day: Falling in Love, Giving Children a Home - Courtesy of The Washington Post
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| 11/17/2007 |
Adoption Day - Courtesy of WTOP Radio
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| 11/17/2007 |
DC Observes Annual Adoption Day - Courtesy of Fox 5
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| 11/16/2007 |
Adoption Day Interview of Judge Josey-Herring - Courtesy of Newschannel 8
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| 11/20/2006 |
New Parents and Adopted Children Both Grateful and Gleeful - Courtesy of WAMU radio
Listen to the MP3 audio.
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| 11/19/2006 |
Families adopt 48 Children - Courtesy of The Washington Times
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| 11/19/2006 |
Two Adoptive Families Will Help Siblings On Path to Bonding - Courtesy of The Washington Post
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| 11/18/2006 |
New Families Join Together On National Adoption Day - Courtesy of Fox 5
View the video on-line.
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| 11/17/2006 |
Judge Josey-Herring talks with Hilary Howard about Adoption Day - Courtesy of Washington Post Radio, AM1500
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| 11/17/2006 |
Adoption Day Interview with Judge Anita Josey-Herring - Courtesy of News Channel 8
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| 11/17/2006 |
D.C. courts home to adoptive judges - Courtesy of The Examiner
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| 11/23/2005 |
Adoption Day in Court Celebrated - Link to NBC4 Coverage
Courtesy of NBC4 and nbc4.com
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| 11/20/2005 |
At the End of a Long Road, A Family Finally Is Formed: New Parents Celebrate National Adoption Day - The Washington Post
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| 11/19/2005 |
Adoption Day coverage - Courtesy of Fox 5, WTTG-TV
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| 11/24/2003 |
A Family Celebration - The
Washington Post
Cynics, you can stop reading right now because
Saturday's Adoption Day celebration was a lump-in-the-throat,
heartwarming, tears-of-joy kind of day...
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| 11/23/2003 |
Ceremony marks the making of new families - The
Washington Times
Hundreds gathered at D.C. Superior Court in Northwest yesterday to celebrate with the men, women and children who officially became families during the District's 17th Annual Adoption Day in Court ceremony...
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| 11/22/2003 |
D.C. to Celebrate Happy Endings on
the Road to Adoption - The Washington
Post
Joann Lewis was astonished when she
first met the sickly 3-year-old boy, who weighed
about 10 pounds and could hardly lift his head,
let alone talk...
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