[Archived] Alexandria to Host 'Adoption Saturday' To Celebrate City’s Adoptive Families

City Press Release


	City of Alexandria, Virginia Office of the City Manager Alexandria City Hall 301 King Street, Suite 3500 Alexandria, Virginia 22314-3211 www.alexandriava.gov Telephone: 703.838.4300 Fax : 703.838.6343

Alexandria to Host 'Adoption Saturday'
To Celebrate City’s Adoptive Families

The Alexandria Circuit Court, in partnership with the Alexandria Human Services Department, will celebrate new families that have been brought together through adoption at Alexandria’s Adoption Saturday, May 11, 2002 at 1 pm in the Alexandria Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court, 520 King St, Alexandria.

The Adoption Saturday celebration will include a court ceremony, making children who have been placed with adoptive families permanent members of the family. Additional recognition will be given to the families and their friends, as well as the many social service professionals that made adoptions possible. A reception will immediately follow the ceremony.

The children being adopted originally came to the attention of the court due to cases of abuse or neglect. Fortunately, loving, supportive people have opened their homes and hearts and will become their permanent family. Adoption Saturday will celebrate their commitment to one another and the bright futures ahead of them.

There are hundreds of children in Alexandria that need love, stability and support. Through Alexandria’s OK! Our Kids- Our Business campaign, the Alexandria Child welfare Partnership seeks to increase the number of adoptive families in Alexandria. The Partnership was established in August 2001 to educate the community about preventing and reporting child abuse and neglect and to recruit foster and adoptive parents. Members of the partnership include organizations and community representatives who are dedicated to keeping Alexandria’s children safe. Representatives include Stop Child Abuse Now (SCAN), Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA), and Healthy Families of America, child advocates and the Alexandria Department of Human Services.

To learn more about adoption or the OK! Our Kids- Our Business campaign, please contact the Alexandria Human Services Department at 703.838.0766.

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