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National Adoption Month
| November is National Adoption month and our Department is looking to you to help us celebrate families who are created through adoption! We hope that you will support us in this important work by sharing the below information. Our goal is to spread the word to chamber members and local businesses about adoption and the need for adoptive families for Connecticut's children. There are many children in Connecticut who need an adoptive family. In an effort to recruit adoptive families the "Heart Gallery" was created by a Social Worker in New Mexico in 2001. The Heart Gallery is a photo art display featuring remarkable children and youth in state care who need an adoptive family. Volunteer professional photographers give their time and talent in capturing each child's and youth's personality in a photograph portrait. In 2003 the Heart Gallery began in Connecticut. To date over 46 states have created their own Heart Galleries. The Heart Gallery is scheduled for display at the below sites during the month of November: The First Cathedral 1151 Blue Hills Avenue, Bloomfield, CT from 11/1/08 - 11/15/08. There will be a reception open to the public and free of charge on Thursday 11/6/08 from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m.*** UCONN Health Center (Keller Lobby) 263 Farmington Avenue, Farmington, CT from 11/17/08-12/15/08 There will be a reception open to the public and free of charge on Monday 11/17/08 from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. *** Waterford Crystal Mall at: 850 Hartford Turnpike, Waterford, CT from 11/3/08-1/2/09 East Brook Mall at: 95 Storrs Road, Willimantic, CT from 11/3/08-1/2/09 *** If anyone is interested in attending either reception, please RSVP to Paul Gressly at (860) 550-6559. Families who are interested in the children and youth featured in the Heart Gallery can call (860) 550-6467. For more information about becoming an adoptive family in Connecticut, please call 1-888-KID-HERO. Visit our website: www.ctgov/dcf to see some photographs of the children and youth featured in the Connecticut Heart Gallery! Thank you for your assistance in getting the word out. |