November is Adoption Awareness Month

Thu, 11/12/2015 - 9:27am — Diane Dyer

Jonathan Beville, Michaelle Johnson, Sarah Duncan and Wanda Nevins looks on as Judge David Fields and Mayor Billy Phelps signs the proclamation.

Mayor Billy Phelps and Judge Executive David signed a proclamation on Tuesday afternoon recognizing November as Adoption Awareness Month in Morgantown and Butler County. The proclamation reads as follows:

Every year, adoptive parents welcome children and teenagers into supportive and loving families. These mothers and fathers provide their sons and daughters with the security and stability of a safe environment and the opportunity to learn, grow and achieve their full potential.

During Adoption Awareness Month, we honor the families who have shown the depth and kindness of the human heart.

We encourage community agencies, religious organizations, businesses, and others to celebrate adoption, honor families that grow through adoption, to continue to work to increase the opportunities for adoption and to make sure all capable and loving caregivers have the ability to bring a child into their life.

Since October 2014, 73 children in the Barren River Region have brought profound joy and meaning into the lives of their forever families. We encourage our friends and neighbors to open their hearts and their homes to the 193 children and youth in the Barren River Region who are still waiting for their forever families.

We honor those who have opened their hearts and their homes, and we recommit to supporting all children still in need of a place to call their own. Let us reaffirm their dreams and realize their highest aspirations.

Forever Families in Butler County...

Randy, Delia, Sophia Hope and Gloria Faith Burns