2011 National Adoption Day

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This page provides elected officials and staff with resources to participate in NAD

The 12th annual National Adoption Day (NAD) will take place on Saturday, November 19th. NAD is a national effort to finalize adoptions out of foster care and raise awareness about the 107,000 children still waiting to be adopted. This year, 5,000 children will be adopted during over 400 events taking place across the country. For more information, visit the About page.

Ways to Participate

National Adoption Day is a great way to show your constituents that children and family are important to you.

Be sure to check out the Top 10 Ways to Get Involved for suggestions of how to participate, or see How Other Have Participated for examples of past participation from elected officials across the country.

Be sure to check out Resources for Writing or Speaking about Foster Care Adoption and Foster Care Adoption Facts and Statistics.

Drop-in and Sample Materials

Proclamation

Drop-in (Word doc)

Sample: Presidential Proclamation, 2010 (PDF)

Sample: Mayor Annise Parker, Houston, 2010 (PDF)

Sample: Gov. Pat Quinn, IL, 2010 (PDF)

Sample: County Executive, 2010 (PDF)

Resolution

Drop-in (Word doc)

Sample: U.S. Senate, 2010 (PDF)

Sample: Wisconsin Legislature, 2011 (link)

Sample: Michigan Supreme Court, 2010 (link)

Sample: New Orleans City Council, 2009 (link)

Sample: El Paso County Judge and Comr. Court, 2010 (PDF)

Floor Speech

Drop-in (Word doc)

Sample: Sen. John Cornyn, 2009 (PDF)

Sample: Rep. Jon Porter, 2008 (video)

Sample: Rep. Phil Gingrey, 2010 (link)

Sample: Rep. Scott Garrett, 2010 (link)

Event or Press Conference Speech

Drop-in (Word doc)

Sample: Gov. Schweitzer, MT, 2005 (link)

Sample: Gov. Deval Patrick, MA, 2009 (link)

Sample: Gov. Mike Beebe, AR, 2009 (video)

Sample: Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, 2010 (video)

Social Media

Facebook or Twitter posts and Blog article

Press Release

Drop-in (Word doc)

Sample: Sen. John Kerry, MA, 2009 (PDF)

Sample: Rep. Dave Camp, MI, 2009 (link)

Sample: Rep. Dennis Cardoza, CA, 2006 (link)

Sample: Mayor of Seattle, 2004 (link)

Sample: Massachusetts Court System, 2009 (link)

Sample: HHS Sec. Kathleen Sebelius, 2009 (link)

Sample: Gov. Chris Christie, NJ, 2010 (link)

Sample: County Executive Ed Mangano, 2010 (link)

Op Ed

Drop-in (Word doc)

Sample: U.S. Dept. of State Asst. Secretary (link)

Sample: Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno, NJ, 2010 (link)

Other

State Code: Texas, added in 2007

Letter of Commendation

Drop-in (Word doc)

Sample: Sen. Harry Reid (PDF)

Sample: CCA Co-chairs (PDF)

Letter of Encouragement

Drop-in (Word doc)

State Fact Sheets

Find an Event in Your State

Visit http://www.nationaladoptionday.org/events for details about your local event. Events will be added online up until NAD, so if you do not see your city listed, please see the list of last year's events since nearly all will be taking place again this year. For an example of what a National Adoption Day event is about, please watch this short video.

Media Guide for Elected Officials' Press Staff

Click here for a complete guide including drop-in and sample press materials.

Stories of Children Who Were Adopted on NAD

Click here to see how adoption forever changed the life of children from across the country who were waiting in foster care for loving parents. To see the difference adoption can make in the life of a child, check out Meet 2 Former Foster Youth.