ADVISORY/Nationwide Drive to Help Foster Care Kids Nets Single-Day Record for Adoptions.News/Lifestyles Editors ADVISORY...for Saturday (Nov. 18) --(BUSINESS WIRE)
WHAT: "National Adoption Day." Local law firms, foster care
departments, child advocates and family courts will
coordinate a one-day record finalizing over 1,000 adoptions
during the first National Adoption Day. Nearly 700 foster care
adoptions will be completed in Los Angeles. Other cities
participating include Chicago, Columbus, Dallas, El Paso, Ft.
Worth, New York, Omaha and Washington D.C.
WHO: The Alliance for Children's Rights, in partnership with the
Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption and the Freddie Mac
Foundation, is spearheading this effort. Los Angeles Mayor
Richard Riordan and Mrs. Daly Riordan will speak at the news
conference. Joining in the National Adoption Day efforts in
other cities are Rosie O'Donnell and New York Mayor Rudolf
Giuliani.
WHEN: Saturday, Nov. 18, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
News Conference begins at 8:15 am.
WHERE: Edelmen's Children's Court, 201 Centre Plaza Drive,
Monterey Park, Calif. 91754.
About The Alliance for Children's Rights The opportunity for children to participate in political and legal decisions that affect them; in a broad sense, the rights of children to live free from hunger, abuse, neglect, and other inhumane conditions. : Since its founding in 1992, The Alliance has helped more than 24,000 impoverished im·pov·er·ished adj. 1. Reduced to poverty; poverty-stricken. See Synonyms at poor. 2. Deprived of natural richness or strength; limited or depleted: children with free legal and health services health services Managed care The benefits covered under a health contract . The Alliance serves 5,000 children annually, and is Los Angeles' only free legal services legal services n. the work performed by a lawyer for a client. , information clearinghouse clearinghouse Institution established by firms engaged in similar activities to enable them to offset transactions with one another in order to limit payment settlements to net balances. , and social service referral organization devoted solely to helping children in poverty. For More Information: Contact Andrew Bridge Andrew Bridge is a Broadway lighting designer, who has worked on many Broadway productions, including The Phantom of the Opera. He has won the Tony Award for Best Lighting Design three times: in 1998 for Phantom of the Opera, 1995 for Sunset Boulevard, and in 1999 for Fosse. , CEO/General Counsel for The Alliance, at 213/368-6010. |
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