November Proclaimed Adoption Awareness Month by Mayor Weeber
November has been proclaimed as Adoption Awareness Month in British Columbia. In our community and across the province, there are children who need adoptive families. This month provides an opportunity for our respective governments to highlight the need for every child to have a stable, permanent, loving and nurturing home – and acknowledge the many families in the province that have been created through adoption.
Nearly 1,200 children in government care are currently available for adoption. Some of these children are part of a sibling group, some have special needs and some are teens. All of these children deserve to have a family to belong to – someone to help them with their homework, to attend their sports games, and to celebrate their successes, their birthdays and their milestones. Even as adults we continue to look to our families for assistance and encouragement. Families formed through adoption are no different. The bond of a permanent family supports and enriches all family members, now and in the future.
During November, the Ministry of Children and Family Development works to enhance adoption awareness and heighten recruitment efforts to find families for children in continuing care. Potential adoptive parents are ordinary people residing in neighbourhoods in every community. They come from diverse backgrounds and they have a wide range of life experiences. They all share the capacity and commitment to love a child. Single people, married couples and alternative families can all become adoptive parents to a child in need of a loving home.
Therefore, I, Pieter Weeber, Mayor, do hereby proclaim
November 2010 as Adoption Awareness Month
in the District of New Hazelton
