BY THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA
WHEREAS:
A PROCLAMATION
ADOPTION DAY
The State of Georgia recognizes the importance of offering children the opportunity to have stable, safe, and loving families through adoption; and
WHEREAS:
Adoption Day has made the dreams of thousands of children come true by working with court partners to finalize adoptions and find permanent homes for children in foster care; and
WHEREAS:
Adoption Day brings together judges, attorneys, adoption agencies, professionals, and child advocates to facilitate adoptions, giving precious children the opportunity to have permanent homes; and
WHEREAS:
Adoption Day is a local and national observance in which courts and communities across the nation come together to complete thousands of adoptions of children from foster care and to celebrate families who adopt; and
WHEREAS:
Adoption Day celebrates the willingness of committed individuals and families to step up and provide a loving, caring, and supportive home for a child in need; now
THEREFORE: I, NATHAN DEAL, Governor of the State of Georgia, do hereby proclaim November 21, 2015, as ADOPTION DAY in Georgia.
In witness thereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the Executive Department to be affixed this 27th day of October in the year of our Lord two thousand fifteen.
ATTEST
GOVERNOR
CHIEF OF STAFF