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Remembering National Adoption Day – Help Others this National Adoption Month!

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adoptees and their family

For many years I had the honor and privilege of organizing and hosting National Adoption Day for the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County, Maryland. On that joyous day we would finalize approximately ten adoptions in the morning and follow it with a big celebration in a packed ceremonial courtroom.  Invited to the celebration were all the families that had adopted that year, along with local officials, courtroom staff, and friends and supporters of our new forever families.

Former C.A.S.E. Adoption Competent Therapist, Sallie Holmes; Judge Beverly J. Woodard, C.A.S.E. Board of Directors Secretary, Retired Associate Judge, Prince George’s County, MD Circuit Court, Former C.A.S.E. Adoption Competent Therapist, Sean Delehant

The community truly embraced National Adoption Day with numerous organizations serving as sponsors. They generously donated gifts to the children to include gift cards, teddy bears, blankets, and stuffed backpacks from Jockey Being Family and Center for Adoption Support and Education (C.A.S.E.). The smiles on the faces of the children and their new parents brought back memories of my adoption day in the Baltimore City Courthouse when I became a mom to my beautiful daughter.

Each year we would ask an adoptee and their family to talk about their adoption journey.  We learned about international adoptions, adoptions of older children, disabled children, abandoned children, and even more special for me, one year, my daughter’s story.

– Judge Beverly J. Woodard, C.A.S.E. Board of Directors Secretary,
Retired Associate Judge, Prince George’s County, MD Circuit Court

Celebrate National Adoption Month with Your Gift to C.A.S.E.

You can help more children and families on their adoption journey when you invest in C.A.S.E.’s mental health services, education, and training for professionals. Your gift will be matched dollar-for-dollar by the Gordon and Marilyn Macklin Foundation!

Enjoy More Adoption Day Stories

We asked adoptive families and adult adoptees to share their feelings and experiences around
adoption day. Click the links below to read their heartfelt stories:

  • The Lieske’s

  • Head Family

  • Casey Family

  • Paytner Family

  • Bayne Family

  • Fish Family

  • Powell Family

  • Michael Hellwig

  • Just Love

  • Roxan Drimmer Chen

  • Sporner Family

  • Mueller Family

  • Christensen Family

  • Smith Family

  • Crowe Family

  • Cheatham Family

  • Lambert Family

  • Coppess Crew Family

  • Johnson Family

  • Transracial “Family”

  • Pryor Family

  • McKinney-Dixon Family

  • Defronzo Family

  • V-Unit Family

  • Zemel Family

  • Friend

  • Good Family

  • Blackmon Family

  • Sanchez Family

  • Button Family

  • McCraney Family

  • Pramberger Family

  • Murrell Family

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