November is National Adoption Month – Sacramento Shows its Commitment to Our Children November 12 - Sacramento, California – Nationally, November is recognized at National Adoption Month. With nearly 500,000 children and youth living in foster across the country there is a tremendous need for families to come forward. In California, there are over 62,000 children and youth living in foster care and, of that, over 4,000 lived in the Greater Sacramento Region. As the capital of California, Sac... SierraFF BruinTwin2 comment-37736 2010-09-23T21:39:31Z 2010-09-23T21:39:31Z Hi Michelle, actually that's not true. President Obama supported National Adoption Month and National Adoption Day by issuing a Presidential Proclamation in 2009 (just as President Bush had for 8 years). In addition, President Obama's Secretary of Health and Human Services, Kathleen Sebelius, hosted an event on National Adoption Day at the HHS building in Washington, D.C. to honor and celebrate all the parents adopting children from foster care on National Adoption Day and throughout the year, and included on the stage with her one of the families that had adopted on National Adoption Day at the D.C. Superior Court. You can see the Presidential Proclamation, and media coverage of the HHS event, on our National Adoption Day webste www.nationaladoptionday.org. Adoption of the hundreds of thousands of waiting children in this country is a non-partisan cause that is supported by everyone across the political spectrum in this country. Also, I don't know where you get your information, but Planned Parenthood is not a funder of National Adoption Day. BruinTwin2 2010-09-23T21:39:31Z michellefromhermac comment-18066 2009-11-21T03:16:29Z 2009-11-21T03:16:29Z Where's President Obama regarding National Adoption Day? (and this month?) So far unlike President Bush, Obama hasn't offered any proclaimation or greeted and honored adoptive parents and adoptees at any of the events. Could this be because one of his biggest funders is Planned Parenthood, which profits from abortions it performs rather than adoption? I can imagine for those whom went to Washington D.C being left with only Secretary Sebelius to carry out the honors wasn't the same as having the presence of the U.S president. The media should also take interest in dispel common lies about adoption fabricated by the "pro-choice" movement as "prospective parents wouldn't be interested in adopting outside their race/ethnicity" or "handicapped children" when in fact potential adopters get on waiting lists (even waiting for years) to get such children. michellefromhermac 2009-11-21T03:16:29Z thsas comment-18028 2009-11-20T16:55:02Z 2009-11-20T16:55:02Z Agreed. The current foster care government program is broken, and the public has, in general, a complete misunderstanding of the who, what, where, how, and why's of the problem. thsas 2009-11-20T16:55:02Z Laura Good comment-18017 2009-11-20T05:06:00Z 2009-11-20T05:06:00Z What a wonderful cause! I hope this event brings more awareness to the community about the needs of children in foster care. Laura Good 2009-11-20T05:06:00Z