Children’s Home Society Celebrates National Adoption Awareness Month by Launching New Video Initiative
Posted: 11-26-2007 : GREENSBORO, N.C.

Each year, November is recognized as National Adoption Awareness Month. While all adoption-related issues are important, the particular focus of this month is the adoption of children living in foster care. In North Carolina, over 3,000 children are awaiting adoption and another 10,000 children are living in foster care. Many of them have spent most of their lives in this “temporary” situation, and have moved within the child welfare system several times.

One of the first adoption related agencies to do so, CHS has launched a new video initiative on our website featuring videos on the CHS website (www.chsnc.org) of many of the children awaiting adoption. Visitors can read profiles on the children awaiting adoption, view photos, and view brief videos that truly allow the children’s’ personalities to shine. Additional videos are being produced and will be added to the site as they become available.

SchoolKid Chronicles is producing the videos. These short films allow the “star” to display their unique character, communication skills, and personality as they describe memories, their hopes for the future, and insight into how they see their world and the type of family they would like to have.

“I am so excited to be working with SchoolKid Chronicles. The videos allow a child’s light to shine in a way that no other medium can,” said Cindy Knul, CHS Director of Recruitment Outreach. “CHS continues to be a leader in areas of recruiting families for children. This new method is setting precedents for other adoption agencies to follow in their efforts to place children in forever families.”

“We are truly proud of the partnership with CHS and the opportunity to help make a difference in the lives of so many children and families. What a privilege it is to capture a moment in the lives of such amazing kids,” said Dustin Keene, SchoolKid Chronicles CEO.

These are real children who are in need of a family to love, nurture, and protect them. They come from a variety of backgrounds. Some have special needs, some are part of a sibling group, and many are older children or teenagers. Just as there is no stereotype of a child awaiting adoption, there is no stereotype of an adoptive family. You do not have to be married, wealthy, own your home, or not have biological children in order to adopt. All you have to do is provide a safe, loving, and permanent home for a child in need.

Anyone who is interested in finding our more about adoption for providing foster care for a child in need, please contact CHS at 1-800-632-1400 or visit www.chsnc.org for more information.

CHS is a statewide, non-profit, non-sectarian private adoption and foster care agency serving children in families in North Carolina for over 100 years. CHS is licensed by the NC Department of Health and Human Services - Division of Social Services. CHS is accredited by the Council on Accreditation of Services for Families and Children. CHS is a member of the Child Welfare League of America, Children and Family Services Association of North Carolina, and Children’s Home Society of America. For more information on CHS, please visit www.chsnc.org or call 1-800-632-1400.