全美领养日: 给孩子一个家
-While many of you may know an actress and award winning actress I should say as well, Victoria Rowell, she's an author, she's so many different things from television to movies. Well, her other passion is being an advocate for foster children and she is the spokeswoman for National Adoption Day, which is today. And she joins us now here to talk about something that is very important to her.
-Thank you.
-You, in fact, are the National spokesperson for this.
-Yes.
-Tell us, many people do know your story for those who don't why this is so important to you.
-Thank you. I represent the Annie E. Casey Foundation, Casey Family Services. It's very important to me. I spent 18 years in the foster care system. I had an extraordinary journey with a primary foster parent, Agatha Armstead who introduced me not only to the discipline of being a farmer in Maine but also the discipline of classical ballet, which was my gateway into the world as an independent, emancipating out of foster care with American Ballet Theater.
-And from there you've gone on to such a wonderful career but there are so many children that want to find...
-Yes.
-... a family.
-Yes.
-A loving family...
-Yes.
-and today is National Adoption Day. How exactly does that work? I mean, how many adoptions you're at least hoping to get done today?
-Well, we're hoping for 4,500 adoptions...
-That's great.
-to be confirmed today, November 21st. For the past ten years, we have been performing these adoptions across the country, including the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam. 30,000 have been executed over the past ten years; we will perform 25 to 30 adoptions today at the Fulton County Courthouse right here in Atlanta.
