Following is a resolution approved on Monday by the Polk County Board of Commissioners, recognizing November as Adoption Awareness Month.

WHEREAS, every child deserves the chance to grow up in a loving, stable family and adoption is one way in which to build a family; and

WHEREAS, caring adults can make all the difference in the lives of young people, sibling groups and children and youth who have been harmed by abuse and/or neglect; and

WHEREAS, the annual observance of Adoption Awareness Month is a celebration of all North Carolina Adoptions and the theme for 2010 is, You dont have to be perfect to be a perfect parent, and

WHEREAS, in 2009-2010, ten children were adopted from the Polk County foster care system into loving, supportive homes; and

WHEREAS, the staff of the Polk County Department of Social Services works diligently to recruit, train and place children in adoptive homes;

NOW THEREFORE, be it resolved that we, the Polk County Board of Commissioners, do hereby proclaim the month of November as Adoption Awareness Month and encourage all citizens to celebrate foster and adoptive families and to spread awareness on behalf of the children in foster care in Polk County, North Carolina and the whole nation who are waiting for a loving family to guide and support them through life. We further encourage the communities, businesses, groups, schools, faith-based organizations and families to participate in efforts to find permanent, loving families for children waiting in foster care for a permanent family.