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Media Contact for Massachusetts Trial Court to Celebrate 22nd Annual National Adoption Day in Courthouses Across the Commonwealth
Jennifer Donahue and Erika Gully-Santiago
BOSTON, MA — On Friday, November 22, the Trial Court will celebrate National Adoption Day, an annual event that raises awareness of the thousands of Massachusetts children in state foster care who are in need of adoptive families. This year's celebration will commemorate the 116 adoptions scheduled to take place in courthouses across the Commonwealth and will recognize the other adoptions that have been finalized this year.
This year, the main media location will be at the Plymouth County Juvenile Court in the George N. Covett Courthouse in Brockton.
Plymouth County Probate and Family Court Judge Megan English Braga will deliver opening remarks and will moderate the speaking program. Speakers will include Massachusetts Lieutenant Governor Kim Driscoll; Trial Court Chief Justice Heidi E. Brieger; Juvenile Court Chief Justice Dana M. Gershengorn; Massachusetts Department of Children & Families Commissioner Staverne Miller; and Hillary and Kent Pigeon, an adoptive family.
Adoptions will also take place in Juvenile Courts located in Boston, Dedham, Cambridge, Hadley, Holyoke, Lawrence, Lowell, Pittsfield, and Worcester.
In addition, twelve private adoptions will be celebrated at the Essex County Probate and Family Court at 36 Federal Street in Salem. The program will begin at 9:00 a.m. and will be moderated by Essex County Probate and Family Court First Justice Frances M. Giordano.
National Adoption Day is supported by the Massachusetts Court Improvement Program which is administered by the Supreme Judicial Court. National Adoption Day committee members include court leaders and personnel from the Juvenile Court and Probate & Family Court, as well as staff members from the Department of Children and Families (DCF), Massachusetts Adoption Resource Exchange (MARE), Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA), and community volunteers.
WHEN & WHERE:
Friday, November 22, 2024
Main media site:
Plymouth County Juvenile Court – Brockton Session
George N. Covett Courthouse
215 Main St.
Brockton, MA 02301
The opening ceremony will begin at 9:30 a.m. and adoptions will begin at 10:00 a.m.
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Media Contact for Massachusetts Trial Court to Celebrate 22nd Annual National Adoption Day in Courthouses Across the Commonwealth
