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Wayne County Adoption Day event scheduled for Tuesday, November 24
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Judge Mary Beth Kelly
(Photo courtesy 3rd Circuit Court)
Third Circuit Court’s 7th Annual Adoption Day Celebration
Third Circuit Court Judge Mary Beth Kelly will preside at an Adoption Day celebration on Tuesday, November 24, 2009, in which she will finalize 15 adoptions. The event begins at 10:00 a.m. at the Coleman A. Young Municipal Center, Two Woodward Avenue, Detroit. It is open to the public.
“We are pleased to join our state and country in this adoption celebration,” said Judge Mary Beth Kelly. “As we highlight these families that have opened their hearts and homes to adoption, this year we seek to raise the awareness and inform the public of our great need to adopt teenage children out of the foster care system and into permanent loving families.”
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Jack Kresnak
(Photo courtesy 3rd Circuit Court)
Jack Kresnak, President and CEO of Michigan's Children, is the keynote speaker. Michigan's Children is a statewide, independent voice for children and their families. Kresnak retired from the Detroit Free Press in December 2007, capping a 38-year career in journalism. For the last two decades of his award-winning career, Kresnak was the Free Press juvenile justice reporter, with a focus on child abuse, neglect and delinquency.
Wayne County is one of 30 Michigan counties holding Adoption Day events on or near November 24, the date designated by the Michigan Supreme Court as “Michigan Adoption Day,” when about 225 adoptions will be finalized. The event is co-sponsored by the Michigan Supreme Court, the Michigan Department of Human Services (DHS), and the Child Welfare Services division of the State Court Administrative Office.
Wayne County Executive Robert A. Ficano, Detroit Mayor Dave Bing, Supreme Court Justice Robert P. Young, Jr., DHS Director Ismael Ahmed, DHS Child Welfare Director Margaret Warner, and former Detroit Lion Eric Hipple will also participate in the program.
Sources: Michigan Supreme Court, Third Circuit Court
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