ROCKFORD, Ill. (WIFR) – The Seventeenth Circuit Court celebrated its annual National Adoption Day Celebration on Saturday at the Winnebago County Criminal Justice Center.
This is the Circuit’s 21st year participating. At this event, Judges John S. Lowry, Francis M. Martinez and Erin Buhl, along with Circuit Clerk’s Office, social service agency professionals and other court staff will volunteer their time to finalize adoptions for 17 children previously residing in foster care.
“I think it is really just a celebration of their resiliency,” said Judge Erin Buhl, “the fact that they have found forever families that will love and adore and support them forever, moving forward.”
National Adoption Day is a collective national effort to raise awareness of the more than 90,000 children in foster care that are ready for adoption and waiting to find permanent, loving families…