Sunday’s Child : Rene (photo courtesy of dnma photography)
Rene is an eleven-year old boy of Hispanic descent who can speak both Spanish and English. Rene is described as bright, engaging and curious. He does well with support and affection and is motivated by praise. Rene loves to play video games, go outside and go to the park. He is both active and athletic and enjoys playing sports like basketball. Rene has been working on expressing his needs and his feelings and has been making progress. He will need a family that can give him nurturing support.
It will be important to Rene for a future family to help him maintain quarterly visits with his siblings. Families will also need to be open to post-adoption visits with his birth mother. The ideal family for Rene would have no children or older children and would allow Rene to have his own room. He would like a family that is active and would allow him to play sports.
November is National Adoption Month!
Celebrate Adoption! Over 100,000 children and teens are in foster care in the US, waiting to be adopted. On National Adoption Day, the Friday before Thanksgiving in Massachusetts, close to 100 children who have been in foster care will be adopted into loving families in three courthouses across the state.
National Adoption Day is a national day of celebration of adoptive families and an opportunity for courts to open their doors and finalize the adoptions of children from foster care. Since 2000, nearly 58,500 children across the country have had their adoptions finalized on National Adoption Day. Policymakers, judges, staff, families, and volunteers come together to celebrate adoption in communities large and small all across the nation.
To learn more about National Adoption Day, and about adoption from foster care, call the Massachusetts Adoption Resource Exchange (MARE) at 617-54-ADOPT (617-542-3678) or visit www.MAREinc.org. The sooner you call, the sooner a waiting child will have “a permanent place to call HOME.”
