High Noon: Celebrating Adoption

Under a canopy of twinkling white lights at the Sons of Norway hall on Feb. 27, a crowd gathered to celebrate the creation of four new families. “This is our first-ever adoption celebration,” said Carol Plischke, Olive Crest’s eastern Washington area director. “We’ve had 12 adoptions this year already.” Olive Crest is a private foster care agency, and its mission is to prevent child abuse, to treat and educate at-risk children and to preserve the family, one life at a time. According to Plischke, at the end of last fiscal year there were 1,609 children in foster care in the Spokane area and 10,357 in the state. Of those 1,609 children, 317 of them were adopted/ Cindy Hval , Washington Voices. More here . (Courtesy photo: Tyne, left, and Dawson were recently adopted by Doug and Melody Slachter.)

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Question: My extended family embraced its first adopted children when my nephew and his wife adopted 2 beautiful sisters from Ethiopia 2-3 years ago. Is anyone in your family adopted?