In the News

2022

• Celebrating the Day Forever Families Are Made
  King County Superior Court (Deember 1, 2022)
• First in-person Adoption Day since 2019 held at Snohomish County courthouse
  Everett Herald (November 19, 2022)
• Snohomish County Superior Court to host National Adoption Day celebration Nov. 18
  My Edmunds News (November 17, 2022)

2019

• Smiles Abound at National Adoption Day: Foster Youth Officially Join 'Forever' Families at Annual Event
  The Daily Chronicle (November 25, 2019)
• 'Immense joy' for parents, children on National Adoption Day
  The Everett Herald (November 24, 2019)
• Families celebrate National Adoption Day
  Skagit Valley Herald (November 23, 2019)
• Foster, adoptive families recognized as heroes on National Adoption Day
  The Daily News (November 23, 2019)
• 30 adoptions finalized in King County for National Adoption Day
  King 5 News (November 22, 2019)
• 'A Better Life for Them and You': Ten Thurston County Families Grow on National Adoption Day
  Nisqually Valley News (November 22, 2019)
• National Adoption Day: 14 Pierce County Kids Get Forever Homes
  Patch - Puyallup (November 22, 2019)
• Spokane County Superior Court to celebrate adoption of 45 local foster kids
  KXLY.com (November 22, 2019)
• Snohomish County Superior Court celebrates National Adoption Day
  for the 15th consecutive year
  News of Mill Creek (November 18, 2019)
• Tears of joy, stories of love flood Yakima courtroom on National Adoption Day
  Yakima Herald (November 15, 2019)
• County celebrates newly expanded families
  The Daily World (November 15, 2019)
• National Adoption Day coming to Grays Harbor
  The Daily World (November 13, 2019)

2018

• Eight Lewis County Children Adopted in Public Ceremony on National Adoption Day
  The Daily Chronicle (November 20, 2018)
• National Adoption Day in Moses Lake officially brings new families together
  iFiberOne (November 19, 2018)
• Families created with stroke of a pen and strike of a gavel
  Everett Herald (November 18, 2018)
• Thurston County Family and Juvenile Court hosts ceremony as families finalize adoptions
  The Olympian (November 18, 2018)
• Adoption Day celebrates local children finding 'forever families'
  The Daily News (November 17, 2018)
• Spokane finds 'forever homes' for 25 foster kids
  KHQ (November 16, 2018)
• 'It's the happiest day of our lives': King County celebrates Adoption Day with 20 adoptions
  Q13 Fox (November 16, 2018)
• National Adoption Day celebrated at ceremony in Clallum
  Peninsula Daily News (November 16, 2018)
• Redefining Family: What Adoption Means to One Tenino Family
  Nisqually Valley News (November 15, 2018)

2017

• 16 youngsters get the gift of home on National Adoption Day
  Everett Herald (November 20, 2017)
• Need for adoptive parents great, the joy even greater
  The News Tribune (November 18, 2017)
• Girl joins superhero family on National Adoption Day at the Spokane County Courthouse
  The Spokesman-Review (November 18, 2017)
• National Adoption Day sees 20 kids officially join new families in Yakima
  Yakima Herald (November 18, 2017)
• 'We Need More Foster Parents:' Children Join Families on Adoption Day in Lewis County
  The Daily Chronicle (November 17, 2017)
• National Adoption Day connects 16 kids with "forever families" in Snohomish County
  KOMO NEWS (November 17, 2017)
• Four children celebrate adoption into forever families
  Peninsula Daily News (November 17, 2017)

2016

• A forever home for the holidays
  The Daily World (December 2, 2016)
• These children found homes, and they have the teddy bears to prove it
  Bellingham Herald (November 19, 2016)
• Parents make families permanent on National Adoption Day
  Skagit Valley Herald (November 19, 2016)
• On National Adoption Day, girls become daughters ... as well as sisters
  Everett Herald (November 18, 2016)
• Fifteen kids adopted out of foster care in Yakima in National Adoption Day celebration
  KIMA (November 18, 2016)
• Ceremony makes it real: Port Angeles girl adopted into permanent home
  Peninsula Daily News (November 18, 2016)
• Families get new members on National Adoption Day in Spokane
  The Spokesman-Review (November 18, 2016)
• Three children adopted Friday as part of National Adoption Day Celebration
  The Daily News (November 18, 2016)
• Local families made whole through National Adoption Day
  KEPR (November 18, 2016)
• More than 20 Spokane children find a home on National Adoption Day
  KXLY (November 17, 2016)

2015

• Adoption is a gift: One kid's story
  Yakima Herald-Republic (November 20, 2015)
• Large Sunnyside family gets larger as it gains three new kids through adoption
  Yakima Herald-Republic (November 20, 2015)
• 'Definitely worth it' — Families Celebrate Adoption Day"
  Kitsap Sun (November 22, 2015)