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Rccording to the Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute, there
are approximately 153 million orphans around the world; and
Mile adoptions are available in the United States, many search to
complete their family abroad; and
U1f_)C33xCf, 3Jn years past, Americans adopted the highest number of children from
China, including families like the Poche family, who reside in Ocoee and
adopted from China and Taiwan; and
3foe and Robin Poche started their family with the adoption of their
daughter, Natalie, from China in 2005. They were thankful to complete
their family with the adoption of their son, Nicholas, from Taiwan in
2009; and
,families in Ocoee, like the Poche family, are providing loving homes
for children without families. These types of family deserve special
recognition for adopting children and raising them as their own, with the
love and care they deserve; and
IP J0CFXi(ff2 *, Ocoee families, including relatives and grandparents, who have already
adopted children may benefit from continued post- adoption support
services in the days and years ahead.
No w, Therefore, I, S. Scott Vandergrift, Mayor, do hereby proclaim the month of
November, 2014 as,
Adoption Month
in Ocoee, and urge all citizens to recognize the special families who open their hearts and
homes to adoption.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have
hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal
of the City of Ocoee, Florida to be
affixed this 4 ° i day of November 2014.
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