GOVERNOR GENERAL OF CANADA BECOMES PATRON OF THE ACC
The Adoption Council of Canada (ACC) is proud to announce that Her Excellency the Right Honourable Michaëlle Jean C.C., C.M.M., C.O.M., C.D. Governor General of Canada has agreed to be the Patron of the organization.
This formal grant of patronage provides the ACC with the name and status of vice-regal office.
The board and staff of the ACC are very honoured by this announcement, as Her Excellency is the first Patron of the organization. “We are particularly pleased that the Governor General has agreed to be a patron of the Adoption Council of Canada because of her deep concern about disadvantaged children and her personal knowledge of adoption” proclaims Sandra Scarth, President of the ACC.
Based in Ottawa, the Adoption Council of Canada is a federally chartered, charitable organization which aims to inform and educate Canadians about all aspects of adoption, and encourage the adoption of children needing permanent homes.
Interested in domestic adoption? Consult Canada's only national photolisting web site, "Canada's Waiting Kids", http://www.canadaswaitingkids.ca, run by the Adoption Council of Canada. It shows photos and profiles of children in the care of Canadian child welfare agencies and waiting for permanent adoptive families.
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