TORONTO, April 24— When considering adoption most families believe the younger the child, the better. The Adoption Council of Ontario wants to dispel that myth by raising the awareness of the considerable benefits to adopting an older child.

In Ontario, there are approximately 2,500 children waiting to be adopted. “There are no unwanted children, just unfound families,” said Pat Convery, Executive Director of the Adoption Council of Ontario (ACO), “We need to do a better job of informing families about the rewards of adoption, especially the adoption of older children. These are children that want and need permanent loving families”, she added. (more…)

CAS of Toronto would like to recognize and thank all of its volunteers during National Volunteer Week (April 19-25, 2009).  Volunteers play an essential role in helping us reach our vision of, “Leading with excellence and working in partnership, we will create a city where children are safe, families are strong and communities are supported.” 

Thanks to each and every one of our volunteers for their time, dedication and efforts in improving the lives of the families, youth and children that we serve.  We look forward to celebrating our volunteers at our Volunteer Recognition Event on Saturday, April 25.

We recognize all our Volunteers and honour our first and third year volunteers with the theme, ‘Celebrating our Diversity’. Come experience food and music from around the world.

Special guest: Gary Diggins, internationally known musician, songwriter and sound therapist.

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This article is posted with the permission of the Ontario Association of Children’s Aid Societies.  The article was published in the Winter 2009 issue of the OACAS Journal, volume 53 # 1.

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