National Adoption Day
NOVEMBER 18, 2006 Listen to this Story
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Alison Dolan was abandoned as a newborn. She was found in a Budweiser box in an alley in the Bronx, on a frigid winter day in 1987. The story of an abandoned little girl made headline news and she was subsequently adopted by a family in Pennsylvania. Now, almost 20 years later, Dolan is looking for her biological parents. Bill Radke talks with Dolan about her search.
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Saturday is National Adoption Day, which is celebrated every year on the Saturday before Thanksgiving. The day is meant to raise awareness of the 114,000 kids in foster care who are waiting to find permanent families. And thousands of adoptions of children from foster care will be finalized on this day. We'll check with Net radio's Martin Wells, who's at one of the celebrations in Lincoln, Neb.
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- Music Bridge:
- Chrapnell
- Artist: Isolee
- CD: We Are Monster (Playhouse)
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