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According to Together We Rise, every day, 1,200 kids enter foster care in the United States, a life that is often filled with stigma and uncertainty. To combat this, TWR brings together volunteers to help kids in foster care and to encourage families to adopt; two years ago, they started to post pictures of newly adopted kids to Facebook and Instagram. The response was tremendous.
"We've had thousands of people reach out to us and either say they are considering being a foster parent or adopting because of the photos," TWR told Bored Panda. "Every day we have people reaching out to us wanting to learn more about the adoption process or what they can do to help. We even inspired thousands of professional photographers who wanted to donate their services to families adopting. With an overwhelming amount of inquires we posted an application for any interested photographers and in the first day we had over 5000 professionals sign up. "
See some of their happy photos below, or if you have a happy photo with your adoptive family, feel free to share it below!
More info: togetherwerise.org (h/t: huffpost)
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Snezhana Apley 8 years ago
I love seeing all kids get adopted, but it's so rare to see older kids like this girl and myself get adopted, so thanks for the families who give us older kids hope!
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iamtheivory1 iamthemahogany1 8 years ago
there would be so many kids in Foster care if cps would stop snatching children from their MOTHERS !!!!
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Feldioreanu Paul 8 years ago
Whoa, hold on there just a sec... dude's totally owning those earrings
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Amanda Panda 8 years ago
October 2nd is my birthday, it makes me happy to know something wonderful like this happened on that day!
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Charlie Jallans-Daly 8 years ago
Fantastic! 18+ can be the time you REALY need your family <3 So happy for you!
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Gina Villegas 8 years ago
Omg love this beautiful girls! Lord bless these girls in life and make them strong. Bless their sweet parents to be there for them spiritually, emotionally, financially.... Any which way they can. Lay your hand on their home and bless them with bountiful abundance amen!!!
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Anushree Das 8 years ago
God they are so cute ... stay blessed!! Pass on the goodness when you grow up
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Sarah Schoenhaar 5 years ago
Wow, were these all separate adoption cases? Their parents are some kind of superhumans.
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Mintypanda_gurl 8 years ago
That's a month after my birthday I'm happy something like that happened ????????????????
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Nouha Balti 8 years ago
This tears me up, God bless the families that adopted them and I wish from all my heart they still happy forever
Daria B 8 years ago
Cuteness overload. ♥ I so wanna hug each one of them. Yes, the adolescents too. ALL of these photos are too cute to handle... ♥♥♥♥ Headline says it's heartwarming, I say it's heartmelting!
Evelyn Fick 8 years ago
I was adopted when I was nine months old, so this makes me really happy.
Tiny Dynamine 8 years ago
It only took until the third picture before I started crying. The happiness in their faces is so wonderful to see.
Amanda Panda 8 years ago
Well ... I wasn't expecting to cry today ... but all of these made my heart happy!
Ronja Rövardotter 8 years ago
I am a social worker and this makes me unbeliveably happy. Thank you for all the pictures. I hope, no I believe, there will be just more of them! :)
Robyn Scott 8 years ago
So good to see adoptions celebrated joyfully and loudly instead of whispered about shamefully.
Jeremy Jair Torres Corozo 8 years ago
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Cesar Augusto Unocc 8 years ago
As a young adopted man. This makes me smile, cry, and think about all the children that just need someone to love and be there for them.
Kieth Ahrens 8 years ago
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James Merkley 8 years ago
I am a social worker with kiddos who are in foster care, and sometimes it's hard to find a glimmer of hope. You just gave that glimmer!
Ariela Hornstein 8 years ago
Such moving pictures, amazing families and beautiful children. Human nature at its best.
Musicon HaidaGwaii 8 years ago
I really dont think it's cool to put pictures of people on the internet to display them like memes, I personally wouldn't want pictures of me as a kid telling the world I was an orphan, that's for me to decide to share.
Nouha Balti 8 years ago
This tears me up, God bless the families that adopted them and I wish from all my heart they still happy forever
Daria B 8 years ago
Cuteness overload. ♥ I so wanna hug each one of them. Yes, the adolescents too. ALL of these photos are too cute to handle... ♥♥♥♥ Headline says it's heartwarming, I say it's heartmelting!
Evelyn Fick 8 years ago
I was adopted when I was nine months old, so this makes me really happy.
Tiny Dynamine 8 years ago
It only took until the third picture before I started crying. The happiness in their faces is so wonderful to see.
Amanda Panda 8 years ago
Well ... I wasn't expecting to cry today ... but all of these made my heart happy!
Ronja Rövardotter 8 years ago
I am a social worker and this makes me unbeliveably happy. Thank you for all the pictures. I hope, no I believe, there will be just more of them! :)
Robyn Scott 8 years ago
So good to see adoptions celebrated joyfully and loudly instead of whispered about shamefully.
Jeremy Jair Torres Corozo 8 years ago
yo desearia adoptar una hija soy ecuatoriano ciudad guyaquil rio guaya canton duran ciudadela el recreo 4 etapa manzana 406 villa 40 llamame a (04)2676729 pregunte por jeremy llamame a las 12:00 AM todo los dia
Cesar Augusto Unocc 8 years ago
As a young adopted man. This makes me smile, cry, and think about all the children that just need someone to love and be there for them.
Kieth Ahrens 8 years ago
Wow... what a great post! That helped me a lot. I would like to share with you a great service to fill a form online. I am sure at least once in your life you had to fill out a form. I use a simple service http://goo.gl/EIKBiy
James Merkley 8 years ago
I am a social worker with kiddos who are in foster care, and sometimes it's hard to find a glimmer of hope. You just gave that glimmer!
Ariela Hornstein 8 years ago
Such moving pictures, amazing families and beautiful children. Human nature at its best.
Musicon HaidaGwaii 8 years ago
I really dont think it's cool to put pictures of people on the internet to display them like memes, I personally wouldn't want pictures of me as a kid telling the world I was an orphan, that's for me to decide to share.
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