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Heart Gallery

The Heart Gallery of Wisconsin raises awareness about foster children and adoption. It is based on a simple idea that already has made a huge impact in other states across the nation. Since 2005, nine children have become part of a forever home in Wisconsin. Seventeen more children are in a pre-adoptive home.

Professional photographers have volunteered their time to take compelling pictures of children hoping to be adopted. The portraits are part of a traveling public gallery. They also are shared online at www.heartgallerywi.org. The gallery and online displays include contact information to help families inquire about adoption. The concept, which began with a single exhibition in Santa Fe, N.M., has experienced great success and now includes 60 Heart Gallery organizations in 45 states.

Who are the children?

Today in the United States, an estimated 523,000 children live in foster care. More than 118,000 of these children are hoping for a loving adoptive forever family to call their own. The majority of the children featured in The Heart Gallery of Wisconsin currently are living in foster care under the supervision of the Bureau of Milwaukee Child Welfare.

Everyone wants a safe, loving place to call home, and children in foster care deserve it as much as anyone. Finding those homes is the beginning of a bright future for these children, their adoptive families and the community at large.

Visit the Heart Gallery for more information.

 

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