Ocean Vicinage to Celebrate 20th Annual Adoption Day

The Ocean Vicinage will celebrate National Adoption Day on Friday, Nov. 20 at 11 a.m. when four adoptions will be finalized, followed by festivities at the Ocean County Library in Toms River.

"This year we are very excited to be celebrating four children finding their forever homes with their adoptive families," said Family Presiding Judge Madelin F. Einbinder.

This is the 20th year the vicinage will take part in National Adoption Day, an annual event that celebrates families and children whose adoptions are finalized and to raise public awareness of the need for adoptive homes.

Following the adoption hearings, the vicinage's Children in Court Unit and the New Jersey Division of Child Protection and Permanency will co-host a celebration for the families. The event will feature arts and crafts, family photos, food, and beverages. The children and their siblings also will receive donated gifts.

Although adoption proceedings are closed to the public, reporters and photographers are invited to attend the celebration at the library, where families who have agreed to be interviewed and/or photographed will be available. For more information, call Erica Buczynski at 732-504-0700, ext. 64136 or Ihara DeCarlo at 732-504-0700, ext. 64394.

The event will be held in Mancini Hall in the Toms River Branch of the Ocean County Library, 101 Washington St., Toms River.