Every Kid Deserves a Family

variety of adoption agencies and attorneys; and even talk to adoptive parents who have already traversed the sometimes difficult road of adopting. Experts will be on hand to discuss the possibilities of International Adoption, Domestic Adoption, Foster Care, Latvian and Russian Orphan Hosting Program and even Special Needs Adoption. If you've been thinking about adoption, this is the place to start - and it's not just for Christians.

"As an adoptive parent, I fully understand the difficulties in getting information that's trustworthy," says event co-organizer Lorraine Rose. "Before adopting our daughter we spent many, many months just trying to figure out where to start. Then it took us a long time to figure out what program was right for us. This is the type of event that would have been very helpful for us. We just hope to help people understand that where there's a will, there's a way when it comes to adoption! The concert is a great addition to the evening as well. We're really looking forward to hearing these great bands perform."

Following the symposium, a benefit concert, which begins at 7 p.m., will feature popular Christian Rock groups White Stone and Job's Turn as well as the vocalist Chrisy Marsilio.

Concert tickets are $10 in advance and $12 at the door, and student tickets are $8. Advance tickets may be purchased at The TowneLaker office, Tailored Tots in Towne Lake, or Christine's Creations as well as at Liberty Hill Church on Sunday mornings. All proceeds go to help bring three amazing kids home from orphanages in Latvia. The Cherokee County Arts Center is located at 94 North Street in historic downtown Canton, adjacent to the Justice Center. For more information, please call Liberty Hill Church at (678) 494-8553.

Towne Lake residents Jimmy and Lorraine Rose adopted their daughter, Annabelle, domestically and are in the process of adopting thirteen-year-old twin boys, Andris and Juris, from Latvia. Pictured above - The Rose Family (left to right) back row: Juris and Andris. Front row: Jimmy, Lorraine and Annabelle Rose.

Adoption is often an intimidating, expensive and overwhelming endeavor. It's difficult to know where to start, how to proceed and who to trust. The expenses related to adoption alone can seem daunting. Yet, parents all over Cherokee County have been adopting children for years. Families are built in many different ways, and from domestic infant adoption to fost-adopt programs to the adoption of older international sibling groups, for every seeking family there is a child waiting. Now there's an opportunity to get some help in finding your waiting child!

To help take the mystery out of adoption, Liberty Hill Church is hosting a day of help, Every Kid Deserves a Family - an Adoption Symposium and Benefit Concert on Saturday, October 2 at the Cherokee County Arts Center. The Symposium will begin at 2 p.m. and is free to the public. An adoption expert panel will take questions from the audience from 4 - 5 p.m.

The Adoption Symposium will offer a chance for people to hear an expert panel discussion about adoption myths, truths and tips; meet a