Six adopted children along their new families celebrated Adoption Day with a balloon release at the Brown County Courthouse after their finalization hearings on Monday.

Brown County Child Welfare Board members coordinated a release of blue, pink and yellow balloons to commemorate the event.  Each balloon had a special meaning:  blue represented the boys being adopted, pink represented the girls being adopted and yellow represented the boys and girls who are waiting to be adopted.

Judge Rob Hofmann of Mason presided over the adoption hearings held today and joined the children’s celebration with the special balloon release.

“We are thankful for the adoptive families that we have, and we are especially thankful for these young men and woman who are here to be adopted today,” Hofmann said during the event.

These families were honored Monday, November 5th as Brown County commissioners proclaimed November 26th “Adoption Day” in Brown County.  The proclamation recognized these families for “providing the safe and loving homes these children deserve.”

According to Kitty Cavanaugh of the Brown County Child Welfare Board, 32 adoptions were completed in the last year.

“There were six children adopted today,” Cavanaugh said.  “On average we they are running 30 to 35 per year for adoptions.  I think last year there were 32 for the year.”

Cavanaugh said that there are 16 other children in Brown County in the process of being adopted.

Above and below are pictures of the event.

Brown County Child Welfare Board members along with Judge Hofmann and the children.