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Heartfelt support raises awareness

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Students joined together at the Lower Bucks campus on Friday to cut out paper hearts, helping the organization, Adoptions from the Heart, for national adoption month.

Next month is Adoption Awareness Month. To spread awareness about Adoptions from the Heart, a local adoption agency that has helped over 6,000 children, an event was held at the Lower Bucks campus on Oct. 3.

This past Friday the lobby was filled with tons of paper and scissors. Anyone at Bucks was welcome and encouraged to help cut out paper hearts. The hearts have been sent to businesses where they will be used to collect donations for the organization.

Some members from Adoptions from the Heart came out to the event to provide information about adoption and join the heart cutting festivities.

Jessica Albert, one of the members of the organization explained, “These paper hearts will be sent to local business owners for people to sign. All they have to do is donate a dollar towards Adoptions from the Heart.”

Adoptions from the Heart provides special help to those who need a home for their children by allowing the child’s birth parents to pick the adopting family. They also provide help to parents who have looked into adoption but have changed their minds.

Rebecca Snodgrass, another member, added, “Sometimes there are mothers who decide that they want to keep their children after looking into adoption. We still make sure to keep in touch with them and help them if their children need food, diapers or anything else.”

“Since we are located in Wynnewood PA, not too many people around here know about it. So we like to come out to Bucks once a year to share information about it,” said Albert.

Rose Cooper, a success coach and interim assistant director of the Lower Bucks campus attended the event. As her scissors cut through stacks of paper, she explained, “It’s good to have voluntary events right on our campus. It makes it easier for students to access and it’s for a good cause.”

Students who attended the event were able to stay and help for as long as they wanted. The outpouring of volunteers turned out to be nearly 50 people throughout the day.

Cooper said, “There were two people sitting across the hall doing nothing, so I brought over a stack of paper and two pairs of scissors and told them to start cuttin’!”

When the event ended, there were tons of paper hearts stacked in rows on the front table.

Carol Brandt, Bucks’ administrative assistant was also at the event, cutting away at paper, making hearts. “It feels good to know that you’re doing something good to help other people,” said Brandt.