I volunteer for an organization called the Heart Gallery.  The Heart Gallery is an organization that takes portraits of older children who are in need of adoption.  Studies have found that the adoption rates are higher for children who have a professional portrait displayed.  The Michigan Heart Gallery is a traveling display, that travels around the state of Michigan, promoting awareness for adoption and for the children who are featured in the display.  This year I was blessed to be able to photograph one child, and one family.  The child will actually not be included in the Gallery this year, because he was adopted in-between the time of my taking his portrait, and the unveiling of the display!  Congratulations to Nathan!  The family I photographed was a success  story for the Heart Gallery.   This family adopted their son two years ago!