As you know, November is National Adoption Month.  The North Dakota Heart Gallery, which connects adoptive families and foster children, hosts an amazing gala every year.  This year, a foster mother surprised her 16-year-old daughter at the gala with the news that she was being adopted. (Fargo Forum)

Twice as nice: North Dakota FCCLA – Family, Career and Community Leaders of America – students made dog toys for the Turtle Mountain Animal Rescue, which rescues animals from national disaster situations like hurricanes and fires. (MyNDNow)

I’m always happy to read a story about furthering the ag industry in North Dakota. NDSU Extension will soon have new seed cleaning and conditioning equipment thanks to a $25,000 Farm Credit Services grant. (New Rockford Transcript)