Heart Gallery
Polk County is proud to host the North Carolina Heart Gallery during the month of December 2014.
The Heart Gallery is a traveling photography portrait exhibit meant to raise awareness about North
Carolina’s children available for adoption. It features professional photographs of 24 children from
around the state who are in the foster care system awaiting an adoptive home. A brochure goes along
with the photographs telling about each child in the exhibit.
The Heart Gallery photographs are on display in several locations around the county. Businesses and
offices volunteering to display the exhibit include:
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Calvert’s Kitchen
Macon Bank
Studio Z
Polk County Library
Polk County Tag & Tax
Polk County Planning and Zoning
Bryant H. Womack Building
Polk County Department of Social Services
On Sunday, December 14th the following churches will be displaying the exhibit:
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Columbus Presbyterian
Columbus Methodist
Saluda Methodist
On Saturday, December 20th The Seventh Day Adventist Church in Lynn will be displaying several
photographs.
If these photographs inspire you, please contact Jennifer Pittman at Polk County Department of Social
Services (828-894-2100) to see how you and your family can help these children and the many other
North Carolina children in foster care.