Welcome To Heart Gallery Philadelphia


( Heart Gallery Philadelphia is a 510(c)(3) Tax Exempt Corporation registered in the State Of Pennsylvania )
Media Coverage of the 2009 Heart Gallery Philadelphia Gala held at the Please Touch Museum June 20th 2009 ( The Exhibit will be at the Please Touch Museum throughout July )


(l-r) Foster children featured in Heart Gallery Philadelphia, Niesha, Lydia and Jeffrey joined with Terry Hirst, Photographer and Director, Heart Gallery Philadelphia, Councilwoman Blondell Reynolds Brown and Donna Wyche, Department of Human Services Communications Office. http://www.blondellonline.com/

The Wonderful Folks at the Philadelphia Department of Human Services have created a lovely 2009 PhillyKids Connection Booklet that tells the Heart Gallery Story. With pictures and bios of all of the 2009 Heart Gallery Philadelphia kids.
(Click Here)

(Note this is an Acrobat PDF - It's quite large -
so please be patient while it downloads)

Click Here for our 2009 Gallery of Kids for Adoption

Click Here If You Are Interested In Adopting
and have completed a Home Study

How do I go about Adoption?

Welcome to our Newest Corporate Sponsor Recruitment, Contract Professionals and Talent Management Solutions

Click below to see the 2009 Heart Gallery Slide-show

On Monday, August 6th, Heart Gallery Philadelphia
and Philadelphia DHS held a press conference
announcing the opening of the Free Library Exhibit.
Click above to see Fox 29's coverage. Thanks Fox 29!

What is The Heart Gallery?

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"The unspoken prayers in the hearts of all the waiting children are powering this movement ... a spirit of hope that is alive and making its presence known to help
them, to speak for them, to create a miracle of change
It's amazing to see something
greater than ourselves at work."

Tony D'Agostino, Designer,
Heart Gallery Supporter, New Mexico
Photo : Chris Crisman (ASMP)

What is Heart Gallery Philadelphia? (Back to Top)
Every child deserves a family. In Philadelphia, there are hundreds of foster children who are longing for just that. Heart Gallery Philadelphia is collaborating with the Philadelphia Department of Human Services to bring these children closer to that dream. To achieve that goal, Professional Photographers have volunteered their time and skill to create beautiful, compelling portraits of foster children in Philadelphia, which become a traveling exhibit. The goal is to raise adoption awareness, but more importantly to give voice to the many foster children in our community looking for their “forever family”. Ultimately, our hope is that through these portraits prospective parents will be moved to adopt. These children are considered harder to adopt, ranging in age from 5 to 17, minorities and/or in sibling groups. They are deserving of our attention, our compassion, our help, and our respect.
We are excited - The first Heart Gallery Philadelphia Exhibit opened on November 12, 2005 and we are about celebrate our 4th Gala Opening at the Please Touch Museum in June 2009. Two Children from Heart Gallery Philadelphia were selected for inclusion in the first ever 2006 National Heart Gallery, an exhibit in Washington DC, highlighting the work done by child advocates committed to Heart Gallery children around the country. For more information on the National Heart Gallery, click here.

If you would like to volunteer your help, click here. We need help in fundraising, setting up and moving the exhibit, finding venues and exhibit space, catering and more. If you are an interested professional photographer, please email the Photographer coordinator.

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Contact Webmaster:Rob Hirst-Hermans