Don and Shary Mason

Angels in Adoption 2005 - Oregon

Selected by Representative Greg Walden

Shary Mason, Program Manager for the Oregon Citizen Review Board, has been an outstanding advocate for abused and neglected children in both her professional and private life. Shary has been a leader in adoption reform in Oregon. She co-chaired Oregon's Adoption Task Force, bringing together advocacy groups, providers, agencies, and courts to expedite the adoption process. The Task Force worked diligently for over a year to develop comprehensive recommendations directed at all entities involved in the adoption process. Volunteers from the Citizen Review Board, under Shary's capable and energetic management, are now following up on the recommendations. When they are implemented, it will result in every child being placed in a stable and loving home as quickly as possible. Shary and her husband, Don, a fomer city manager and municipal court judge, are also the adoptive parents of their niece and guardians of their grandchild. Both children have special needs. Despite the many challenges, Shary and Don devote considerable energy and passion providing a loving home and meeting the needs of their children. Guaranteeing that the adoption process is healthy and expeditious is a life work for Shary and Don. Oregon is proud to call them our own.
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