Photo by Jim Covington Ray Tanner, USC baseball coach and adoptive father; Leslie Riddle, family court judge; Terry Dozier, USC basketball standout and founder of the Terry Dozier Foundation; Louise Cooper, director, SC Guardian ad Litem Program; Cynde O'Rear, adoptive mother and volunteer Guardian ad Litem participated in the program at the Adoption and Foster Care Rally November 8 in Columbia. Child welfare advocates gathered on the State House grounds for the S.C. Guardian ad Litem Program's Adoption and Foster Care Rally Saturday, November 8. The rally served as an opportunity to celebrate the 515 adoptions of children from foster care who were finalized in 2008; to remember the more than 5,000 children who are in foster care in the state; and to applaud the dedication of the more than 1,000 Guardians ad Litem volunteers across the state who advocate for the best interests of children in foster care.