The Massachusetts adoption resource exchange is one of the country's premiere agencies dedicated to finding a home for children in adoptive care, sibling groups, and harder to place youth.Recorded on a lark during the band's brief time home between touring runs in Europe and Japan, the single was finished and has been an outstanding feature on the old shoe records' compilation welcome to the family vol. 3. Becoming a must-have keepsake on the nationwide Vans Warped Tour this last summer, selling fast on every stop of the tour. With the popularity of the ambitious Jackson 5 cover, far from finished has used its music to call awareness to the plight of foster children in the custody of the Massachusetts department of children and families. Lead singer Steve Neary stated, "The band has a profound belief in helping children find permanency through adoption."About MARE Inc:The Massachusetts adoption resource exchange was founded in 1957. MARE was one of the first adoption exchanges in the United States. For over 50 years, mare has helped to find adoptive homes for more than 5,000 children and has received national recognition for its initiatives. MARE focuses on children in the custody of the Massachusetts department of children and families who are ages six and older, sibling groups, and children with emotional, physical and intellectual challenges. MARE tailors its recruitment activities to meet the needs of a particular child. MARE also acts as a central clearinghouse for information and referrals regarding all types of adoption.* There are 510,000 children in the U.S. foster care system; 129,000 of these children are available for adoption.* More children become available for adoption each year than are adopted. in 2006, 79,000 children had parental rights terminated by the courts, yet only 51,000 were adopted.* A child in foster care can wait up to five years to be adopted. * The average age of the child waiting to be adopted from foster care is eight years old.* The average number of months a child waiting to be adopted has been in foster care is 39 months.* Each year, 20% of children (26,517 in 2006) exit foster care at age 18 without an adoptive family.Source: Adoption and foster care analysis and reporting system; Department of health & human services (January 2008)For further information, on old shoe records, far from finished, or MARE inc. Visitwww.oldshoerecords.comwww.myspace.com/farfromfinishedwww.mareinc.org