Rochester, N.Y.--Children Awaiting Parents is a locally based non-profit trying to find homes for older children in need of families.
This past Wednesday, the group received a big boost from Hollywood.
Roughly 200 celebrities such as Hilary Swank held raise funds for adoption.
"We're a national organization. We've been talking about this for 38 years, but to have someone like Hilary Swank and Leigh Anne Tuohy host this event for us, it made all the difference.
People are talking about it and that's the key," said CAP Executive Director Mark Soule.
Tuohy and her family adopted an African American teenager named Michael Oher and became the inspiration for the Michael Lewis book, and later movie called "The Blind Side."
Roughly $10,000 was raised at Wednesday's gala according to Soule.
