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Community News/March 2009
issues, ideas and insights affecting the 15,000 at-risk children and families we serve every year
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A Window on Our Programs:
Delinquency Prevention
O's Story:
Among the 15,000 children we serve every year there are many stories like O.'s. These kids, mostly adolescents, face a critical juncture: continue as is and drift toward ever more serious criminal activity, foster care or jail--all of which negatively impact the life trajectory forever--or come in contact with someone who cares enough to shake them up and move them toward a successful and fulfilling life. I am proud to say that the dedicated and caring staff of The Child Center makes this kind of positive difference in kids' lives every single day. (read more)
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Join Us...
for an evening of dinner and dancing as we honor
four extraordinary members of our community and
share stories of children and families whose
lives are being transformed daily by The Child
Center of NY.
Honoring:
James Carpenter, SVP, Chief Lending Officer, New York Community Bank
Steve Chen, Executive VP, Crystal Door and Window Systems
Jatin P. Shah, MD, Chief, Head and Neck Services, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Hank Auffarth, SVP & Sr. Managing Director, Herald National Bank
Sonia Strumpf Humanitarian Award Recipient
Read More/RSVP
Saturday, March 28, 7 PM
Terrace on the Park
Flushing Meadow
"With
less funding from foundations and government programs, people are
finding themselves without the support they need to turn their lives
around. We have to step up and keep families moving forward. As much
as we may be hurting, it's nothing compared to our clients."
--Dinner Dance Chairman and longtime Child Center supporter, Paul Lamas
(read more about his involvement with The Child Center)
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WE ARE LAUNCHED!!!
Log on to our new website ... with updates on new programs and initiatives, current issues and trends within the child-serving community and how we work to ensure that low-income, at risk children and families are taken care of, especially during these difficult financial times.
We also invite you to share this new monthly e-newsletter with anyone you know who is interested in being updated on the welfare and future of children in New York City. www.childcenterny.org
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Community Partners Update
We acknowledge the generous grant support for our Child and Youth Development
service area:The children and families who most need our help need it even more now. During
these difficult times, we look to individuals, as well as corporations
and foundations, for continued support at whatever level possible. Please join our rank of supporters in any way you can.
Learn more about ways to give, including what it means to sponsor a child. |
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