Cherish the Children
A nonprofit fundraiser supporting
Parenting Cottage IncHelping insure babies are born healthy, with opportunities to grow & thrive regardless of challenges
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What we accomplished in 2019
Update posted 6 years ago
- Served over 1,000 families
- Provided over 6,000 encounters with families
- Provided over 400 families with access to car seats for the safety of their children
- Provided over 200 Baby Boxes to insure newborns had safe sleep environments when their families were without a crib.
- Over 1,600 parents and children attended community wide Storytime events taught by Parenting Cottage educators and where families went home with the book of the month.
- $10.00 allows the Parenting Cottage to place a children's book in the hands of child who has none at home. Reading is critical to school readiness.
- $25.00 allows the Parenting Cottage to provide take-home parenting education resource materials for a group of 12 parents
- $50.00 allows the Parenting Cottage to purchase a Baby Box which will provide a Safe Sleep environment for a newborn whose family has no crib.
- $100.00 will
assist in covering costs for a Community Storytime event where children will "hear" a story improving their vocabulary, engage them in activities which encourage learning and age appropriate development activities .
- $250.00 will pay pay for a group of 12 or more parents to receive 10 hours of evidence based group parenting that improves parenting skills and helps to prevent child abuse and neglect.