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UWWP Celebrates Foster Care Month with Appeal for Foster Parents
As part of its efforts to recruit new foster care parents United Way recently held an appreciation lunch for foster parents.
White Plains, NY - May , 2019 - May is Foster Care Month and The United Way of Westchester and Putnam is continuing its campaign to ensure that every child has a loving home.
As part of its efforts to recruit new foster care parents in Westchester County and Putnam counties, UWWP recently held an appreciation lunch for new and seasoned foster parents at Yonkers Library. It was the first time that foster parents from Somers, Purchase, and Scarsdale, as well as from other communities throughout the county, met. The 30 parents that attended were able to share stories and gain support from one another.
To entertain the guests, comediennes Sherry Davey and Renee Santos performed, both of whom have foster care ties. Davey adopted her daughter after first being her foster care parent. While Santos was in foster care while growing up.
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UWWP recruits foster care and respite caregivers for Westchester and Putnam counties. For information on how to be a foster parent, call 2-1-1 or visit uwwp.org/foster
About United Way of Westchester and Putnam
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United Way of Westchester and Putnam (UWWP) works with government, business, non-profits and community leaders to solve complex problems. We focus on children, adults and families living on the financial edge. Our aim is to put them on a path toward self-sufficiency, so they might thrive and contribute to a stronger community. Our 2-1-1 helpline takes nearly 80,000 calls a year, providing online resources to resolve everything from basic to critical to urgent needs - heating, food, shelter, tax assistance, mortgage questions, childcare, natural disaster and crisis calls. We provide job skills training and financial education to adults. And we help more and more children and their parents to make sure children are reading on grade level by 3rd grade, a critical marker of academic success and future viability in our society.
UWWP is located at 336 Central Park Ave., White Plains, NY 10606. Phone: 914-997-6700 Website: www.uwwp.org. Facebook: (www.facebook.com/UnitedWayWP) and Twitter (@UnitedWayWP)
