Baby supplies for 60 families in the Bronx

Summary

This project provides clothing, gear and products for infants and young children, coupled with family budgeting classes, to needy families enrolled in an early education program in the Bronx. progress report read updates from the field

How Donors Like You Helped

Thanks to donors like you, a total of £4,079 was raised for this project.

More Information About this Project

Project Needs and Beneficiaries

This project addresses the high cost of providing for infants and young children for families living in poverty. It will be located in the Bronx, the poorest urban county in the United States. This project will; give needed resources to families, off-set the high cost of providing for infants and young children, reduce the damage to young children caused by the stress of living in poverty. It will link these families to volunteers who will teach basic budgeting to the families.

Activities

Baby Buggy delivers clothing, cribs, diapers and more to families in need. By giving these items coupled with budgeting classes we help: ensure the safety and well-being of children, reduce financial stress + off-set the expense of raising children.

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: £4,079

Funding Information

This project is now in implementation and no longer available for funding. Received funds will be used to accomplish concrete objectives as indicated in the project's "Activities" section. Updates will be posted under the "Progress Report" tab as they become available.

Donors' contributions and pledges to this project totaled £4,079. The original project funding goal was £11,199.

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).

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Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

This project will serve 60 families living in a community where over 67% of the children are born into poverty. By offering family budgeting classes and regular donations of clothing, diapers and equipment, we positively affect families’ lives.

Project Message

"Children who experience poverty during their preschool and early school years have lower rates of school completion than children and adolescents who experience poverty only in later years.
- Jeanne Brooks-Gunn, Ph.D., Professor, Columbia Univ., Family and Child Dev.

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Katherine Snider,
Executive Director
Baby Buggy
306 West 37th Street, 8th Floor
New York, NY 10018
United States
212-736-1775
Email:

Project Sponsor

GlobalGiving

Organisation

The Baby Buggy, Inc.
306 West 37th Street 8th Floor
New York, New York 10018
United States
212-736-1777
http://www.babybuggy.org

Learn more about The Baby Buggy, Inc. and the project team.

Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in United States and can also be found under Education.

For more information about United States, read the Human Development Report on United States or the Wikipedia entry for United States.

When this Project was Updated

Last Updated

This project was last updated on August 09, 2011.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on February 22, 2008.

Latest Update from the Field

Providing Bronx Families with Essentials

By Nura Poursharif - Program Director, May 23, 2011 11:47 AM

Baby Buggy provided client families enrolled in the St. Anthony's Family Resource Center with donations totaling 3,231 items this last reporting cycle! These donations included high chairs, diapers, wipes, clothing, books, toys, strollers and car seats. These donations were distributed to meet the critical needs of families enrolled at this Head Start program, which promotes school readiness by enhancing the social and cognitive development of children through the provision of educational, health, nutritional, social and other services to enrolled children and families. This program engages parents in their children's learning and help them in making progress toward their educational, literacy and employment goals.

Baby Buggy donations not only help meet the recipient families' critical needs, but also help ensure the safety, health and well-being of the children served. Donations are also distributed as incentives to encourage participate in various programs, such as financial education workshops and parenting classe, which help client families reach their personal and professional goals. Baby Buggy could not be more proud of the families enrolled in the St. Anthony's Family Resource Center for taking such brave action steps towards achieving life-changing goals!

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