Page 2 - 2022 Spring Newsletter

MESSAGE FROM THE CEO
David Caprio President and CEO
In this quarterly newsletter, you will see your gift’s profound impact at Children’s Friend.
This year, and every other year, we set our goal to impact the lives of every family we serve. Today, I am pleased to say that we could not have achieved this goal without your support. YOU made all the difference!
In this newsletter, you will read stories about how your 401Gives Day gift has made an impact for our families, a foster care success story, and how you can join our team and work for an organization voted one of the best places to work!
I am excited to share so many heartwarming stories and more about your gift’s life- changing impact.
Thank you for your compassionate care and support!
My sincerest thanks,
David Caprio President and CEO
Summer Learning and Enrichment Program... You Can Help!
You can ensure a child has the opportunity to participate in the Summer Learning Program!
Children’s Friend Summer Learning and Enrichment Program is a unique program in Rhode Island designed to promote school readiness and prevent summer learning loss.
Children who attend continue to show improvements in eight developmental categories: language, literacy, math, science, creative art, social-emotional, approaches to learning, and physical development. And by providing an educational safety net, children are more academically prepared for the new school year. As a result, children have a more positive school experience, allowing them to be much more enthusiastic learners and ready for success.
Summer is around the corner, and the preparations for a great program have already started! But many families in Rhode Island can’t afford special summer programs for their children.
The great news is that you can help! If you make a gift of $40 it will help a child join the Children’s Friend Summer Learning & Enrichment Program for one day. A child will have fun for six weeks, learn essential skills, socialize with friends, and get nutritionaly balanced meals every day!
Your gift will provide an engaging education program, healthy meals, daily safe outdoor play, field trips, and highly qualified teachers all summer long.
By making a gift today, you’ll feel good knowing that when a family needs help with their child during the summer months, their child will be able to join other children and have a fun, safe, and educational summer.
If you decide to help a child this summer, please include your gift with the Summer Learning
Voucher we have included with this newsletter. If
you’d like to donate online right now, scan this QR code!