WCA Hope Quilt Launch Broadcast on News 12 Westchester
Channel: Westchester Children's Association
Date: 2022-09-30

WCA's Hope Quilt was revealed on display at the Westchester Children's Museum at Playland Park in Rye on Wednesday, September 28th 2022. This launch was featured on News 12 Westchester.

The Hope Quilt is a year-long product of the Westchester Children’s Association’s campaign for early childhood awareness. Early childhood home visiting services provide support to the families of children ages 0-5. Home visiting programs have effectively decreased child abuse and neglect, increased child school readiness, and improved general maternal and child progress. Despite the success of such early development programs, 95.2% of eligible children in Westchester County are not accessing home visits, due to a limited program capacity and insufficient funding. The Hope Quilt highlights volunteer’s, parent’s and children’s hopes which can be fulfilled through equitable access to early childhood support and guidance.

WCA’s advocacy for the expansion of home visiting programs has been supported by those who contributed to the Hope Quilt. We would like to thank School 30 in Yonkers, the Westchester Reform Temple Early Childhood Center in Scarsdale, and The Lakeland School District Lincoln Tutus Elementary School who participated in the quilt’s squares decorating. Additionally, thank you to The Village Square Quilters in Scarsdale who collected and constructed the quilts. Finally, thank you to the Westchester Children’s Museum at Playland Park in Rye for displaying the quilts. Reflecting the efforts of many groups and individuals, the Hope Quilt shows a collaborative effort to aid young children and their families in their first years of life.

For more information about the Hope Quilt and other advocacy work, visit www.wca4kids.org