Dec 6, 2024
WE APPRECIATE YOU! Thank you to those who gave on Giving Tuesday. We are grateful for your generosity that totaled $25,000 – that’s a lot of love for Children First! While many children are counting down the days until Christmas, we’re counting down the days...
Dec 5, 2024
READ WHAT YOUR SUPPORT MADE POSSIBLE THIS YEAR All of us at Children First hope you enjoyed a happy and healthy Thanksgiving yesterday! You were in mind as we celebrated with friends and family and reflected on those in our life we’re thankful for. Thanks...
Nov 8, 2024
CHILDREN MUST NOT BE ELECTION CASUALTIES The newly elected 47th president laid his cards on the table this campaign season, plainly telling voters what he wants to do once in office. What he plans to do is dreadful. Let’s start with the stated Trump objective...
Nov 1, 2024
ELECTIONS MATTER Only four more days until the frenzy of the campaign season comes to an end, especially in PA where the presidential candidates and their high-profile surrogates have been going nonstop to get our votes. We’ll all breathe a sigh of...
Oct 18, 2024
ENDING CHILD HUNGER, ONE SCHOOL LUNCH AT A TIME It’s National School Lunch Week and he’s what Ryan Prater, Director of Public Policy at Feeding Pennsylvania has to say about it. Lunch. It was always the first thing I looked for when I got my...
Sep 27, 2024
The Anxious Generation Needs Phone-Free Classrooms Four out of ten Pennsylvania children and teens report feeling depressed, anxious, or stressed. A popular new book, The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood is Causing an Epidemic of Mental...