CARING FOR CHILDREN AS AN EXPRESSION OF FAITH We are hoping that the spirit of generosity that blossoms in the holiday season carries on for children as the new administration takes the reins. Despite the extraordinary struggles facing far too many children,...
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Lotsa Love this Giving Tuesday! – 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...
Your Contributions in Action – Nov 29, 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 to...
A Frightening Deja Vu – Nov 22, 2024
WE MUST KEEP FAMILIES TOGETHER Amy Kobeta, Communications Director at Children First, lived in Phoenix, Arizona when a harsh anti-immigrant law passed. She wrote this piece. Trump’s cruel promise to indiscriminately round up immigrants poses a real and present...
Victory for Kids in Some Elections – Nov 15, 2024
POLITICS: IT'S LOCAL AND IT'S PERSONAL While the pundits pour over every detail of the election outcomes, they’re overlooking an important development: voters embraced kid-friendly state initiatives! Voters from the Alaskan wilderness, the Great Plains of...
Sheltering Kids from Political Fallout – 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...
Your Vote Decides – 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 relief when...
A Move to Make Things Right – Oct 25, 2024
THERE OUGHT TO BE A LAW, RIGHT? For too long, the "lock 'em up" mentality ruled, and children who crossed the law were locked up in facilities that offered little teaching and lots of trauma. In addition to widespread physical and sexual abuse in institutions,...
Feed their Bodies to Fuel their Minds – 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 schedule in high...
No More Waiting for Mental Healthcare – Oct 11, 2024
ADDRESS YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH BEFORE CRISIS ERUPTS We couldn’t say it better than State Rep. and emergency physician, Arvind Venkat, who has a unique perspective on both mental health and what lawmakers can do about it. Here is his published commentary that ran...