Holiday Season Update!
The 2024 scholarships have all been presented to deserving students and we wish them success in their future endeavours. Applications for 2025 scholarships will be available this spring. Please contact CEC at cec@drcservices.org for further information.
We are thrilled to share the news that CEC provided holiday gifts for 122 children this year! Receiving information from DSS and NAFI, children received multiple gifts from their wish lists as well as handknit hats, scarves, mittens, and blankets plus handmade quilts. A sincere thanks goes to the Yarntastics, Slate Hill Quilters, and the Newburgh Methodist Church for their generous donations. In addition, hundreds of new toys and stuffed animals were donated for this holiday program to supplement the requested wishlist items that CEC purchased.
CEC held another successful gift wrapping fundraiser at the Galleria Mall in Middletown in December. Thank you to all who volunteered to help and to those who supported the event.
Our annual donation drive is now in full swing. CEC operates solely on the generosity of the community and appreciates every gift that is given. All funds are used to directly help our mission of aiding foster children and children in need. Please consider contributing by sending a donation to: Children’s Enrichment Committee C/O Dispute Resolution, 210 East Main St, Middletown, NY 10940
CEC has begun a new program of providing toiletries to children in need. The Yarntastics generously donated attractive handmade cloth bags for CEC to fill with many necessary products such as shampoo, toothbrushes and toothpaste, deodorant etc. Perhaps a child is being transitioned to foster care, or is simply in need, these bags will be given for their personal use.
