Julio, Ivette and Kristina
Julio Reinoso introduced me to Child First today. Kristina Foye, the program director and Ivette Negron were thrilled with some of the fun board books and pop-up books we got from the Children's Book Drives at Cos Cob Library. Their program provides home-based intervention to children at risk in the Bridgeport area and age-appropriate books are always very welcome.
Books Sourced from: Cos Cob Library
Thelma Peeples (center)
A while back, Julio introduced me to Thelma Peeples, Senior Coordinator of Child Development and Curriculum of ABCD in Bridgeport. These ABCD programs (Action for Bridgeport Community Development) provide early learning for 1200+ infants through toddlers at 14 sites.
We've provided boards and picture books to several of the sites, but now we make all of our deliveries to the headquarters and Thelma distributes them to the various centers.
Since they are always so appreciative of the books, we thought of them immediately when we got a gorgeous set of brand new books from Greenwich Country Day School.