Children for Children
Children for Children (CFC) is a New York based not-for-profit that promotes hands-on youth volunteering and giving programs which teach and instill the value of community involvement and civic engagement in children from all backgrounds, beginning at a young age.
History
Children for Children was founded in 1996 by parents concerned that many New York City children were growing up without meaningful, accessible opportunities to become engaged in their greater community from an early age, despite the powerful individual and societal benefits afforded by youth service.
The first program, CFC's Birthday Party Program, focused on birthdays and established a simple way to make helping other children a part of that annual event. Almost universally celebrated, birthdays offer an ideal opportunity to establish a pattern of giving from an early age. Birthday party contributions received by CFC became tangible resource grants to underserved New York City schools, benefiting students struggling to learn in local communities. A key reason to focus on helping education was that all children share this common experience, and even the very young can grasp and empathize with what it must be like to try to learn without enough resources.
Since that first program, Children for Children programming has evolved into a series of youth service and philanthropy programs encouraging young people to grow involved.
See also
- Founding Chair: Silda Wall