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Warwick Area Migrant Committee

Warwick Area Migrant Committee

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WAMC Summer Enrichment Program

Dulce Esperanza – Sweet Hope

PROGRAM RUNS: July 2nd through August 17th each year; 9 am to 5 pm each weekday

Warwick Area Migrant Committee - Building Young Minds For the FutureEach summer, children and families look forward to vacations and time off from their work.  For farmworker families, summer months pose a challenge with regard to their children.   The long work day of farmworkers results in a critical need for childcare.   While the children under five are enrolled in the ABCD Headstart program, older children do not have a safe place to go to in the summer months.

Until 2016, the Mustard Seed Migrant Ministry provided this important care to almost 80 children.   Families came to depend on this important care-feeling secure in the knowledge that their children were in a safe, supervised program for the summer months.  Two Roman Catholic Nuns provided a home during the day for these children.  When they retired last year,  there was no other agency able to provide the care for these children.

Concern for the children lead the formation of a Coalition.   This coalition is made up of the Warwick Area Migrant Committee, parent representatives; the Alamo Community Center; Hudson River HealthCare, volunteers and Migrant Education.   Meetings were held during late last year and early in 2017 to come up with an alternate plan.   A plan was developed with a proposal for a specific location.

The Pine Island School was in an ideal location to host the program.  It was a historical site for this program beginning as early as 1964.   The program was coordinated by the WAMC and served 200 children.  This year with the support of , Dr. David Leach,  Superintendent of WVSCD,  the summer program was held at the Pine Island School.   He has been a leading supporter of this program.   The school has provided an ideal location for up to one hundred children.

Children from five school districts registered for this program:   Warwick; Florida; Goshen; Minisink and Florida.

The Warwick Area Migrant Committee - Helping to grow young minds
The Warwick Area Migrant Committee - Helping to grow young minds
The Warwick Area Migrant Committee - Helping to grow young minds

The Warwick Area Migrant Committee - Helping to grow young minds
The Warwick Area Migrant Committee - Helping to grow young minds
The Warwick Area Migrant Committee - Helping to grow young minds

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