"To sponsor a child" means to provide financial support and assistance to a child in need. This can include helping with their education, healthcare, and basic needs, by regularly donating money to support their overall well-being.
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Its programs include a full range of solutions, including employer -
sponsored child care, dependent care for children and adults, and educational services for employees with school - aged children.
So for all of you who have chosen to
sponsor children last week or at some point in the past — Thank You!
These funds are used for projects that benefit the entire community, not only a
specific sponsored child and his or her family.
When I've
met sponsored children around the world, they consistently treasure the letters from their sponsors because sponsorship is not just about physical needs, but about a child's need to feel significant.
Assembly Member Linda Rosenthal (D - Upper West Side),
who sponsored the Child Victims Act in the State Assembly, said insurance companies should stop looking at her legislation through the lens of profit margin.
He's the same one who wanted to open a waffle stand at the age of 8 so he could
sponsor a child with Compassion International.
We're thankful to be able to support charities such
as sponsoring the Children's Hospital Golf Tournament for ten years and helping raise over two million dollars for the Children's Hospital Charity.
Sen. Brad Hoylman (D - Chelsea), who
sponsored the Child Victims Act, says he has learned his bill will not get a vote before lawmakers leave for spring recess.
If you're interested in being a part of this trickle - up system, please consider
sponsoring a child by clicking on this link or on the banner below.
Funds from each
person sponsoring a child in a community are pooled together to meet the needs of all the children in that community.
The NASUWT, the largest teachers» union in the UK, is proud to
sponsor Child Poverty Action Group's (CPAG) 50th anniversary lecture, which has been held today in Westminster.
Preventing the exploitation of youth is also possible by volunteering at local child welfare agencies, supporting families who decide to become foster parents,
sponsoring a child overseas or mentoring youth.
However, forced labor (from state -
sponsored child labor in Uzbekistan to children mining the metal for our phones in the Congo) actually affects more people.
In a country where alcoholism, gun violence, and drugs lure a lot of young people (particularly young men) into destructive lifestyles, World Vision has implemented leadership initiatives, after - school programs, and peace programs that seem to be making a difference, particularly
among sponsored children who grow into adults.
While 127 staff members in India are being laid off, the loss of 8 percent of Compassion's 1.9 million
sponsored children worldwide won't affect its US staff, Mellado said.
Secondly,
sponsored children receive some specific individual benefits like immunization and school supplies, but so do other children in the community.
1) Let's remember that we're talking about real people here —
real sponsored children, real World Vision employees, real Christians on both sides of the issue.
Also, though
Martins sponsored the Child Safe Products Act, that didn't come to the floor for a vote, either, even though it apparently had enough votes (given the 24 sponsors) to pass.
Not mentioned in the flyer is that the
state sponsored child abuse known as standardized testing has exploded in costs, time, and resources, interfering with the effective education of Connecticut's children.