What is the Child Watch Visitation Program?

What is the Child Watch Visitation Program? What is the Child Watch Visitation Program?

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Members of the media are invited to participate in the KIDS BUS tour and can do so by reserving aspace on the bus by calling 325-4353. By using the attached itinerary, media members are alsowelcome to join the tour at a specific location. Rochester General Hospital will provide excellent photoopportunities in the nursery and members of the media are invited to check in at the infonnation desk atRGH between 9:00-9: 15 a.m., at which time they will be escorted to the nursery for camera set-up.Full media kits will be available on the KIDS BUS and at various stops along the way.Friday, October 23, 19927:30 a.m. - 1:00 a.m.Tour Begins at 56 West Ave.(FOODLINK Parking Lot)(See attached itinerary for further details or contactRona Wyner at 546-5820)148

For further inquiry. contact American A..sociation of Retired Persons· Area 1 OfficePark Square Building· J / SI. James A venue· Bm;ton. MA P2116 • (6/7) 426-//85FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEJULY 22, 1992CONTACT: PHYWS BARITZ(413) 467-9700MRP, CHILDREN'S WELFARE ADVOCATESPLANNING BOSTON-AREA CHILD WATCH VISITATION PROGRAMThe American Association of Retired Persons and several child welfare advocacygroups announced today they are planning a Child Watch Visitation Program for GreaterBoston designed to bring policymakers and politicians face to face with the plight ofAmerica's infant and child populations.'We plan to personalize the plight of children in need by taking key policy makers onstrategically planned site visits later this year to illustrate both the range of serious problemsfacing children and their families and the many agencies working on their behalf," said PhyllisBaritz, MRP Intergenerational Specialist in New England. "People in positions of power andinfluence must realize that every 42 minutes a child is born into poverty; that every 13 hoursan infant dies; that every 99 minutes an infant is born too small to be healthy; and everythree hours an infant is born to a mother who received pre-natal care late or not at aiL"The Child Watch Program was designed in 1990 by the Children's Defense Fund, amajor child welfare advocacy group in Washington, D.C. and it has since spread to 50 cities.-more-149

Members of <strong>the</strong> media are invited to participate in <strong>the</strong> KIDS BUS tour and can do so by reserving aspace on <strong>the</strong> bus by calling 325-4353. By using <strong>the</strong> attached itinerary, media members are alsowelcome to join <strong>the</strong> tour at a specific location. Rochester General Hospital will provide excellent photoopportunities in <strong>the</strong> nursery and members of <strong>the</strong> media are invited to check in at <strong>the</strong> infonnation desk atRGH between 9:00-9: 15 a.m., at which time <strong>the</strong>y will be escorted to <strong>the</strong> nursery for camera set-up.Full media kits will be available on <strong>the</strong> KIDS BUS and at various stops along <strong>the</strong> way.Friday, October 23, 19927:30 a.m. - 1:00 a.m.Tour Begins at 56 West Ave.(FOODLINK Parking Lot)(See attached itinerary for fur<strong>the</strong>r details or contactRona Wyner at 546-5820)148

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