CCBQ held a festive Halloween gathering today at theCatholic Charities Therese Cervini Early Childhood Development Center in Queens. This was the kick-off registration event for our Casa de Apoyo group run by Catholic Charities Queens Community Center Case Manager, Debra Perez-Matos. There were many arts and crafts activities for families using recycled household products. Parents and children were really creative making ghosts out of paper plates, hand-print bats and snack monsters out of cheerios and apples.
“Parenting is a joy and a challenge, I am so pleased at the interest the parents of this community have shown in attending a group like this,” commented Debbie Hampson, Director of the Queens Community Center, “… not only are mothers coming out but fathers as well.”
Each family went home with a Fidelis Care stuffed dinosaur and a reading book provided by the Pajama Program.
This group is funded through the Maternity & Early Childhood Foundation (MECF). The parents enjoy participating and look forward to the upcoming year of workshops and activities.
Catholic Charities Casa de Apoyo Group Celebrates Halloween with Monsters and Ghosts
