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Meet Our New Partner

New Alternatives For Children, Inc.

nycTIES is proud to announce our brand new charity partner for the second half of 2008, New Alternatives for Children (NAC). Founded in 1982, NAC works to ensure that children with profound disabilities — many with spinal bifida, cerebral palsy, severe asthma, and an array of developmental delays — are not forced to spend their lives in an institution. The organization finds loving foster and adoptive homes for underserved children with multiple disabilities and provides parents, foster parents, and siblings the support services and counseling they need to cope with the challenges of caring for their special children. NAC provides comprehensive health and social services for families with chronically ill and/or severely disabled children, helping to keep families together or helping children in hospitals or institutions to return to a home in the community with their parents or loving foster/adoptive families.

Mission: Open Doors To Children With Special Medical Needs

Working primarily with children whose birth families live in poverty, NAC seeks to enable them to remain in, or return to, their homes whenever possible, or to be adopted by loving families when necessary. NAC's services ensure that the physical, social, educational, recreational, healthcare, and mental health needs of medically fragile children are met. By supporting families, NAC prevents the institutionalization of children, precludes lengthy stays in foster care, and facilitates the timely discharge of children from hospitals. NAC builds on family strengths, provides opportunities, and assists all family members in reaching for and realizing their dreams.

The Partnership Begins

nycTIES kicks-off our project this June with New Alternatives For Children:

• Pre-events: 3-4 volunteer opportunities to serve NAC this Summer/Fall, and learn in-depth about the role they play in helping New York City families
• Hosting a Benefit: In October we’ll introduce this vital cause to our peers, as we raise crucial funds and awareness for children with special medical needs
• Accountable Fundraising: We’ll collectively decide the best way to use these funds – and role up our sleeves with NAC to implement them towards an area of need
• Teamwork: Join one of our 4 teams – it’s the best way to bring your passion and skill-set to bare to help New Alternatives For Children

Building TIES to NAC: Your Help Is Needed!

NAC has asked for our help in assisting families in critical need. We need your help to answer this call! In addition to raising funds for a specific high-need program, we’ll also volunteer in many compelling ways:

• NAC Kids Olympics
• NAC Holiday Party
• Weekend Mentoring Program
• Recreational Day Trips for Kids
• Kids Halloween Event
• Special Workshops