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About 100 volunteers took part Saturday in the collaborative âHands On Neighborhoodsâ program in the city of Jamestown. Seven events in all will take place from April through October. Pictured are Stella Wilson, Lauren Heil-Wilson, Cecilia Wilson and Brooks Landy.
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The first neighborhood clean-up event of the collaborative “Hands On Neighborhoods” program was successfully completed Saturday in Jamestown.
About 100 volunteers and residents came out to help pick up litter and clean the sidewalks in the northside neighborhood between North Main and Washington streets, and between Sixth and 11th streets. More than 200 trash bags were filled.
Plenty of families and youngsters turned out, including the Northside Warriors football team, and a preschool class from Zion Covenant Church, who concentrated their efforts on Dow Park.
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Children enjoy a socially distanced picnic lunch at the Chautauqua Lake Child Care Center.
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Families across Western New York know the pressure of securing quality child care, often times being placed on waiting lists before their children are even born.
In Chautauqua County, that pressure has led to the region being referred to as a child care desert, a census area with over three times more children than licensed child care enrollment spots, with 20 child care centers and school-aged child care programs and 49 home-based providers.
“Access to high quality, affordable child care was a challenge for families long before COVID,” said Tory Irgang, Chautauqua Region Community Foundation executive director. “The pandemic, and subsequent stay at home order, revealed the critical impact child care has on workforce participation in our community, particularly for women.”
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Children enjoy a socially distanced picnic lunch at the Chautauqua Lake Child Care Center.
Submitted photos
Families across Western New York know the pressure of securing quality child care, often times being placed on waiting lists before their children are even born.
In Chautauqua County, that pressure has led to the region being referred to as a child care desert, a census area with over three times more children than licensed child care enrollment spots, with 20 child care centers and school-aged child care programs and 49 home-based providers.
“Access to high quality, affordable child care was a challenge for families long before COVID,” said Tory Irgang, Chautauqua Region Community Foundation executive director.