Inauguran centro infantil

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
September 6, 2007

FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Dolores Quinn Kitchin
Public Relations
Children International
To page: (816) 942-2000
Cell: (816) 718-0711

Children’s Center Is Inaugurated
Children International opens its second community center to
5,000 children in Zapopan
from the Mural

During her lifetime she helped those in greatest need. After her death, she continues to do so thanks to her family members.

Yesterday, the civil association Children International inaugurated its second community center in Zapopan, which is dedicated to Nina Rae Wesson, an American philanthropist who passed away a year ago. The tragedy struck suddenly, said Nina’s mother, Nancy Richards, since the philanthropist felt ill one Sunday and was dead by the following Tuesday due to a virus that infected her blood. She left behind three children and a husband, but also with a legacy of assistance to others that has not vanished. Nina’s family donated most of the resources used to build the center, located in the neighborhood of Villa de Guadalupe, as well as sponsoring two children.

Claudia González Yáñez, chief of the Programs department of Children International – Jalisco, mentioned that Children International’s goal is to build four community centers in the metro area of Guadalajara in order to serve approximately 20,000 impoverished children. “Now [Nina’s] children and her family have sponsored children, yet she wasn’t a sponsor. She helped the world without having a goal like that. She always tried to help children living in poverty,” said González Yáñez.

In addition to medical care, the benefited children are taught about values and are given a package containing a backpack, school supplies, school shoes and sneakers to help and stimulate them so they don’t drop out of school due to financial reasons.

At the Villa de Guadalupe center, children from 20 neighborhoods such as Mesa Colorada, Mesa de los Ocotes and La Coronilla will be served, and, up to now, there are 4,000 children in the area. The first center, located in Paraísos del Colli, serves 22 neighborhoods within a 15 km radius and 5,300 children.

The organization carried out a feasibility study to find an area where they could find 5,000 or more impoverished children, all within a concentrated community, in order to provide help to those who need it.

Seventy [correction:50] percent of sponsors [who sponsor childen in Jalisco] are Mexican or Latin-Americans living in the United States.


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 6, 2007	FOR MORE INFORMATION: Dolores Quinn Kitchin Public Relations Children International To page: (816) 942-2000 Cell: (816) 718-0711
Children’s Center Is Inaugurated Children International opens its second community center to 5,000 children in Zapopan from the Mural
During her lifetime she helped those in greatest need. After her death, she continues to do so thanks to her family members. Yesterday, the civil association Children International inaugurated its second community center in Zapopan, which is dedicated to Nina Rae Wesson, an American philanthropist who passed away a year ago. The tragedy struck suddenly, said Nina’s mother, Nancy Richards, since the philanthropist felt ill one Sunday and was dead by the following Tuesday due to a virus that infected her blood. She left behind three children and a husband, but also with a legacy of assistance to others that has not vanished. Nina’s family donated most of the resources used to build the center, located in the neighborhood of Villa de Guadalupe, as well as sponsoring two children. Claudia González Yáñez, chief of the Programs department of Children International – Jalisco, mentioned that Children International’s goal is to build four community centers in the metro area of Guadalajara in order to serve approximately 20,000 impoverished children. “Now [Nina’s] children and her family have sponsored children, yet she wasn’t a sponsor. She helped the world without having a goal like that. She always tried to help children living in poverty,” said González Yáñez. In addition to medical care, the benefited children are taught about values and are given a package containing a backpack, school supplies, school shoes and sneakers to help and stimulate them so they don’t drop out of school due to financial reasons. At the Villa de Guadalupe center, children from 20 neighborhoods such as Mesa Colorada, Mesa de los Ocotes and La Coronilla will be served, and, up to now, there are 4,000 children in the area. The first center, located in Paraísos del Colli, serves 22 neighborhoods within a 15 km radius and 5,300 children. The organization carried out a feasibility study to find an area where they could find 5,000 or more impoverished children, all within a concentrated community, in order to provide help to those who need it. Seventy [correction:50] percent of sponsors [who sponsor childen in Jalisco] are Mexican or Latin-Americans living in the United States.