White Plains CitizeNetReporter - Monday is Family Day Proclaims the Mayor. Urges Families to Dine Together

WPCNR CITY HALL CIRCUIT. From Melissa Lopez, The Mayor's Office. September 20, 2007: Joseph M. Delfino, Mayor of the City of White Plains, has proclaimed Monday, September 24 as Family Day -- a special day to commemorate, encourage and celebrate the tradition of families sharing meals together. The commemoration of Family Day is an annual activity of the White Plains Community That Cares Coalition (CTC). This year White Plains Community That Cares Coalition celebrates Family Day by focusing on practicing the message of Family Day. We invite all families to celebrate Family Day and emphasize that sharing a meal withyour children results in building stronger families.

“Family Day, A Day to Eat Dinner with Your Children™” is a national movement that began in 2001 and encourages parents to frequently eat dinner with their kids and become involved in their children’s lives.Family Day is celebrated on the fourth Monday in September.

Studies show that the simple act of sharing a meal together results in youth making positive and healthy choices for themselves. The White Plains Community That Cares Coalition and this year’s partners emphasize that although Family Day is officially celebrated once a year, the City Of White Plains embraces this message every day throughout the year.

This year, the City of White Plains and the White Plains Community That Cares Coalition is hosting a number of events throughout the month of September to encourage family meal time.

Some of this year’s Family Day activities include:

- Wal-Mart sponsored Breakfast for Families - September 29, 2007
- White Plains Public Library Story Times (Family focused) and
Information Displays
- White Plains Youth Bureau After School Connection Art Projects
focusing on celebrating family meal time memories
- Applebee's “Family of the Month” Meal partnership
- Movie Preview Screening- Family Day preview slide featuring Mayor
Delfino to be viewed prior to 500 movies
- Whole Foods Cooking Demo
- National Amusements Movie and Dinner Event
- Partnership with the Ministerial Council members:
- Bethel Church bulletin announcement and sermon announcement as well
as information distribution at their Ministry Fair
- Mt. Hope Information distribution
- Lonnie White Information Distribution

The White Plains CTC Coalition promotes a safe and healthy environment by utilizing community resources to help its youth and families live healthy, productive and self-sufficient lives.

“Family Day is a time for us to reflect on and practice family traditions and family values. Families that enjoy mealtime together are proven to be closer, and better at communicating. This in turn helps our
children make positive decisions. I am encouraging all families in the City of White Plains, and beyond, to mark this special day by having dinner together throughout the year,” stated Mayor Delfino.

Regular family meals are opportunities for families to be together, talk together, laugh together and eat together. While everyone’s family and everyone’s food is uniquely their own, every family benefits from the deliberate and consistent routine.

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For more information on Family Day Activities please contact Monica
Gonzalez, Coalition Coordinator, White Plains Community That Cares
Coalition 422-1378; mgonzalez@ci.white-plains.ny.us


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