The New York Giants have funded a new program to provide childcare at no cost to emergency response personnel at the Meadowlands YMCA for the next 10 weeks.
The Meadowlands YMCA has continued to operate its daycare program in consultation with the Bergen County Department of Health, Hudson Regional Hospital and Hackensack University Medical Center for the children of essential personnel during the COVID-19 crisis.
The new funding allows the Y to expand the program to up to 42 children.
David Kisselback, President and CEO of the Meadowlands YMCA, said:
Our staff is well-organized and well-trained to manage in this situation and is complying with the State and County Departments of Health’s standards in their health safety protocols.
While we are cognizant of the CDC and other guidelines being issued to limit social gatherings, we also are committed to our mission of supporting the community, and our daycare program, food distribution programs, blood drives and education support programming are all being administered with the greatest of care.
Established in 1920, the Meadowlands Area YMCA is celebrating its hundredth anniversary. It is located in East Rutherford, New Jersey, in a service area of 132,000 households serving more than 350,000 guests per year.