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Rochester Parent Network Celebrates the Power of Collaboration


Representatives of the many organizations that comprise the Rochester Parent Network celebrated the impact the network has had on parents, care givers and children at a partnership celebration hosted by MCC President R. Thomas Flynn last evening.

In addition to a reflection each organization's role in fulfilling the RPN's promise, RPN leaders Mary Louise Musler, MCC, Jim Coffey, MCC, and Mike Reif, Regional Early Childhood Direction Center, also commended Monroe Community College for its generous support and President Flynn's commitment to the network's continued growth.

Guests confirmed that the Rochester Parent Network has reached impressive milestones and is a critical component of Rochester being recognized as a center of excellence for children and families in the future.

The Rochester Parent Network recognized the following organizations for their support:

Leadership Council:
Early Childhood Education Quality Council
Family Resource Centers of Rochester
Golisano Children’s Hospital at Strong
Irondequoit Community Access Television
Monroe Community College
Monroe County Library System
Regional Early Childhood Direction Center  (Monroe #1 BOCES and Strong Center for Developmental Disabilities)
Margaret Warner Graduate School of Education and Human Development at the University of Rochester
Marie C. & Joseph C. Wilson Foundation
WXXI Public Broadcasting
Parent and Community Representatives

Affiliates and Funders:
Child Care Council
Children’s Institute
Daisy Marquis Jones Foundation
Dyson Foundation through Pediatric Links to the Community
Genesee Valley Dieticians Association
Halcyon Hill Foundation
Injury Free Coalition
Monroe Community College Foundation
Monroe County Health Department 
Presbyterian Women
Rochester Area Community Foundation
Rochester’s Child
SUNY Brockport
Strong Museum
Time Warner Cable
United States Department of Education
United Way of Greater Rochester
ViaHealth
Wegmans Food Markets


Rosanna Condello
Public Affairs
07/01/2005