T/F The Children's Enrichment Committee (CEC) was begun with a donation from Anna Delano Hitch, Franklin Roosevelt's aunt.
T/F Anna Delano Hitch was the first woman member of the Lions Club.
T/F The organization used to set up Christmas trees in local banks, inviting people to knit gloves and mittens and hang them on the tree.
T/F Now the CEC gives holiday presents to over 100 children and teenagers in foster care in Orange County.
T/F A talented member of the CEC knit these beautiful outfits and toys as holiday presents.
T/F The CEC also helps pay for summer camp, music and dance lessons, and sports club fees.
T/F The Emily Akers Scholarship Fund, named for its first administrator, offers scholarships to Orange County students attending colleges and universities.
T/F One of the Emily Akers Scholarship Fund winners graduated college in three years, and the Fund helped her with her first year of law school.
T/F The CEC is an all volunteer organization and donations to it are tax-deductible.
T/F The CEC is always open to new members.
If you answered True to all ten questions, you were absolutely right.
There is nothing false about the Children's Enrichment Committee of Orange County, New York!
