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Since 1986, Hour Children has provided supportive services to incarcerated and formerly incarcerated women and their families. Hour Children provides these mothers with a place to live and an opportunity for a new life.

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Hour Children’s Christmas Wishlist

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Please download our Wishlist PDF here. As Hour Children celebrates these lovely autumn days we offer sincere gratitude for your support and generosity this past year. Hour Children has been home to over 300 mothers and children who have successfully transitioned from prison to their new life. You help that happen in very tangible ways! With Christmas [...]

Please download our Wishlist PDF here. As Hour Children celebrates these lovely autumn days we offer sincere gratitude for your support and generosity this past year. Hour Children has been home to over 300 mothers and children who have successfully transitioned from prison to their new life. You help that happen in very tangible ways! With Christmas on the horizon we once again ask your help in making this a meaningful time for all. We are deeply grateful for whatever help you can give us, as your gifts are shared in a variety of ways.
  • To children at our annual Christmas party on Dec. 17th (a great reunion for Hour Children families - past and present).
  • To families in our homes for Christmas
  • To children who visit their moms in prison at Taconic Correctional Facility, Beacon Correctional Facility and beyond.
  • To our "outside" community of children in our mentoring program whose mother or father is in prison.
As always we welcome monetary donations to help our services, and we treasure your commitment to share our lives.
You can either deliver gifts or arrange for a pick-up, we would appreciate a response as soon as possible.
We also love our benefactors to visit and meet the families whose lives you've touched.
May God's peace be yours in abundance!
Gratefully,
Sister Tesa Fitzgerald, CSJ
Executive Director

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Pretty Trap Honors Hour Children

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Cause Celebrè is using their talents for the stage to help Hour Children service incarcerated women and their children by dedicating a performance to our organization! The Pretty Trap is Tennessee Williams’ one-act precursor to The Glass Menagerie starring Katharine Houghton, Robert Eli, Nisi Sturgis, and Loren Dunn in a limited Off-Broadway run at the [...]

Cause Celebrè is using their talents for the stage to help Hour Children service incarcerated women and their children by dedicating a performance to our organization!

The Pretty Trap is Tennessee Williams' one-act precursor to The Glass Menagerie starring Katharine Houghton, Robert Eli, Nisi Sturgis, and Loren Dunn in a limited Off-Broadway run at the Acorn Theatre.
On August 19th, the performance will be dedicated to Hour Children!Come support Hour Children and bring a friend to this special event! Enjoy the show and introduce a new friend to the work of Hour Children.
For tickets, phone (212) 239-6200 or visit Telecharge.The Acorn Theatre is located at 410 W 42 Street.More information can be found at http://www.causecelebre.info/index.htm; click ‘Causes’ to learn about Cause Celebre and Hour Children.Hour Children in based in Long Island City, Queens, and is a not-for-profit, non-sectarian organization that has been serving incarcerated mothers and their children for 25 years. Hour Children provides a wide array of services to incarcerated women and their families including supportive housing, mentoring,day care, food pantry and community outreach afterschool programs, thift shops, and employment training.

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HC’s Mentoring in NY Daily News

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Hour Children’s Hour Friend In Deed Mentoring had a really nice write-up in the New York Daily News. Hour Friend in Deed (HFID) places children with incarcerated parents with Mentors. Mentoring helps these children to learn about the world around them with positive role-models and much needed friendship. So check out this GREAT article here! Also, [...]

Hour Children's Hour Friend In Deed Mentoring had a really nice write-up in the New York Daily News. Hour Friend in Deed (HFID) places children with incarcerated parents with Mentors. Mentoring helps these children to learn about the world around them with positive role-models and much needed friendship. So check out this GREAT article here! Also, learn more about all of or mentoring programs and how you can become a mentor on the Hour Children Mentoring Page.

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Hour Children is Moving

We are moving to a new location in Long Island City (just a few doors down) while our new building is being built. Hour Children’s new address is 13-07 37th Avenue Long Island City, NY 11101 Our phone numbers will remain the same.

We are moving to a new location in Long Island City (just a few doors down) while our new building is being built. Hour Children's new address is 13-07 37th Avenue Long Island City, NY 11101 Our phone numbers will remain the same.

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Hour Children Builds A New Play Yard

Hour Children’s New Play Yard   With the help from our partners The Beanstalk Foundation and The Pinkerton Foundation, our newest project is transforming an abandoned lot in Corona, Queens, into a safe play-yard for 14 families at our newest permanent-housing apartment building, Sister Kathy’s House. And we need your support to finish our newest [...]

Hour Children's New Play Yard   With the help from our partners The Beanstalk Foundation and The Pinkerton Foundation, our newest project is transforming an abandoned lot in Corona, Queens, into a safe play-yard for 14 families at our newest permanent-housing apartment building, Sister Kathy's House. And we need your support to finish our newest project! (more...)

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Hour Children Achieves 4-Star Rating

Recently, Hour Children received the highest rating of 4-stars from Charity Navigator, a highly respected charity evaluator. Although we have received this rating before, it is bestowed again only after a thorough re-examination. Only one-quarter of all charities evaluated by Charity Navigator have received this highest rating, indicating an organizationÕs ability to efficiently manage and [...]

Recently, Hour Children received the highest rating of 4-stars from Charity Navigator, a highly respected charity evaluator. Although we have received this rating before, it is bestowed again only after a thorough re-examination. Only one-quarter of all charities evaluated by Charity Navigator have received this highest rating, indicating an organizationÕs ability to efficiently manage and grow its finances, and execute its mission in a fiscally responsible way. For more details, see www.charitynavigator.org.

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