More than 4,000 temporarily homeless and orphaned boys and girls, 8 to 16 years of age, have received professional care at the Jewish Child Care Association’s Pleasantville Cottage School since the institution came into existence in 1912, Samuel S. Schneierson, president of the Association, stated here today. He announced a series of events to be held in commemoration of the 40th anniversary of the institution.
The school, one of the first and foremost cottage-type group residences in the United States, helped make child care history through the extension and popularization of a type of service that marked the beginning of the end for barracks-type institutions, Mr. Schneierson stated. At present, more than 250 boys and girls receive professional attention at Pleasantville Cottage School each year. Mrs. Jerome I. Udell is chairman of the School and Louis H. Sobel is executive director of the Jewish Child Care Association which maintains the School.
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