Lawyer to speak at PCRC annual meeting in Orange

Sarah Eagan

ORANGE - The Lower Naugatuck Valley Parent-Child Resource Center is hosting its annual awards dinner at 6 p.m. March 24 at Grassy Hill Country Club, 441 Clark Lane.

The theme of the event is "Protecting Connecticut's Children is Everyone's Responsibility."

Proceeds will support diverse programs and services vital to the health of the community.

Keynote speaker will be Sarah Eagan, a lawyer. She will discuss her professional experience with mental health and the recent report “Shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School” by The Office of the Child Advocate, released Nov. 21. 

Eagan was appointed to serve as Connecticut’s Child Advocate on Aug. 1, 2013 by Gov. Dannel P. Malloy. 

She sets priority reviews for the office, manages operations and publishes information, and recommendations for system reform, regarding the well-being of children. 

Visit The Office of the Child Advocate’s website for more information: ct.gov/oca.

Each year PCRC presents The Mary Lou Cook Award for Outstanding Service to Children and Families, and The Joseph A. Pagliaro, Sr. Award for Distinguished Service to Children and Families. 

Award recipients will be announced soon.

Follow PCRC on Facebook at Parent Child Resource Center and @LNVPCRC1 on Twitter.

The dinner will recognize community members for their service to children and families, as well as raise funds to support PCRC’s successful clinical programs that deliver a state of the art care to clients – as a leader in the delivery of mental health services to children and families. 

Each year PCRC serves more than 1,200 children, many who suffer from serious behavioral and emotional problems, including trauma, abuse, and neglect.

Cost of the event is $50 per person. RSVP by March 13 with your dinner selection and any guest numbers at 203-954-0543 x100 or Vparsloe@LNVPCRC.org.

PCRC is the leading provider of behavioral health services to children and families in the Lower Naugatuck Valley.
Programs, including the Child Guidance Clinic, Valley Kids Belong programs, Child First, Triple P In-Home services, Early Childhood Consultation Partnership, Therapeutic Mentoring Program, Intensive Outpatient Program, and the Prevention through Early Intervention Program, help children and their families so that they may develop to their fullest potential.


This post is taken from a press release from PCRC.