Published: September 16, 2002
preview / download General Manager Frank Comerford and Host Janice Huff To Receive Award From New Yorkers For Children Organization
NEW YORK - September 16, 2002 — NBC President and General Manager Frank Comerford and Meteorologist Janice Huff will be honored tomorrow evening by New Yorkers for Children for WNBCs commitment to Wednesdays Child, the weekly adoption segment that airs Wednesdays on Live at Five.
Huff, who is the host of Wednesdays Child, and Comerford will receive the Second Annual Nicholas Scoppetta Award for Service to Children in recognition of WNBCs commitment to children and families and the great success of the
Wednesdays Child program. The New Yorkers for Childrens annual Fall Gala is being held at The Regent Wall Street in lower Manhattan.
Each week, Wednesdays Child profiles special needs children in the New York City foster care system in the effort of finding them a permanent, loving home. Since its debut on WNBC in April 1999, 22 of the featured Wednesdays Children have been permanently adopted, 63 are now living in pre-adoptive homes and 27 are currently visiting with families that are interested in adopting. In total, more than half of the children profiled in the Wednesdays Child segment have either been adopted or are currently in the adoption process.
Wednesdays Child is a partnership among WNBC, the Freddie Mac Foundation and New York Citys Administration for Childrens Services (ACS).
