Check out what Children's Champions are doing in New Britain to promote the goal of getting all children to kindergarten healthy and ready for school success. Use their ideas to make a difference in your community and please tell us about it! click here to let us know what you're doing as a Children's Champion.

Merrill Gay (New Britain) Executive Director, New Britain Discovery Collaborative The New Britain Discovery Collaborative invited Ready Rabbit to attend the New Britain Parks and Recreation Children's Festival and he was a big hit! With the help of three outstanding volunteers, Executive Director Merrill Gay and his team worked the crowd and found many eager supporters of Ready, Set, Grow and the incredible early childhood efforts taking place in New Britain. "Virtually everyone we talked to signed up," Merrill said.

Patricia Johnson (New Britian) President, PJB Parts and stuff As a Children's Champion, Patricia will email her friends and family about Ready, Set, Grow.