Story on County’s Poor, Hungry Children Brings Home Tragedy
In spite of the grim facts and statistics you reported in your article “Holes Seen in Safety Net for County’s Children” (Dec. 20), I am glad you gave them the coverage and space they deserve.
As a volunteer who spent many hours working on last September’s “Candlelight Vigil for Children” to herald the first World Summit for Children, I stand firmly behind our government keeping its commitment to all the world’s children, including those in Orange County.
We must continue to build “a constituency for children” to monitor our government’s program on the seven goals for children to be reached by the year 2000. To ask to reduce child mortality, immunize children, clean water systems, promote literacy, educate children--how can we all not gain from such basic goals?
As a retired schoolteacher and school psychologist, I believe that all this merely points to pounds of problems that can be prevented by ounces of cures.
BARBARA URSCHEL, Mission Viejo
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