Rutgers-Newark held a Three Kings celebration for Spanish-speaking kids and their families.
NEWARK -- Complete with dinner, presents, and an actual visit from the Three Kings, New Jersey special needs kids and their caretakers were treated to an Epiphany celebration Tuesday.
Dozens of kids and their caregivers gathered at the Rutgers-Newark campus Tuesday for the Three Kings celebration, hosted by Mom2Mom, a peer support helpline for families of special needs children operated by the school's Behavioral Health Care center. The group, which began in 2010, uses trained mothers of disabled kids to provide "reciprocal peer support" to others dealing with similar issues, the group said.
It runs a special program to provide support to Spanish-speaking families. The event commemorating Three Kings Day, a Christian holiday marking the visit of the Magi after Christ's birth and celebrated in many Latin American countries by the Three Kings bringing gifts to children, was geared toward Spanish-speaking special needs children and their families.
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