With a $10,000 grant from St. Faith's House Foundation, Cardinal McCloskey Services will launch The WRAP (Wellness Recreation And Play) Program, a new after school health and wellness program for the children at Hayden House. Located in Ossining, Hayden House is Cardinal McCloskey Services' emergency "safe house" residence for abused and neglected children from Westchester County. While in residence, children receive diagnostic, therapeutic, educational and intervention services to initiate the process of recovering from abuse.

The WRAP Program will provide Hayden's children with activities to improve their overall health, wellness, and self esteem. The goals are to teach the children at Hayden House healthy styles of living and coping as well as to enrich and improve their lives by providing healthy, positive outlets for expressions of anger, aggression, and sorrow and by providing opportunities for personal accomplishment and increased self-esteem.

"Children arrive at Hayden House feeling angry, hurt, and confused," according to Vincent Knudsen, Director of Residential Services at Hayden. "Their emotional turmoil manifests itself in a wide range of behaviors such as sleeping disorders, eating disorders, and self-injury including suicide attempts. Participation in recreational and wellness enrichment activities are normalizing experiences and are crucial to the healthy development and healing process of the children at Hayden."