New Destiny FSC joins the Dad Take Your Child to School Day Initiative every year. The Department of Children and Families encourages all Family Success Centers to be part of it by creating an event that promotes dads taking their children to school. The goal is to engage fathers and father figures in their children’s education. Since school was remote last year, we had to make it extra special with all children returning to their classrooms! Instead of having dads take a picture at home during online learning, they were able to drop off their children and take pictures at the schools. Our focus was to ensure dads participated and took the time to bond with their children. NDFSC staff partnered with John F Kennedy High School Based Youth Services, Senator Frank Lautenberg School 6, School 2, Paterson Firefighters and Community Policing to recruit dads, and have first responders cheer students on as they entered their school entrances. NDFSC team members also tabled outside each of the participating schools, taking pictures and distributing information about our upcoming programs and community resources. Furthermore, it was the perfect moment to promote our Fatherhood Program! A total of 54 dads and 80 children participated! This is a success for us!! Fifty-four dads took their children to school! As an incentive to promote this initiative, a bowling trip was scheduled. Food, transportation, and fun!! All they had to do was to take a photo at the school and send it to us. We were overwhelmed with joy seeing all the pictures in our inbox. Happiness was present in each child’s face!! Dads’ involvement in their education is imperative. Taking 10 or 15-minutes commute to school can be looked like is not enough time to spend with a child, or make a difference, but it does! Those children that were taken to school on September 17th, 2021, will treasure that moment for the rest of their lives.