A Bright Spaces, a place for children and families in crisis to play, learn and have fun within existing homeless shelters and playspaces, is opening in Bed Stuy and Dan Zanes will be on hand at the ceremonial ribbon-cutting event on Monday morning at 10 am.

Zanes has been doing benefits and donating money to Bright Horizons Foundation for Children for their play-places for homeless children for years now.

Bright Spaces™ are warm, enriching places in homeless shelters and community agencies that give children and families in crisis a place to play, learn and have fun.
Bright Spaces are created in partnership with Bright Horizons employees, corporations, community agencies, and others. For more information on Bright Spaces, please contact Karin Weaver at kweaver@brighthorizons.com.
Bright Spaces might include:
Language and music centers with great books and children’s music,
Educational games
Soft toys and dolls
Arts and crafts supplies
Blocks and building materials
Play areas filled with props and costumes
Computers and activities
Comfortable spaces for families

Directions:
Providence House is located at 703 Lexington Avenue,
between Malcolm X and Stuyvesant Avenue,
Brooklyn, NY 11221

Bed-Stuy Banana has more information about the event.

Okay, so I wasn’t planning on re-emerging until July, but I received an email from Dan Zanes’ PR people to promote a ribbon cutting ceremony for a new Bright Space, “warm, enriching places in homeless shelters and community agencies that give children and families in crisis a place to play, learn and have fun,” at 10 am this coming Monday. Now I’ve heard Dan Zanes is a popular children’s musician but I’m not familiar with his music, and so have no compelling need to give him more press. However, it did seem like a good opportunity to highlight the organization at which he’ll be present, Providence House.