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Head Start Thanks Half Price Books!

4/13/2010

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A big thanks to Half Price Books for their donation of 150 books through its Half-pint library giveaway! The books will be used in classroom libraries and to giveaway during Head Start's yearly Star Light, Star Bright, a Family Reading Night activity.
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Head Start in the Running for a Pepsi Refresh Grant!

3/31/2010

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Help Head Start win $5,000 to put toward Star Light, Star Bright, A Family Reading Night and classroom libraries! Vote once a day, every day in April here: http://www.refresheverything.com/urbandayheadstart.

Goals
  • Distribute 300 literacy baskets; increase multicultural library books
  • Narrow the achievement gap between African-American and white students
  • Encourage all families to read together
  • Foster a love of reading in students
  • Promote reading at home, not just in school

Overview

Head Start hosts a family night every month. Every year in October, students, families, and staff participate in "Star Light, Star Bright" - a family reading night. Each classroom transforms into a book, with the door as its cover and the students as the characters. For example, this year a classroom read If You Give a Moose a Muffin. Reading came alive as students traced their hands to make "antlers" and helped bake muffins.

Star Light, Star Bright helps Head Start children SOAR out of povery through reading. Students SOAR by...

Sounding-out words (listening to audiobooks, reading books outloud)
Opportunities for play (connecting activities with books)
All-family reading (dedicating reading time, creating emotional connections)
Repitition (reading same books to foster word recognition)

Your vote will help us give families reading materials to take home, as well as provide supplies so students can practice writing at home and school.  

How will the 5K be Used?
$ 3,000 Literacy baskets
$ 1,000 Multicultural books for the library
$ 1,000 Supplies
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A Non-Exhaustive List of Local Companies That Support Education

7/15/2009

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This list covers all the local companies I could find that support educational programs that may become of use to our school community. Other local companies support higher education, but, for our purposes, aren't included. All of these companies require or give preference to schools in proximity of their operating area.     

Alterra-Contributes in-kind donations.

Bergner's- Holds a "community day" in November where schools and non-profits sell coupon books and keep all of the profits.

Briggs and Stratton- Conducts charitable giving for organizations.

Firstar/US Bank- In addition to volunteer hours, 23 percent of all charitable giving is directed toward education.

Harley-Davidson- The H-D Foundation targets communities with the greatest need and places an emphasis on education, specifically in the areas of core curriculum and academic enhancers.

Kohl's-  If three Kohl's associates volunteer a minimum of three hours for a youth-serving non-profit, the non-profit receives a $500 grant through Kohl's Cares for Kids' A-team program.

Manpower - Provides adult education with workforce development programs.

Roundy's Supermarkets, Inc.- The Roundy's Foundation supports youth literacy programs and provides grant opportunities for these efforts. Roundy's also provides in-kind donations and charitable donations.

Please let me know if I am missing any or if you know of smaller businesses that would be willing to contribute to the school!

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