2010-12 Stokes Family Resource Guide Now
Available!
Stokes Partnership for Children is pleased to announce that
the new biennial, 2010-2012 Stokes Family Resource Guide is
now available. This comprehensive pocket sized resource
guide provides a convenient means to locate information
about agencies and organizations providing services and
support for children and families. It is conveniently
categorized by types of services available, which includes a
brief description of the individual agencies providing the
service. An index provides a convenient listing of agencies
and businesses alphabetically. Other pages are devoted to
more detailed information such as finding quality child
care, early intervention services, domestic violence
services, health services, Crime Stoppers and more. This
guide is available free of charge. Copies may be picked up
at Stokes Partnership for Children, Stokes County Public
Libraries, Stokes County Department of Social Services,
Stokes Family Health Center, King Chamber of Commerce and at
various other locations throughout the county.
Smart Start funding for this project was provided through
AmeriCorps and Children Together, KidSource Child Care
Resource and Referral, and Stokes Family Support Network,
which are
all programs of Stokes Partnership for Children. Call
336-985-2676 or email
buildingfoundations@stokespfc.com for more information.
Stokes Partnership for Children’s Summer Book Drive is as
simple as ONE, TWO, THREE. The public is invited to support
literacy for young children in the following ways. One is to
drop off new books for children ages birth to eight at any
of the following locations: Stokes Family YMCA, Little Italy
Restaurant, or Stokes Partnership for Children in King; El
Cabo Restaurant or Just Plain Country in Walnut Cove;
Artist’s Way Café in Danbury; The Ridge in Sandy Ridge; and
Briggs Grocery in Lawsonville. Two, you can mark your
calendars now for the Scholastic Book Fair to be held at the
King Public Library August 9-14. Three, support BBQ for
Books to be held August 27 at Stokes Partnership for
Children. Tickets will be sold in advance.
According to Cindy Tuttle, SPC Executive Director, “If you
believe investing in young children is smart, then a good
place to start is through literacy. One simple way to invest
is to give a child a book.” According to the National
Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC),
“Children take their first critical steps toward learning to
read and write very early in life. Literacy doesn’t begin at
kindergarten—or even in preschool. Babies respond to adults
talking to them; 1-year-olds point to pictures in books; and
2-year-olds chant nursery rhymes. These and other first
steps lay the foundations for literacy.”
The Summer Book Drive begins Monday, June 14 and ends August
27. Proceeds benefit SPC’s Howard Mabe Book Fund, Outreach
for School Readiness playgroups, preschool and kindergarten
school readiness kits, the Little Folks Festival and much
more. For more information call 336-985-2676 or email
buildingfoundations@stokespfc.com
Stokes Partnership for
Children
presented the ninth annual
Little Folks Festival
10 AM to 2 PM April 17, 2010
Walnut Cove Elementary School
Walnut Cove, NC
Stokes Partnership for Children annually sponsors this fun-filled
event to celebrate National Week of the Young Child. The
mission is to promote early care, childhood education and
school readiness for children birth to five years of age.
Other areas of focus include family support and health. Music,
games, arts and crafts and other fun hands-on activities for
children!
Lots of fun entertainment while learning about vital
information pertaining to services for families!!
As a first educator for the future workforce, quality child
care provides an important first step that has a lasting
positive educational impact on our children. Getting children
ready will help them excel in school – the stakes for local
schools to ensure student success are higher everyday. More
prepared students will help not only the individual student but
the school and the community to succeed. For a fascinating look at
the value of early childhood investment
go to
http://www.okhorizon.com/2009/Show0941/IntvWJamesHeckman.htm.
James Heckman is a noted scholar and winner of the 2000 Nobel
Prize in Economic Sciences.
STOKES PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN RECEIVES
CLEAN AUDIT REPORT
Stokes Partnership for Children has a “clean bill” of
financial health, according to the Office of
State Auditor. An audit of 2007-2008 Smart Start activities found
the organization was
in compliance and had appropriate internal controls. Stokes
Partnership for Children
administers Smart Start for Stokes County.
Dr Jack Shonkoff: Leadership Forum on Preparing NC for a
Prosperous Future
“An investment in early childhood is vital. View the
YouTube
presentation by Dr Jack Shonkoff
who presents scientific evidence
to support this statement. VERY INTERESTING!”
New Website Connects Parents with Tips, Local Resources
A new resource for parents of young children is now just a click away.
Partners from 12 organizations covering ten counties announce the launch of
Grow A Child (www.growachild.org),
a Web site designed to help families
find local community resources and other simple ideas to turn good parents
into extraordinary parents.
Howard Mabe Childrens Book Fund Stokes Partnership for Children is pleased to announce the Howard Mabe Childrens Book Fund. Howard Mabe, a former Stokes County Commissioner, was an active board member of Stokes Partnership for Children for many years. He served as Treasurer of the board and was an energetic SPC committee member. He was well liked and respected by SPC staff and fellow members of the SPC Board of Directors. In order to honor his memory, Stokes Partnership for Children has established the Howard Mabe Childrens Book Fund. Donations to the fund will be used to purchase new books for young children in Stokes County, in order to encourage the love of reading beginning at an early age. Labels will be placed in the front of each book informing the recipient that the book was given through the Howard Mabe Childrens Book Fund. Howard Mabe valued the well-being of young children and appreciated the importance of literacy as it relates to school readiness and future success. This ongoing initiative will be a way for the community to continue to give back to a cause that was so important to Howard Mabe and to help honor his memory.
Donations may be made to Stokes Partnership for Children, Howard Mabe Childrens Book Fund, PO Box 2319, King, NC 27021. For more information contact SPC at 336-985-2676 or buildingfoundations@stokespfc.com.
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