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Back to School…Time to Mentor!
It’s that time of year again, when students make their way back to the classrooms, school libraries and playgrounds. So, it’s the perfect time to consider becoming a mentor to a young person. Over 14-million youth are considered at-risk…caring mentors can help guide them toward a rewarding life.
Please, contact your local school district and help just one child achieve their academic potential.
Show you care about the environment… bring along friends and family!
Join eco-Volunteer USA for a fun and rewarding experience in a Florida State Park. Click here for current park projects.
Making NEWS…WE'RE HELPING MORE FAMILIES OF DEAF CHILDREN LEARN SIGN LANGUAGE!
Your Gift of Giving….Brings Sweet Story of Success
Ricardo, a sweet and energetic second-grader, was struggling with reading at the beginning of the school year. On his first standardized assessment, he scored a 54% Probability of Reading Success. But Ricardo’s mom knew her son needed to do much better to achieve in school and later in life. So, they got involved with their local family literacy program. She learned how she could help her son improve his reading skills using a fun and educational take-home kit. “Mom” recently reported, with a huge smile on her face, that Ricardo scored a 95% on his latest Probability of Reading Success assessment. That’s what family literacy and a second chance is all about…creating smiles filled with pride and confidence! Good work Ricardo!
We NEED BOOKS TO HELP INSPIRE YOUNG READERS AND YOU CAN HELP!
CHECK OUT OUR NEW SLAM DUNK BOOK DRIVE - PSA WITH THE ORLANDO MAGIC!
NEVER TOO EARLY TO LEARN!
(From left to right, Ginny Kirkland, Pearson Foundation and Dollar General's Henry Forrester spend time with Georgia Governor Perdue at a recent Pre-K event)
The school year may be coming to a close, but the state of Georgia continues it's charge to make sure Pre-K students love learning. Our Foundation is proud to be a partner in Georgia’s early learning initiative, offering Love.Read.Learn!, a Pre-K parent workshop to 50,000 families so parents can learn fun ways to be great teachers to their kids. From trips to the grocery store to writing letters with colored bath soap, little ones love to learn. Thanks to our friends at the Dollar General Literacy Foundation and Pearson Foundation, parents get to attend the workshops free of charge.
ECONOMY SPURS SUNTRUST FOUNDATION AND VOLUNTEER USA TO TEAM UP FOR "FAMILY-FRIENDLY" FINANCIAL EDUCATION PROGRAM
We’ve got a fun new way to provide young students with math and money lessons. The program also offers evening parent/child workshops to get the whole family thinking about how basic math skills relate to every day spending, saving and investing decisions. The family financial education program is being offered free of charge to elementary schools in several Florida school districts. To learn more about our Financial Education for Families Program click here. Interested schools should email Teecy.Matthews@volunteerusafund.org or call 850-562-5300.
For the full story about our financial education program launch go here.
VOLUNTEER USA'S DEAF FAMILY LITERACY ACADEMY LAUNCHES PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT
Our Deaf Family Literacy Academies, DFLAs, are the first step for inclusion of deaf and hard-of-hearing children in their own homes, in school, in making friends and fully functioning in society. Our model offers early intervention for deaf and hard-of-hearing children, parental involvement with their children through education in signing, reading together for parents and children and English for non-English speaking families. Click here to view the PSA!