2021 COMMUNITY READ A SUCCESS
Thank you to the 59 volunteers who came to our Head Start classrooms to read to the children during our Community Read Weeks!
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Give Your Child a HEAD START!
Registration Event 2021-2022 – WE OFFER Family Engagement, Qualified Teachers, Bus Transportation (limited), Health/Developmental Screenings, Parent Involvement Opportunities. …READ MORE
Thank you to PNC Foundation
The PNC Foundation provided us with a grant to help us purchase a Zono Sanitizing Cabinet for our Northside Head Start Center in Okeechobee. The Zono will sanitize our classroom toys and learning materials and will help keep our children and staff healthy.
Adopt-A-Class a Big Sucess
We would like to express our deepest appreciation to the following individuals, businesses, and clubs who participated in our Head Start Adopt-A-Class Program for Christmas. Their caring and generosity made it possible for each child to receive a special gift: Anna Luke Gould Cooksey Fennell PA Indian River Insurance Agency Jacqueline Jacobs Jonathan Luke Mark … Read more
REACH Program graduates
Congratulations to these three REACH Program graduates who completed their LPN training at Treasure Coast Technical College in December: April Green, Stephanie Amanzio, and Jenetta Williams. Stephanie was also class Valedictorian.
REACH Success Story
We love hearing from our REACH Family Self-Sufficiency Program clients. Here’s an update from Briana Morgan: “I came across this paper (REACH Program Self-Sufficiency Plan) we did during my pursuit to LPN in 2016. It’s crazy that the timeline matches up exactly to what I did! LPN Dec. 2017, RN school 2019, and today I … Read more
Thank You, Mrs. Gibbons
We would like to thank Mrs. Patricia Gibbons, who recently made a donation to us in memory of her daughter Emily, who was one of our Head Start teachers for 9 years. Here is some of what Mrs. Gibbons said in her letter: My daughter, Emily Gibbons, worked for your Head Start Program for 9 … Read more
Changes In Tax Law Regarding Charitable Donations
The CARES ACT (Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act) contains a provision that allows taxpayers, who do not itemize their taxes, the ability to deduct up to $300 in cash donations made to a charity in 2020 [Section 62(a)(22)]. Even if you take a standard deduction, this applies to you! Making a donation to … Read more
We Have A New Classroom
Our new classroom for 2-year-old children is open at our St. Helen’s Head Start Center in Gifford. Unlike our Head Start program for children age 3-5, our “Early Bird” Program is 100% locally funded. We would like to thank our funders for investing in the early childhood education of these beautiful young children. Program funders … Read more
