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Celebrating Our Strong Start Legacy Partner: The Kiwanis Club of Brantford
On March 22nd, 2012 Strong Start was the recipient of a $5,000.00 donation from the Kiwanis Club of Brantford. The cheque was presented to Lori Henderson, Strong Start Program Co-ordinator for Brant, Haldimand and Norfolk, by President Bob Johnson and Bob Ritchie, Chair of the Children Priority One Committee. This is the second year that [...]
Assessment Results for Fall 2010/Spring 2011
Statistics for All Schools Note: The summary of the gains made by the children has 36 categories since children are grouped in 3 areas, with 2 levels of expectation of success and 6 areas of skills tested. Overall 88% to 100% of the children (depending on the category) made significant, excellent or outstanding gains! 2,234 [...]
Giant Tiger celebrates 50th anniversary with a giant party and charity BBQ for Strong Start
On Saturday May 7, 2011 Giant Tiger at 421 Greenbrook Dr. in Kitchener, hosted a 50th Anniversary celebration. As part of the festivities, a charity BBQ was held. Bruce and Michelle Crump, owners of this location of Giant Tiger, treated their valued customers to a BBQ of sausages and hotdogs. The BBQ was manned by [...]
She l-o-v-e-s her letters
A local literacy program called Strong Start gives a friendly — and crucial — boost to young children who are struggling with their reading By Renée Francoeur “Mama bear, I want a hug,” a little girl in pink and white sneakers softly reads out loud. “A big hug. A small hug. A growing very tall [...]
Lyle S. Hallman Foundation Continues to Champion Early Literacy with Grant of nearly $390,000 to Strong Start
Kitchener, Ontario June 15, 2011 –Strong Start to reading announced today that it has received a five-year grant of $389,368 from the Lyle S. Hallman Foundation to expand its new Get Ready for School program in Waterloo Region’s high-needs neighbourhoods. The program will expand from its current two pilot sites into four sites in 2012 [...]
Children’s literacy selected by local philanthropy group
By Ashley Csanady, KW Record WATERLOO REGION — Children’s literacy is getting a boost locally. On Wednesday evening, Social Venture Partners Waterloo Region selected Strong Start, a local children’s literacy not-for-profit organization, as its first investee organization. “We are thrilled. It’s very exciting,” said Machelle Denison, Strong Start’s executive director. “Of course, there’s always something [...]
Family Literacy Day at Conestoga Mall
Strong Start® was proud to be part of the 13th annual Family Literacy Day on Sunday January 30, 2011 held at Conestoga Mall. This was a community event that focused on intergenerational literacy and featured booths with interactive literacy-based activities and games. Many of our community partners who support literacy in our community were represented [...]
Stitching To Read – A Quilt For Literacy
Nancy Yule, a parent at Highland Public School in Cambridge, was grateful for the opportunity for her child to participate in the Strong Start® Project and wanted to show her appreciation for the program and the difference it made for her child. Working with the Principal and staff, Nancy used her skills as an award-winning [...]
“I Wanted To Be Involved”
Steven Talpai – Volunteer Coach School was always a panic situation for me when I was a child. Right from the start, I didn’t like Kindergarten. I never felt like I belonged. When I had trouble learning, my Dad would try to help me but he would get frustrated and angry. The result was I [...]
If You Volunteer, You’ll ‘Get It’
One of the key volunteers at the school, when telling her friends about her activities at the school, was asked, “Why would you do that for free when teachers are paid to do that sort of thing?” Her response was, “You just don’t get it. You just don’t get it! It’s what it does for [...]