Tag Archive: Community
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 [...]
Treasures in the Grove
Every once in a while life offers an unexpected experience that leads to a great opportunity and new friendships. On a sunny afternoon in August, Lynda Silvester, Executive Director of Strong Start® and her husband Ken, were enjoying the sites on a garden tour that took them to many distant parts of the Bruce peninsula. [...]
Putting Children First
With almost 20 years of marriage already behind them, and four young children occupying much of their attention lately, Martha and Mike Wlodek were looking for something special to do for their 40th birthday’s. Both of their birthdays fall in the last two months of the year and the spirit of giving was on their [...]