Author Archives: Strong Start
National Volunteer Week 2023
We invite you to join us in celebrating and applauding amazing Strong Start volunteers, by tweeting @Strong_Start using the hashtag #NVW2023 and #WeavingUsTogether, liking us on Facebook and connecting with us on Instagram. We also invite you to read stories from other volunteers, families, and our program partners here.
Strong Start Wins 2022 Diamond Award – Waterloo Region Record Readers’ Choice
This past July, Strong Start was very humbled to be nominated as one of the top ten charities in the 2022 Waterloo Region Record Readers’ Choice Awards, for the third year in a row. Today, … Continued
Baby Connections Results for 2021-2022
Summary of 2021-2022 Results In the 2021-2022 program year, the Baby Connections® program was delivered both, in-person and online, through its virtual adaptation: Baby Connections @ Home™. The program was offered 48 times across 20 … Continued
Letters, Sounds and Words™ Assessment Results for Fall 2021/Spring 2022
Letters, Sounds and Words™ Program Please note that this reporting period took place during the global COVID-19 pandemic. Please refer to the detailed results here for an explanation of the impact on the pandemic on … Continued
Extra literacy programs help fill learning lag left by COVID-19
Extra literacy programs help fill learning lag left by COVID-19 CBC News, May 4, 2022 Strong Start and Levelled Literacy are a boost to kids still new to in-person learning Learning to read can pose … Continued
Strong Start receives $1 million grant from 2021 TD Ready Challenge Copy
The 2021 TD Ready Challenge will support Strong Start to address predicted learning loss as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic WATERLOO, January 26, 2022 – Strong Start has been named one of the 15 … Continued
Waterloo-based childhood literacy charity gets $1M grant
Three-year funding boost will expand Strong Start’s early literacy program to help more children whose learning was disrupted by pandemic restrictions By Johanna Weidner Record Reporter Tue., Feb. 15, 2022 WATERLOO — A Waterloo-based charity … Continued
CHANGE Lifestyle & Apparel
When you visit St. Jacob’s shop, Change Lifestyle and Apparel, you are welcomed as a friend, treated with a hospitality so often missing from the modern retail experience. The store is the vision of local … Continued
Strong Start adapts online and in-person programs with OTF grant’s support to address the learning disparity in Ontario
Waterloo, Ontario. Strong Start is excited to announce they are the recipient of a $96,600 grant from the Ontario Trillium Foundation, as part of the Resilient Communities Fund. Investment will contribute to Strong Start’s ability … Continued