Thursday, February 27, 2020
Couple Works With Reading Pals Program, Makes a Difference
From Citrus County Chronicle: “Norma and Russ Brondyke, who have been mentoring in Citrus County schools for the past 26 years, added the “Reading Pals” program of United Way as one of their new assignments last year.”
Thursday, February 20, 2020
Mentors Helping With Student Confidence
From Ocala StarBanner: “It helps encourage them so that they don’t shut down. We just need people who are willing to volunteer their time to come in and sit with kids to help them.”
Thursday, February 20, 2020
Connecting Police With Kids in Need
From South Florida Sun Sentinel: “Not only can we help guide these young people to a place where they are fully empowered to ultimately stand tall as confident adults, but we also can build stronger bonds between law enforcement and the families and communities they serve.”
Wednesday, February 19, 2020
Orlando Barbers, Fathers Make Impact on Central Florida Community
From Click Orlando: “Every year, the barbers, who are also fathers, give away free haircuts to kids as they head back to school. They also donate tons of free backpacks with paper, pencils and other school supplies.”
Monday, January 27, 2020
Florida lawmakers throw support behind major pre-K reform bill
From Tampa Bay Times: “After almost 15 years, we will finally have the ability to know which pre-K programs are truly serving our children,” Aloupis said.
Monday, January 27, 2020
Give Florida families the high-quality pre-kindergarten that they voted for | Opinion
From The Miami Herald: “A genuine high-quality VPK program would have standards that are developmentally appropriate and measured in a way that incentivizes the best teaching practices.”
Friday, January 3, 2020
Volunteer To Help Kids Read
From Citrus County Chronicle: “One hour per week has the possibility to change a young life — and to change yours.”
Tuesday, December 10, 2019
Mentoring Matters: Mentor Uses Hip Hop To Help Teach A “Path” To Success
From CBS Miami: “The goal of ‘PATH’ is to inspire, educate and entertain, while challenging negative stereotypes and destructive behaviors often associated with hip hop culture.”
Saturday, December 7, 2019
Head Start, Cade Museum promote male involvement
From The Gainesville Sun: “It was held for the second consecutive year to encourage fathers and other male figures in the lives of students in Head Start to help those kids understand the importance of getting a good education and being productive citizens.”
Tuesday, December 3, 2019
Clay County School raises grades with new mentor program
From Action News Jax: “Research shows that the more adults that speak into a child’s life, the more successful they’re going to be.”
Monday, November 25, 2019
Caribbean nonprofits excel during Give Miami Day
From South Florida Caribbean News: “The Children’s Movement of Florida received the highest number of individual gifts, an impressive 727 donations, totaling $247,143.”
Monday, November 25, 2019
Education and Children Are The Winners in Give Miami Day’s Record Breaking Haul
From The Miami Herald: “Give Miami Day 2019 has raised more than $14 million in the past 24 hours — breaking last year’s $11.5 million record by a landslide.”
Monday, November 18, 2019
Your View: The Biggest Little Change We Can Make
From PulpTown: “When nearly 50 percent of children are already behind when they begin school, we are failing our society and asking miracles of our teachers.”
Tuesday, November 5, 2019
Jumpstart’s Read for the Record Encourages Literacy, Closeness and a Lifelong Love of Learning
From Palm Beach Post: “Parents and community leaders will try to set a world record on Thursday, Nov. 7 by reading en masse to young children.”
Tuesday, October 29, 2019
Vance Aloupis: Early childhood education is key for a prosperous Florida
From Florida Politics: “One surefire way to make sure businesses have the workforce they need for future success is through robust investments in early childhood education.”
Thursday, October 24, 2019
Justice Department Gives Almost $11 Million To Support Youth Mentoring
From WMFE: “As people get into adulthood, it becomes harder and harder to change, so what we want to do is to make sure that children have great mentors, positive role models, the support that they need, examples and then just some fun quite frankly.”
Tuesday, October 15, 2019
Georgia’s best pre-K teacher shows kids success is ‘more than sports’
From The Atlanta Journal-Constitution: “His new mission is to show the students that being black and achieving success does not have to involve athletics or the entertainment industry.”
Monday, October 7, 2019
Kiwanis Honors David Lawrence Jr.
From The Miami Herald: “David Lawrence pushed hard by getting a constitutional amendment to address pre-school education in Florida. He is one of the great advocates for children, especially during their early formative years.”
Wednesday, October 2, 2019
A bold new vision for education in Florida
From The Gainesville Sun: “The world is changing around us, and we need to plan ahead now if we want our children to have the high-quality, forward-thinking education they need to compete in a fast-paced world.”
Monday, September 30, 2019
All Miami-Dade Children Deserve A Good Start In Life
From The Miami Herald: “For the future of children — for the future of Florida — nothing could be more important than to insist on progress that speaks to all families, all children. It is, yes, a moral issue; it is, just as important, a practical issue.”å