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"The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

01/07/2013

Volunteers needed to help with the "Moonshot Moment: FACES - Help Me Read; It Changes Who WE Become!" campaign running from 1/14 through 1/25. We're looking for people to hold signs at key locations in the county. To volunteer, visit http://www.signupgenius.com/go/70A0F4DACA62DA20-mobile and visit moonshotmoment.org to 'take the pledge' to support the 90% literacy goal!

Volunteers are needed for the following positions, as part of the FACES public art exhibit, to generate community awareness and conversation about the School District of Indian River County's Moonshot Moment goal to have 90% of all children reading on grade level by the end of third grade. You a...

11/14/2012

We are working on a very cool project for The Learning Alliance and the Indian River County literacy coalition group, to support the School District's goal of 90% literacy by third grade! We will participating in the 2011 TedTalk winner, international insideoutproject.net. We'll be taking photos of local children, and then pasting up giant posters of their faces throughout the County during literacy week (Jan 21 -25.) This will help us to get the community talking about the literacy goal and to gain their support for it. We need volunteer photographers, paste up locations/businesses and volunteers. moonshotmoment.org/faces

The “Help Me Read: Faces Campaign,” introduced in November 2012 with the full-scale launch scheduled for literacy week in January 21 – 25, 2013, is a community-wide program to increase awareness and garner support for the Indian River County School District’s goal of 90% childhood literacy by third ...

06/14/2012

The Campaign for Grade-Level Reading has named Vero Beach a Community Solutions PaceSetter for its leadership in addressing the challenges that keep many low-income students from learning to read.
Vero Beach is one of 124 cities, counties and towns nationwide that has committed to increase significantly the number of low-income students who read on grade level by the end of third grade. The city will be honored at a national conference in Denver June 30-July 2.

The PaceSetter Honors recognize communities that are "leading by example" to solve one or more of the challenges that can undermine early literacy
See the full article at http://thelearningalliance.org/news-detail.php?id=58

Parents & Families Resources for Learning and Literacy and The Learning Alliance

05/03/2012

Vero Beach, Florida is very fortunate to have so many generous philanthropists in town. We enjoy working with the team at The Learning Alliance, and we are continually impressed with the generosity of their donors.

04/16/2012

It's Mental Health Awareness Week. This is a good time to remember to support those special nonprofit organziations who are working to improve mental health and mental healthcare for all. In our local area, visit http://www.mhairc.org/

The Mental Health Association in Indian River County provides help to individuals and families dealing with a variety of emotional and behavioral situations

04/11/2012

We love organizations that work to improve literacy, and that ties in slightly to the fact that this is National Library week. Here's an interesting article about how libraries remain relevant in this digital world. http://www.pcmag.com/slideshow/story/296361/national-library-week-how-libraries-remain-relevant

04/05/2012

It's great to see that philanthropy is alive and well in our local young professionals.
http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2012/apr/04/young-professionals-put-philanthropy-into-action-2/

Ten young professionals from a variety of financial industries set a record March 2 at Harvest Food and Outreach Center for the greatest number of pallets of food and hygiene items sorted, priced and readied for distribution in an hour. The volunteer project was organized by the Indian River Communi...

03/13/2012

We're most impressed with organizations who partner with public schools to bring new opportunities to our youth. That's why we are so fond of the Mardy Fish Foundation. Here's some info on a new program that they are bringing to Gifford Middle school. http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2012/mar/11/mardy-fish-foundation-will-offer-club-tennis-progr/

The Mardy Fish Foundation will offer the first ever club tennis program at Gifford Middle School.

01/27/2012

January 23 - 27 is Celebrate Literacy Week. Learn more at http://www.justreadflorida.com/literacyweek.asp. School book donations; recommended reading lists and literacy contests are just a few of the activities described on the site.

Reading is the most powerful skill a child can learn, as it influences success in school and improves the overall quality of life.

01/13/2012

Yesterday, 1/11, was "Impact Day" is to let Impact 100 members see the progress nonprofits are making through the philanthropic program. For more information: http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2012/jan/11/impact-100-members-get-to-see-firsthand-how/

INDIAN RIVER COUNTY —In Margaret Kelly's kindergarten classroom at Vero Beach Elementary School on Wednesday, students were using miniature white boards for their lessons, playing letter bingo and practicing "skywriting" letters.