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Renew Today!
If you have not yet renewed your WLI membership for 2011 please do so now, deadline is March 2011. If you have questions, please contact Terri Slaughter at 610.807.5710.
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Upcoming Events!
February 11 - 6 PM: WLI Fundraiser Reveries of Form,
Reveries of Form, A Celebration of Women, Photography by Sander Martijn at The Sherman Theatre Community Art Gallery, 524 Main St, Stroudsburg, PA
February 14 - 5:30 PM
Love Yourself Lavishly - 2nd Annual Event!
Hosted by Jenn Mann at Shuze,Bethlehem. Contact Kelly Gooley at kellyg@unitedwayglv.org
March - Mixer/ Fashion Show, hosted by Kathy Leber, more information to come...
June 3, 2011
Women's Summit 2011,
Full day Leadership Development Conference in partnership with Women's Business Council. Details to follow.
**A special thank you To Dolores Laputka for hosting our holiday mixer in December. To Jane Wells Schooley for a fabulous seminar on Jan 12th at Cosmopolitan. We are now finding inner Warriors!
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 Kudos to members and friends
· Rose Ackerman, Development Director of the Baum School of Art, to retire after 35 years, set for March 2011. Rose started the fashion curriculum at Baum.
· Meloney Sallie-Dosunmu
is newly appointed Director of Global Training & Development for Thermo Fisher Scientific, BioPharma Services Division.
· Sharon Zondag, Major Gifts Director for Northampton Community College Foundation, won the "Rising Star Award" from the Eastern Pennsylvania Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals at their recent National Philanthropy Day awards breakfast.
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Volunteer Opportunities at
Central Elementary School
PTA Game Night: Thursday, February 3, 2011 from 5:30 to 7:30 PM. Families will select a board game to play with during the event and they will be able to take it home. Our goal is to promote strong family relationships. As a Community School, we want to ensure the social and emotional wellbeing of all of our students. This is important because 93% of our families live below the poverty line and struggle to create home environments that support those strong family relationships. Thanks to Sue Jones and the Lehigh Valley Hospital for providing the board games that will be presented to the families. If you want to volunteer during this event, please do not hesitate to contact Yadira Castanon. It will be a great opportunity to get to know our wonderful families. We are in need of snacks and drinks.
Walking School Bus
We are working on the Walking School Bus concept. Last year a study on Safe Routes to School for Central Elementary School was made by the Center for Nutrition and Activity Promotion at Penn State Hershey Children's Hospital and Pennoni Associates Inc. They presented us with a group of recommendations to improve certain routes to make them safer for children to walk to school. Mrs. Price and I met with Mrs. Ronald D. Penrose , the Traffic Control Superintendent, from the Bureau of Traffic Planning & Control last Wednesday, January 12 to discuss the study results. It was a very informative meeting and we learned a lot about what we can do and how the city can help us to implement certain parts of the plan. We will be presenting some more information in our next Community Partners Meeting. We will need the collaboration of parents, administrators, and community partners to be able to carry on this project.
Other Needs:
Food Bank
Our food bank is in need of toiletries, women hygiene items, detergent, and shampoo.
Health Clinic
Jenna Wilson, our school nurse, brought to our attention that the health room is in great need to sweat pants, size 8-10, to give out to the children when they have an accident at school. She is also in need to socks. Good News! Bethlehem Christian School is holding a socks drive for Central.
Thanks to all of you for your support to Central Elementary children and families. Your dedication makes a great difference in their lives.
Yadira Castanon
Community School Director
Boys & Girls Club of Allentown
Central Elementary School
484-765-5958
castanony@allentownsd.org
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WLI Second Signature Project Photo
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UnseenAmerica 2009
Central Elementary School
Allentown, Pennsylvania
Sponsored by: United Way's Women's Leadership Initiative & ArtsQuest
WLI funded a program offered by the Banana Factory helping children "to find their voice" through photography and journaling by giving each child a camera to "capture their world". Here is our featured photo by Central Elementary School student Talysha.
What is the impact of programs like these? Here is a comment from a parent about the impact the programming had on their children:
· Mom 1: "After taking the class, she seems more focused, especially with regard to her behavior. Now she is much more thoughtful and deliberate with her actions."
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