Special thanks to Tom Dorsey and community volunteers for being a part of the LIVE UNITED photo shoot!
Play On, Salina
with the Salina Area United Way's Born Learning Trail.
This month, Salina Area United Way is promoting an exciting opportunity for Salina - a Born Learning Trail. A Born Learning Trail is an engaging path of interactive activities that helps parents promote language and pre-literacy skills, motor skills and school readiness in their young children. The Salina Area United Way is working
to advance youth health and kindergarten readiness as a community priority with this one of a kind trail. We are encouraging volunteers of all ages to join us in Oakdale Park on October 20 for a day of volunteering and building the trail.
The Born Learning Trail is part of a larger United Way public engagement campaign, which consists of informational materials and an online resource site found HERE. It is
designed to provide families with information about how to turn everyday activities, from running errands to doing laundry, into learning opportunities for young children. The campaign is built on the idea that children are born learning, and that even the smallest interactions with parents, grandparents and caregivers can encourage their development and school readiness. The Salina Area United Way's Born Learning campaign is part of our ongoing commitment to strengthen our community through leadership, partnership, and investment and to help promote kindergarten readiness in Saline County.
Advocate for United Way:
DONATE TODAY Yard Signs Now Available
All over Salina Certified Partners of the Salina Area United Way are displaying yard signs in support of the 2012 Community Campaign. You and your business can do the same. Yard signs are available for $15.00. If you are interested in displaying a sign at your business, please call 827-1312 or email Shae Blackwell.
Partners In Early Childhood Education (P.I.E.C.E.)
Amy Friesen, SAUW Health Priority Co-Chair, tell us why early childhood education is especially important to her family.
Salina Area United Way Born Learning Trail
Jennifer Bonilla-Baker, SAUW Board member and Champion for the Born Learning Trail, explains why she
Special thanks to Tom Dorsey and community volunteers for being a part of the LIVE UNITED photo shoot! 
turn everyday activities, from running errands to doing laundry, into learning opportunities for young children. The campaign is built on the idea that children are born learning, and that even the smallest interactions with parents, grandparents and caregivers can encourage their development and school readiness. The Salina Area United Way's Born Learning campaign is part of our ongoing commitment to strengthen our community through leadership, partnership, and investment and to help promote kindergarten readiness in Saline County.
