On behalf of Ferst Foundation for Childhood Literacy you are cordially invited to participate in a premier early childhood education event, 2009 Community Action Team Summit in South Georgia. This exciting one day conference will be held at two different locations: Epworth by the Sea on St.SimonsIsland, Georgia, June 25th and at the Thomas County Library in Thomasville, Georgia, on June 26th. The Summit is designed to build upon the vision and strengthen the implementation of the Ferst Foundation for Childhood Literacy program.
About the Ferst Foundation C.A.T. Summit . . .
A Community Action Team (C.A.T.) is a unique partnership between the Ferst Foundation for Childhood Literacy Staff and local volunteers across Georgia dedicated to providing books from Dolly Parton's Imagination Library and Leap Into Books literacy support materials to all children under the age of 5 living in their community. Summit objectives include:
Ø Collaborating as a group to share best practices, generate strategies to overcome C.A.T. challenges, and develop local annual plans
Ø Providing a comprehensive overview and update of the Ferst Foundation for Childhood Literacy program.
Ø Highlighting successful C.A.T. activities and sharing best practices.
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Summit Highlights . . .
Ø Fundraising session
Ø Open sessions to discuss CAT successes and challenges
Ø Marketing Session
Ø Display boards representing successes from each participating C.A.T.
Ø C.A.T. Manual updates for each participating C.A.T leader
Ø CAT Q & A
Who Should Attend . . .
This event is open to all current C.A.T. members or those in or interested in serving as a local C.A.T. member for a new community!
We are still in the planning stages but wanted to be able to get this information out to you as soon as possible. I will need to know as soon as possible if you are interested in attending this wonderful event as well as if you will be staying overnight at Epworth by the Sea. The following rates are available: Abbott Turner Lodge (newest facility) $112.16, Robertson Inn $103.08 and Pitts or Booth Motel $92.00. All of these are located on the grounds of Epworth and the room rates include breakfast, lunch and dinner. We do not have hotel accommodations set up for the Summit in Thomasville at this time. The summit start time is 8:30 am and the end time is 5:00 pm at both locations. These are only 1 day events.
