eNewsletter - Issue 5 - June 2010
Thank You Spring Volunteers
We wish to extend a special thanks to all of our spring volunteers. The people listed below give their valuable time to make a difference in a child’s life. Cheers to the volunteers!
Happy Father’s Day
It’s Not Too Late to
Honor Your Dad With A Donation
When you make a donation, we can mail or e-mail your father a card that says thanks while also showing him how you’re supporting your community in his name. It’s a special gift that makes a difference.
to United Way
Reading And Beyond wishes to thank the United Way Successful Children Impact Council for their financial support of our Parent Involvement program. Over the past year (June 2009 - June 2010), their funding has allowed us to help parents in our community learn English, further their education, and improve their parental skills.
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343 Parents Participated -
227 Individual Coaching Sessions
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71 Workshops
We believe that parent involvement is key to a child’s development. We’re glad to have United Way as a partner.
We Welcome Our New
Bridge Academy Staff
Reading And Beyond welcomes the newest members of our team, the staff of the Bridge Academy program. Case Managers Jose Conchas and Erica Ocegueda, Administrative Manager Michelle Pannett, and Case Managers May Ly and Jonathan Murray.
Learn about the Bridge Academy
Wish List
We’re currently in need of office supplies, art supplies, dictionaries and encyclopedias (for young children), laptops, and cell phones.
To donate any of these items, new or used, please contact Jenny Brietigam at jbrietigam@readingandbeyond.org.
Suggestion Box
Send your suggestions to:
4819 E. Butler Avenue
Fresno, CA 93727
559/454-8810 Ph.
559/454-8811 Fax
Success Spotlight
Even Start Program
In a partnership with Balderas Elementary School, Reading And Beyond implemented the Even Start Family Literacy Program, offering low-income families the combination of Early Childhood Education, adult literacy, parenting education, and interactive literacy activities for parents and their children.
Julissa Martinez is a mother of five and currently active in the program. She enrolled herself and her youngest child, two-year-old Katherine...
Summer Book Drive
700 Books Collected for our Supervised Children’s Rooms
This summer, a book drive was held at our six Fresno County Supervised Children’s Room, to provide books for participating families to take home. Over 700 new and gently used books were donated...
Abude, Frank
Advincilla, Bernadette
Almendarez, Angelina
Arkelian, Lynn
Austria, Chloe
Austria, Fianna
Austria, Ivan
Bader, Nan
Barnes, Rebecca
Bartucci, Bryan
Bennett, Eleanor
Bertoni-Cryer, Lynette
Blaine, Ellen
Brietigam, Lynette
Brown, Ann
Brown, Shimika
Byerly, Maria
Carr, Mary Ann
Carter, Lynn
Chan, Brenda
Chan, Cara
Cobie, Sarah
Conboy, Wanda
Demler, Ryan
Doi, Kelli
Dominguez, Jessica
Dum, Margot
Dum, Nomie
Emory, Alexandra
Espinosa, JoAnne
Espinosa, Sandra
Euston, Judi
Fianna, Ivan
Fiester, Shirley
Flores, Arlet
Flores, Brisana
Flores, Belen
Folino, Claire
Forrest, Alan
Forrest, Carol
Furr, Adrienne
Garcia, Linda
Gaskill, Todd
Gomez, Guadalupe
Gomez, Veronica
Gonzalez, Gabriela
Gonzalez, Maria
Gross, Karen
Hamm, MaryJane
Hawkins, Charlien
Holt, Carrie
Jacinto, Veronica
Jolley, Karen
Kerney, Larry
Kratzer, Debra
Kratzer, Maya
Lacefield, Pattie
Ladra, James
Langford, Roni
Lara, Jeanenne
Lennon, Laverne
Logan, Kathy
Lowe, Timothy
McAfee, Gloria
McClurg, Florence
MacDougall, Jennifer
Mandas, Amanda
Marroquin, Johnny
Martinez, Yenedith
Medrano, Reina
Mendes, Lauren
Mensah, Kafui
Meux, Libby
Michelson, Joanne
Middleton, Anne
Moens, Destiny
Morley, Laurence
Moua, Mai Xia
Munro, Jaime
Murphy, Amiya
Nhem, Sokhoeun
Ornelas, Miguel
Orosco, Victoria
Osborne, Deborah
Owens, Gewarren
Pena, Elisa
Pena, Yelitza
Polenz, Jo Ann
Polenz, Ned
Quezada, Alexa
Ruben, Jennifer
Salwasser, Donna
Sandoval, Naomi
Scott, Gayle
Scott-Abude, Rachael
Shkaruba, Aleksander
Snyder, Rebecca
Sorenson, Maribel
Srey, Julian Luu
Stanley, Diana
Stratman, Wilma
Suddath, Kay
Sutton, Tammy
Thollie, Marion
Troeger, Joshua
Varaitch, Bhupinder
Venegas, Brianna
Villa, Linda
Vue, Kau
Walker, Demetrius
Willis, Wanda
Woskoski, Karin
Wray, Tom
Wright, Holland
Wright, Ken
Wyrick, Jeannette
Wyrick, Judy
Zeluff, Grace
Our Summer Literacy Program is Now Running
Nearly 500 Children Participating
The 2010 Reading And Beyond Summer Literacy Program launched on June 14, with nearly 500 children enrolled at six locations. Students receive literacy tutoring, arts and crafts classes, fitness education, and more...