We stopped by the United Way HQ recently to meet with Kelsey Boire, Ignite Academy Community Coordinator, to present her with our continuing support for Ignite Academy. Connect with United Way: Ignite Academy is the first community-designed Cradle to Career solution from ProsperUs. Aimed to bolster literacy and math competencies, the program operates after school […]
We had the opportunity recently to visit Ready Set Go downtown. Our Mary-Jo Solarik is seen presenting our cheque supporting their programming to Ready Set Go’s Robyn Alexander.
The Open House was a celebration of Connections’ 50 years of service to the community. Another focus for celebration was the completion of renovations which were made to improve accessibility at the Connections Early Years Family Centre located at 795 Giles Blvd. East. We were pleased to learn that our contributions to this organization are
Our friends at the Connections Early Years Centre were kind enough to send us an update on how they’re making use of our support from earlier this year. This is from their mid-term report, courtesy of Barb Brown, Executive Director: Thanks to the Volunteers for Literacy Grant, Connections was able to purchase books to provide
We are honoured to support the Happy Readers Book Club run by the Downtown Windsor Community Collaborative again this year! If you’d like to know more about the DWCC and their Happy Readers Book Club, please click here!
We were so glad recently to join some friends for Circle Time and a cheque presentation at the Connections Early Years Family Centre. Amy Taylor, the Be Back Soon Program Manager, and Eva Tsakalis, the Talk 2 Me Program Manager, are pictured with our President Mary-Jo Solarik. If you would like to find out more
We met recently with Angelo and Tina from Kiwanis Windsor to support their Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library, “a community-based book gifting program that mails free, high-quality, age-appropriate books to children from birth until age five, regardless of their family’s income.” To find our more about Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library click the logo below.
Recently we had partnered with the Downtown Windsor Community Collaborative to support their Happy Readers Book Club. Alex Song of the DWCC recently submitted a report to us. It read, in part: Great work! If you would like to know more about the DWCC, please click the logo below.
This evening, just before one of our Board meetings, we took a few moments to remember our dear colleague Roxanne Webb. Roxanne served our Foundation, among many other causes, for many years and she will be missed. In cooperation with the Riverside branch of the Windsor Public Library we unveiled a plaque commemorating her service.
Recently we had the pleasure of visiting our friends at Ignite Academy as they conducted some after-school programming downtown. We are absolutely struck by the enthusiasm of the students as well as the support and connection provided them by the Ignite Academy staff. To find out more about Ignite Academy, please visit their web site.
