Traverse Bay Great Start Collaborative http://www.tbgreatstart.org Traverse Bay Great Start Collaborative Thu, 20 May 2010 20:05:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Six-County Report About the Status of Young Children is Now Available http://www.tbgreatstart.org/six-county-report-about-the-status-of-young-children-is-now-available/ http://www.tbgreatstart.org/six-county-report-about-the-status-of-young-children-is-now-available/#comments Fri, 30 Oct 2009 19:10:43 +0000 tbgreatstart http://www.tbgreatstart.org/site.php/?p=995

By bringing some clarity to the issues impacting our local communities, we hope this booklet will serve as a starting point for a discussion that will lead to a regional Early Childhood Action Agenda. We hope you agree that there may never be a more important time to invest in our youngest citizens.]]> April Is Month of the Young Child

 2010 MOYC Proclamation

Download the Search for Stars  window poster.   Print this poster and display in your business to show your support of Month of the Young Child.

View or Download PDF of Great Futures Report Here

Click to post comments about the report and young children in our community

ReportCover We believe increasing our community’s level of commitment to our children is paramount to the economic future of our region. Improving early childhood is not the work of any one individual, organization or municipality but demands an urgent sense of responsibility, attention, and the combined efforts of us all.

By bringing some clarity to the issues impacting our local communities, we hope this booklet will serve as a starting point for a discussion that will lead to a regional Early Childhood Action Agenda. We hope you agree that there may never be a more important time to invest in our youngest citizens.

GET THE CONVERSATION STARTED NOW: Download and share new communication tools developed by Great Start to support your efforts to get the word out

These tools were developed to support your efforts to engage family, friends and co-workers about the importance of early childhood to our region and local communities.

If you can’t make it, please take the time to fill out the short survey below, Join our FACEBOOK group or post questions and comments below.

Survey

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Let us know what you think about the early childhood system in our region. What can we do better?


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Share your ideas and opinions with Great Start Traverse Bay/Manistee. Your input makes a difference.

 

If you are interested working along side collaborative members to shape our region’s early childhood strategy or in other opportunities to support our youngest citizens, please feel free to contact Mary Manner at 922-6257 mumanner@tcchamber.org.


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Go to Bat for Early Childhood! 

Traverse City Beach Bums

Children’s activities begin at 3:05 p.m.
Game start time: 5:05 p.m.
Free tickets to families with a child 0-5 who live in the 6 county region.  For more information contact Robin Hornkohl: 231-922-6437 or email parents@tbgreatstart.org

]]> http://www.tbgreatstart.org/join-us-at-wuerfel-park/feed/ 0 Home Page http://www.tbgreatstart.org/homepage-text/ http://www.tbgreatstart.org/homepage-text/#comments Mon, 01 Jun 2009 17:27:39 +0000 lci http://www.tbgreatstart.org/site.php/?p=864 2010stratplanGreat Start Traverse Bay/Manistee Collaborative
Strategic Plan Approved!

We are pleased to present the Great Start Traverse Bay/Manistee Collaborative Strategic Plan for Early Childhood.  The Collaborative is a group of concerned citizens working on behalf of all children in our region.  We include professionals and experts in early childhood from public agencies, public and private non-profits, businesses, schools, healthcare and the faith community, as well as community leaders and decision-makers from the business and philanthropic sectors, and—most importantly—parent of young children.

The Strategic Goals in this plan have been developed and prioritized for our region based on the needs of our families and the opportunities we believe are available to our communities.  The Action Agenda identify the people and organizations who will do the work, the resources needed, and the time line for achieving these goals.

We invite you to read this document and share it with your networks of colleagues and friends.  If something in this plan sparks your interest, raises a question, or spurs you to action we encourage you to contact the Collaborative and  get involved.  There are many ways to have an impact on a child’s life—even the smallest gesture of encouragement, coming at the right moment, can make a difference.

View or download PDF of the 2010 Strategic Plan

For information about joining a workgroup or becoming a member of the Collaborative please contact the Coordinator, Mary Manner at mumanner@tcchamber.org or call 231-922-6257. For information about joining the Great Start Parent Coalition contact Robin Hornkohl at parents@tbgreatstart.org or call 231-922-6437.

View or Download PDF of Great Futures Report Here

Click to post comments about the report and young children in our area

Get the conversation started: Download and share new communication tools developed to support your efforts to get the word out

These tools were developed to support your efforts to engage family, friends and co-workers about the importance of early childhood to our region and local communities. More support is available upon request. If you have any questions or suggestions, do not hesitate to contact us.

Join Great Start’s Facebook group to connect with parents and members

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