Family Connection

Your partner for school success

During the 2010 - 2011 school year, Family Connection:

•Organized the first St. Luke’s Vision Van visit for the Easton Area School District

•Completed a kindergarten transition plan for the Easton Area School District

•Presented a workshop at the Parent-Child Home Program national conference and served on a panel at Northampton Community College’s first annual peace conference

•Participated in a Kellogg Foundation Linkages grantee meeting

•Benefited from the Volunteer Center of the Lehigh Valley’s Great Volunteer Challenge with support from Crayola

•Offered the first Parents are Awesome Too! educational workshop at Paxinosa

•Developed logic models for the Northampton County Re-Entry Coalition and Easton Weed and Seed

•Received over 1000 books from book drives organized by Barnes and Noble and a student at Forks Elementary School

•Participated in Youth Empowerment Day and Literacy Day at Lafayette College

•Provided family support during Easton Weed and Seed’s Summer Nights program at Centennial Park

•Provided 75 Thanksgiving meals to families in need

•Provided holiday gifts to over 250 children and holiday meals to 35 families

•Provided afterschool academic support to 105 students

•Held our 4th annual Summer Arts Camp and a 5th Arts Camp in the spring with a total of 24 students participating

•Provided family support assistance to 236 new families

•Provided support to 264 families through our Family Support program including ongoing case management with 132 families

•Helped families save over $176,500 by connecting them with public and community resources

•Served 4054 nutritious snacks to students at Cheston Elementary School

•Held several family events including Lights on Afterschool, a Dr. Seuss breakfast, storytime at the Easton Area Public Library, a visit to the Easton fire house, a steel drum band performance

•Distributed 79 health insurance forms to uninsured families

•Helped 13 families access health insurance at an insurance sign up event

•Provided assistance during 12 dental van visits at Cheston and Paxinosa Elementary Schools

•Distributed 467 dental health education packets

•Served 39 children through the Parent-Child Home Program; 16 students graduated

•PCHP and Family Support were recognized as two of 30 exemplary programs by the United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley

•Held the second annual Kindergarten Kickoff Carnival at Paxinosa Elementary School

•Distributed over 400 school readiness bags to students at kindergarten registration

•Organized transition visits for 120 students who will be starting kindergarten in the fall

•Provided four parenting education groups for 28 families

Creating a Compassionate Community Where All Children and Families Have the Opportunity to Achieve Academic and Personal Success