Will you help them pursue their dreams?

Will you help them
pursue their dreams?
Here’s a random sampling of dreams
expressed by children in our
Head Start classrooms:
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
COMMUNITY SERVICES FOR CHILDREN, INC.
Dr. Diane Scott – Chair
Retired, Allentown School District
“Make
music and
dance”
– Kenyo
When I grow up,
I want to be a…
Mr. Ray L. Federici – Vice Chair
Alvin H. Butz, Inc.
Fall 2008 • Volume 5, Issue 4
Mr. Robert E. Vitale – Treasurer
Concannon, Miller & Co., P.C.
“Policeman”
Ms. Barbara Fraust – Secretary
Carol C. Dorey Real Estate
– Ariela
Ms. Jane R. Ervin – CEO/President
Community Services for Children, Inc.
“Rock star”
– Briana
“Dentist and
a doctor because
I want to fix my
mommy’s heart”
– Valerie
“Teacher”
“Actor”
– Jazlybeth
– Simeon
“Movie star”
– Desteny
“Doctor”
Mr. Gerald R. Beaver
Retired, St. Luke’s Hospital
and Health Network
Mr. Donald M. Bernhard
PPL, Inc.
Mr. Keith L. Boroch
VNA, St. Luke’s Hospital
and Health Network
Mrs. Pamela Dent
Community Child Advocate
– Aniya
B ar n es & Nob l e
S p o n sors B oo k D ri v e
“Singer”
– Kayla
Thanks to 2 0 0 8 Gala Committee:
Linda Anthony, David Ellowitch, Donna Haggerty, Margot Hillman,
Val Holt, Colby J. Kent, Helena Lindquist, Katie Loeb-Schwab,
Shirley Miller, Linda Nabb, Peter Schurman, Jared Steckel
If you’re shopping at the
Promenade Shops in Center Valley,
why not spend some time at
Barnes & Noble! They are sponsoring
a book drive to benefit our children,
infants, toddlers and preschoolers.
Thank you for your help!
No v . 1 – D ec . 3 1
Mr. Edward Donley
Former Chairman,
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
Ms. Michana Johnson
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
Henry U. Odi, PhD
Lehigh University
Jarret Patton, MD
Lehigh Valley Hospital and
Health Network
David Rabaut, PhD
Retired, United Way of the Greater
Lehigh Valley
Ms. Patricia Simon
WLVT, PBS 39
Ms. Marlene Fowler
Community Child Advocate
Mr. Frank T. Smith
Summit Management
& Realty Co.
Mr. Glenn Guanowsky, Esq.
Lehigh Valley Hospital and
Health Network
Ms. Tina Thompson
Head Start Policy Council
Representative
Ms. Elsbeth Haymon
Allentown Art Museum
Ms. Julianna Timmcke
Performance
Testing Council, Inc.
Ms. Heather Held
Head Start Policy Council
Representative
Preparing children and their families to succeed in learning and in life.
Ms. Melanie Wursta
Lehigh Carbon Community College
Editor – Sara George
Design and Layout by Klunk & Millan Advertising
2008 Children’s
Gala & Donley
Awards Sponsors
TW Cooper
Raine Neal
Victaulic
Dessert $350
Lehigh Carbon Community
College
Presenting
sponsor $5 , 000
USI
Spe ak er Sponsor
$5 , 000
Air Products
Gold $3 , 5 00
Diefenderfer
PPL Corporation
The Morning Call
Silver $2 , 5 00
CMA
Highmark Blue Shield
Russo & Russo, LLP
B ronz e+ $1, 5 00
Capital Blue Cross
Klunk & Millan Advertising
B ronz e $1, 000
Alvin H. Butz
Chuck & Barbara Fraust
Beall & Linny Fowler
Concannon Miller
& Co., P.C.
Eugene & Jane Ervin
France Anderson Basile
& Company, PC
Sara George & Steve Flood
KNBT
Leber Financial
Lehigh Valley Hospital
Mohr Management
Resources
Northampton Community
College
ORE Inc.
PNC
Summit Realty
Décor $30 0
George & Dorothy Folk
More than 250 community leaders joined Community
Services for Children at its 13th Annual Children’s Gala
on Friday, October 17th, at the Candlelight Inn. Featuring
the Donley Awards, Lee and Dolly Butz were honored for
a lifetime of advocacy for children along with United Way’s
Women’s Leadership Initiative. Tony Iannelli, president of
the Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce, was master of
ceremonies. CSC President and CEO Jane Ervin introduced
the new CSC video featuring children singing their “I am
Moving I am Learning” made by local musician Tim Rivera.
Air Products CEO John McGlade introduced keynote speaker
Arthur Rothkopf. Rothkopf, president emeritus of Lafayette
College, and currently Senior Vice President of the US
Chamber of Commerce, stressed the importance of quality
early childhood education to keep the US competitive in
global markets and to promote community development.
The Rev. Daniel Gambet paid tribute to Inez and Edward
Donley, first recipients and namesakes for the award. PBS-39
presented a segment first aired on TEMPO
in late September reviewing the lifetime of service to children and the
community. Dolores Laputka,
partner with Tallman Hudders
and Sorrentino introduced
Table $8 5 0
Gross McGinley LaBarre
& Eaton
Crayola
F riend/ Music $5 00
C.F. Martin Guitar
Ellowitch 3
Hank & Joanne Barnett
Desiree & Rich Lake
PPL
Roland & Doris Sigal
Sacred Heart Hospital
Above (in circle): Rev. Dan
Gambet and Barbara Rothkopf
Above: David Ellowitch, Susan
Kent, CJ Kent and Val Holt
Right: Jane Ervin with Lee
and Dolly Butz
Katie Loeb-Schwab, current president
of The Women’s Leadership Initiative,
noting their many accomplishments in
promoting women to professional development especially in the field of early childhood education,
programs that assist children and families such as CSC’s
SafeStart for Fragile Families, and CSC’s GROWTH program
promoting healthy marriages. State Senator Lisa Boscola
thanked the Donley honorees and delivered commendations
from the three state senators, including Pat Browne, Rob
Wonderling and herself. State representatives also sent along
their congratulations with commendations from Julie Harhart.
CSC Board Chairman Dr. Diane Scott provided a stirring
testimony to the power of successful early childhood
education. Catherine Hall of Tom Hall Auction led the
successful live auction. Vern Mobley led the Fusion Jazz
Trio. Wilson Black provided event photography. Haggerty
Associates provided event management.
Among those present: Rose and Rudy Ackerman, Chris
and Megan Basile, Pat and Don Bauer, Don and Arlene
Bernhard, Polly & Fred Beste, Gregg Butz, Eric Butz and
Debra Roberson, Inez and Edward Donley, Scott and
Cathy Fainor, Ray and Jean Federici, Linny and Beall
Fowler, Chuck and Barbara Fraust, Susan Gilmore,
Glenn and Carol Guanowski, Steve and Elsbeth Haymon,
Jan and Merv Heller, Val Holt, Tim and Susan Kennedy,
Colburn and Marie Kent, Ruth and Charlie Marcon, Diana
Morse and Michael Donovan, Jim and Mary Klunk, Karen
and Kurt Landes, Dave and Kathy Leber, Bob
and Sandy Lovett, Jennifer Mann, Gloria
Matson, Brenda and John McGlade,
Henry Odi, Ed and Lisa Pawlowski,
Mark and Kate Schwab, Roland and
Doris Sigal, John and Debi Van Brakle,
Bob and Sue Vitale.
hors d’ oeuvres
$250
Deiter Bros.
Education 2010
Patron
Dr. Karen Angello
Pat & Sandy Beldon
Bob & Sandy Lovett
Robert Malkemes
Ruth & Charlie Marcon
John & Brenda McGlade
Mark & Katie Schwab
Bob & Sue Vitale
Donor
ASAP Mailing
Barbara Bigelow
Jack Bradt
Martye Cohen
Dr. & Mrs. Walter Dex
Don Follett
Mark & Susan Gumz
Thomas & Karin Hall
Rev. Marilyn Hartman
Hawley Realty, Inc.
KSA&D Advertising
Rob & Lisa Leiss
Pat & Roger Levin
Henry & Suzanne Lyons
Leonard & Beverly Bloch
Fund
Olympus America
Linda Rosenfeld
Peter Schurman
Wolfington Transportation
1520 Hanover Avenue
Allentown, PA 18109
The Donley Children’s Campus
Community Services
for Children, Inc.
Non-Profit
Organization
U.S. Postage Paid
Bethlehem, PA
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Planning a Legacy
Measuring Our
What you need to know about
Child Care Information Services
of Lehigh County
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An Experience of an Early Head Start Child
Development Partner
2100 families were able to remain employed
because affordable child care was available.
n
cause that matters so much to you will receive benefits in the years to come.
Organizations like the Lehigh Valley Community Foundation, 610-266-4284, your
n 1125 small providers (“Relative Neighbors”)
were paid for child care services, 250 more
than the previous year. This provides them
with steady income and provides a boost to
low-income neighborhoods.
financial advisor, or your bank’s trust office can review various options with you.
By Amanda Buss
A teenaged mother was one of the first families I was assigned. I was a little nervous
when I went into the house for the first time because I was not sure on how I was
going to be perceived. It took us awhile but we grew to have a great relationship
because of the EHS program.
Head Start Preschool Center Based
% of Children on Age in Each Domain at Beginning and End of School Year 2007-2008
$17 million was paid to providers for services to
10,125 children (42% increase over 06-07). Of these
10,125 children, there were:
n
100
When I first began visiting, she was a sophomore in high school. She was on the
verge of dropping out. I believe with the information that I would bring her on a
weekly basis and the topics that we discussed made her realize how important
her education was for both her and her daughter. For example, we talked about
nutrition and how important it was for her and her child’s growth and development
– by choosing healthy snacks instead of candy would impact their physical ability to
be more active and would give them both more energy to learn throughout the day.
To tie into that, we talked about the developmental milestones that her daughter
would achieve on a bi-monthly basis by using the Ages & Stages Questionnaire. We
role played to assist development of her social interactions. I pretended that I was
interviewing her for a job. We got some applications and then completed them
together. I left her with phone numbers to call to follow up. If her daughter was
sick, we discussed the proper way to call the doctor’s office for an appointment.
She graduated from Freedom High School this past June. Seeing her walk down the
graduation aisle, her daughter, now getting ready to turn three, clapping and yelling
her name, was the highlight of my career as a CDP and also the reason why I
believe the EHS program is around.
90
80
— 3625 infants and toddlers
70
60
n
50
— 3500 preschoolers
O
ver 3000 families used our call center to help them make decisions about early
education and child care and enable them to access other support
30
20
0
Social/Emotional
Development
Language
and Literacy
Mathematical
Development
All Beginning of the Year
Scientific
Thinking
Social
Studies
Creative
Arts
Physical Health/
Development
All End of the Year
New Foundation Donation
WACHOVIA BANK FOUNDATION
$30,300 for teacher education towards a bachelor’s or associate’s degree in early childhood
education field and management-level professional development.
STARS represent a level of excellence
2007-08
2006-07
Number of NE providers
in STARS program 750 – 12% increase
670
Percentage of regulated providers
participating in STARS
59%
54%
Total grants distributed
$4,627,891
$4,366,384
Early childhood educators served
through professional development
11,656
10,417
Est. 37,500 children effected
(state average 55%)
Bits -n- Pieces
PreK Counts
Students
Help Beautify
Allentown
Joining the Allentown
Parks and Recreation
Dept, three of the
Linden Street PreK
Counts classrooms
participated in a tree-planting ceremony October 21st
at 12th and Hamilton. The classrooms adopted a tree
and celebrated by singing songs. The Allentown Public
Library hosted them later with maple cookies and
apple cider. The children’s artwork is on display.
Lehigh County Parks Dept,
Susquehanna Bank Read to
Children
More celebrations of Fall took place in October with
parks and bank employees visiting the Linden Street
PreK Counts Preschool reading Red Leaf, Yellow
Leaf. Susquehanna Bank also contributed a copy
of the book to each of the five classrooms.
CSC Executive Joins State
Task Force
Helen Carroll, VP, Finance for CSC,
was recently invited to join a state
task force addressing ways to braid
preschool funding with a focus on
public preschool funding streams.
These include PA PreK Counts,
Early Intervention, Child Care works Subsidy,
Head Start Supplemental Assistance, Keystone
STARS Awards, Accountability Block Grant,
and Basic Education Funding. The PA Office of
Child Development and Early Learning has created new funding streams to support early education
over the last few years. New funding streams require
greater accountability on the part of recipients – a
focus for the task force. Carroll has a 27-year career in
finance with CSC.
New Assistant Director of
Subsidy Services
Carol Heffner joined CSC in June 2006 as a Manager
in the Subsidy Organization. Prior to joining CSC,
Carol gained comprehensive experience in a Subsidy
Organization. The major portion of her
career was spent at the Berks
County Intermediate Unit as
a Case Worker and Intake
Specialist in the Subsidized
Child Care Program for
Berks County.
In addition to her work
experience, Carol has had
many volunteer positions.
She has been a School Board
Member, Vacation Bible School
Coordinator, Volunteer Coordinator,
Track Coach, Girl Scout Leader, Health
Care Aid and Hospice Volunteer.
2 007 - 08 F i s ca l Y e a r
a
(state average 48%)
Local
198,979
Revenue funding source
Total: 40,485,336
State
28,930,218
Federal
9,148,239
a
Foundations,
Contributions,
and Fund Raising
146,115
B
expenditures category
Total: 40,735,030
— 3000 in school-age care
40
10
Audited financials for CSC inc.
In-Kind
1,936,080
Other
125,705
Head Start
9,785,591
Early Head Start
1,660,381
C
Early Education
Provider Services
7,329,556
expenditures category
Total: 40,735,030
B
Pre-School
Education Other
2,999,822
Personnel
11,864,358
Non-Personnel
3,448,540
Other
505,430
Subsidized
Child Care Services
18,454,250
C
In-Kind
1,936,080
Depreciation
432,959
Provider
Subcontracts/
Subsidy
23,053,093
Thanks to AERC Recycling and Toshiba Business Solutions, CSC held its first-ever recycling fundraising event in August.
Shawn Erie, AERC; Jim LeVan; Jane Ervin, CSC CEO; and Casey DeCeia of Toshiba, shown here from left.
New Assistant
Director of
Center-Based
Early Education
Sandra Genzel started working with
the Community Services for Children in
2001 as a Lead Teacher. In August of 2005,
she was promoted to a Coordinator position in Center
Based Early Education. Sandra brings a wealth of
training and experience in the field of Early Childhood
Education to her new role. She worked for a number of
years in the field, prior to joing CSC. After completing
her Bachelors Degree in Early Childhood Education
in Germany, she worked as an Assistant Director of a
private school, Freier Kindergarten Zerbst.
Crayola introduces New
Preschool Materials via CSC’s
Head Start Classroom
Featuring one of CSC’s Donley Campus Head Start
classrooms, Crayola is introducing “Dream-Makers”
creative resources for early childhood educators.
Directed by Stiegler Wells Brunswick & Roth Advertising
firm in Bethlehem, Dream-Makers provides 48 interdisciplinary explorations for children from infant to age 5.
Theme-based activities relate to weather, mapping,
transportation, health safety and more. All activities
align with major early childhood
curricula and standards. For
more information, link to
www.Crayola.com/ecdm.
Baum Art School to
Work with Head Start
Two Allentown Head Start classrooms
involving 40 preschoolers will spend an
hour a week at The Baum School of Art beginning
this Fall and extending through April 2009. With the
support from trained instructors/artists, children and
staff will extend their knowledge and skills through the
language of art. Classroom projects will be connected
to the content when selecting media, tools and
strategies for hands-on exploration and learning.
CSC’s NE Regional Key Expands
into Bucks County
Beginning July 1, 2009, CSC’s NE Regional Key will
add Bucks County to its territory, involving 220 STAR
sites. The Regional Key, funded through the PA Office
of Child Development and Early Learning, helps early
childhood educators improve the quality of their programs and professional development. Early childhood
programs opt voluntarily to participate in the state
program called Keystone STARS. They move from STAR
1 through progressively more vigorous standards to the
top level, STAR 4. Until July, the NE Regional Key will
work with STAR sites in 15 counties in NE Pennsylvania
(including Lehigh and Northampton Counties). With
the addition of Bucks County, three counties, Tioga,
Bradford, and Sullivan, will move into the Central
Regional Key. CSC’s Regional Key will realize a net gain
of 170 STAR sites in the exchange. The change will provide for better support to the overall STARS program.
Art and Nature and the Child
Promoting and implementing art and nature-based
programming for early age learners, the School of
Natural Learning is partnering with a Head Start and
a PreK Counts classroom in Easton, involving 40
children. They will create outdoor learning classrooms
and extend classroom activities and projects by
providing materials and additional teaching support
through art and nature.
Allentown
Art Museum,
Head Start
& Crayola
Promote Learning through Art
Art is an exciting way to promote all manner of
learning in preschoolers, including counting, tracing
shapes, learning about animals, colors, and promoting
language development. Through colorful work sheets,
parents are given helpful hints to
encourage their preschooler
with activities fun for the
entire family.
DaVinci Science
Center Partners
with CSC Head Start
The DaVinci Science Center recently
received a grant from the National
Science Museum and Library Center
to expand inquiry-based science
approach and curriculum in the Lehigh Valley. CSC’s
Head Start program will be partnering with DaVinci
to develop and implement an inquiry-based science
curriculum. This will be initiated in the four Head Start
classrooms at CSC’s Donley Campus. The partnership
will also result in expanding the DaVinci Center’s
activities for preschoolers available at the science
center as well as early childhood teacher development.
Susquehanna Bank held a back-to-school book and supplies drive
just before the start of school to benefit CSC’s Linden Street PreK
Counts Preschool in Allentown. Shown above are Sharon Geroulo,
VP, Business Banker, and Randy Wenhold, Assistant VP, Branch
Manager, with Jane Ervin, CSC CEO, and children at the preschool.