NLIS 7
May 16, 2003
(Education)
Early Childhood Literacy
Grants Announced
Education Minister Gerry Reid is pleased to
announce the recent approval of more than $175,000 in grants for early
childhood literacy/family literacy programs from the Department of
Education. This funding has been made available through the province�s Stepping
into the Future early childhood development initiative.
"Prevention and early intervention are
major themes of Words to Live By, our provincial Strategic Literacy
Plan," said Minister Reid. "When combined with early childhood
literacy grants provided last August, this funding represents a total
investment of more than a quarter of a million dollars in community-based
early literacy activities targeting children up to age six in 2002-03. The
recipients of this funding have developed initiatives which fit very well
with our long-term strategy of raising literacy levels in Newfoundland and
Labrador. I commend these organizations for their commitment to our
children."
Twenty-eight proposals from non-profit
community-based organizations throughout Newfoundland and Labrador were
recommended by the Strategic Literacy Funding Committee, in accordance with
priorities stated in the 2003-04 Grants Application Package. The list of
approved projects follows.
|
Name of Program/Project |
Community |
Amount |
|
King's Point Area Early Childhood
Enrichment Committee |
King's Point |
$7,000.00 |
|
An Early Intervention Literacy Project
for Parents of 0-5 year-olds |
Pouch Cove |
$9,480.00 |
|
Grow With Me and Satellite Site |
St. John's |
$10,000.00 |
|
Parent and Community Support for Early
Literacy Development |
Holyrood |
$5,500.00 |
|
Making Literacy and Learning Fun for
Families |
St. John's |
$5,000.00 |
|
Goulds Elementary Early Intervention
Program |
Goulds |
$4,500.00 |
|
Two Model Projects of Parent-Child
Mother Goose Program |
St. John's |
$15,000.00 |
|
PRINTS |
St. John's |
$5,000.00 |
|
Bishop Field Springboard to Literacy
Program One |
St. John's |
$3,027.20 |
|
Booky the Bear's Playroom/Reading for
Fun |
Woody Point |
$2,835.00 |
|
Expanding your Child's Literacy
Experiences |
St. John's |
$13,747.00 |
|
Extending SORT (Significant Others as
Reading Teachers) |
Marystown |
$9,000.00 |
|
PRINTS Program |
Cartwright |
$6,000.00 |
|
Books for Babies Continuation
(Coordinator) |
Corner Brook |
$30,000.00 |
|
Small Wonders - Rhymes and Thymes |
Marystown |
$4,900.00 |
|
Cow Head Reading Circle |
Cow Head |
$1,500.00 |
|
Story Time |
Carmanville |
$2,175.00 |
|
South Brook Literacy Enrichment
Committee |
South Brook |
$8,000.00 |
|
Trout River Reading Circle |
Deer Lake |
$1,950.00 |
|
Story Time |
St. Anthony |
$4,500.00 |
|
Reading Begins at Birth/Storytime |
Bay de Verde |
$1,900.00 |
|
Virginia Park Community Literacy
Initiative |
St. John's |
$6,876.00 |
|
Fatima Academy After School Playgroup |
St. Brides |
$2,000.00 |
|
Story Time |
Peterview |
$1,500.00 |
|
Parents and Teachers as Partners in
Early Literacy Development |
Bonavista |
$3,000.00 |
|
PRINTS |
West St. Modeste, Labrador South |
$3,300.00 |
|
Family Literacy Program |
Doyles |
$5,000.00 |
|
Parents of Preschoolers Literacy
Project |
Kelligrews |
$2,500.00 |
|
Total |
|
$175,190.20 |
Media contact: Elizabeth Matthews,
Communications, (709) 729-0048, or (709) 727-3438
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