By Jenifer Johnson, Suncoast Campaign for Grade-Level Reading
on March 5, 2021
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Editor’s Note: The Suncoast Campaign for Grade-Level Reading (SCGLR) offers Mind in the Making workshops throughout the region at no cost, thanks to the generosity of The Patterson Foundation. Due to interest from the…
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By Beth Duda, director of the Suncoast Campaign for Grade-Level Reading
on November 2, 2020
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Friends, What an energizing and inspirational week this has been. More than 260 passionaries attended one (or more) of our Suncoast Campaign for Grade-Level Reading Community Update Meetings. We were able to come together virtually to reconnect to the importance…
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By Beth Duda, Suncoast Campaign for Grade-Level Reading
on September 18, 2019
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During the 2018-19 school year, Cassidy was enrolled in the Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Sun Coast program. Since 1904, Big Brothers Big Sisters makes meaningful, monitored matches between adult volunteers (“Bigs”) and children (“Littles”)…
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By Alex Kellemen, Alta Vista Elementary
on March 4, 2019
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Editor’s Note: The Suncoast Campaign for Grade-Level Reading partnered with Embracing Our Differences to celebrate Dr. Seuss Day. Three hundred sixty Sarasota and Manatee County classrooms were abuzz with 280 volunteers reading to 6,000…
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By Dr. Cynthia A. Spence, Mind in the Making Facilitator
on December 20, 2018
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I facilitated a Mind in the Making workshop with Joan Lawrence, where the participants came from diverse backgrounds with many of them in recovery. Some participants were homeless, suffering from the effects of domestic violence and…
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