A Message from the
Executive Director
It is hard to believe, but Investing
in Children is celebrating its 10th birthday this year. Over
the past 10 years we seen a phenomenal list of accomplishments,
including inspiring 5,300 students to take leadership roles
in their schools and communities and providing 13,200 children
with a variety of different literacy initiatives while working
with our numerous community partners. Our 10th Birthday Bash
will take place Wednesday, June 17 at the Barking Frog, so
be sure to mark it on your calendars! Keep an eye open for
other exciting celebration activities that we have planned
for the coming year.
I would like to extend a special
thank you to all of you who have supported Investing in Children
over the years. Your support has been instrumental in our
success and for that we are grateful. The next 10 years hold
infinite possibilities as we continue to make a difference
in the lives of children and their families in our community.
Sincerely,
Anita Gilvesy
Executive Director
London
Gets Mugged Follow Up
On February 5, Investing in Children
hosted London Gets Mugged 2 at the Jonathon Bancroft-Snell
Gallery. The event was a tremendous success, with a great
selection of uniquely decorated mugs. Congratulations to Susanna
Hubbard Krimmer of the London Public Library for winning the
Audience Choice Award.
Thank you to our attendees, our
Muggers, Darrin Laidman for MCing, Michael Buck for conducting
the wine tasting, The Right Blend for providing the coffee,
Williams Coffee Pub for providing the beans for the audience
voting, and especially Jonathon Bancroft-Snell for hosting
and providing such a wonderful venue.
Used Book
Sale at Cherryhill Village Mall
For the third consecutive year,
Investing in Children is holding our Used Book Sale at Cherryhill
Village Mall. This year, join us March 12-14 and take your
pick of thousands of books starting as low as 25 cents!
All proceeds from the Used Book Sale will
support Investing in Children's Literacy projects in 2009.
Literacy
Clicks
What does literacy look like
to you? Share you vision and you could win up to $500 in the
Literacy Clicks Photo Contest! Investing in Children is one
of the community partners working on this exciting contest
to help raise the profile of literacy in London.
For the rules, partners, and
how to enter your own photos, please visit www.literacyinlondon.ca.
The contest ends March 31, so get your photos submitted today!
Children's
Nutrition Network Update
The Ministry of Children and
Youth Services has provided funding for student nutrition
programs in the amount of $200,530.54 for 64 London and area
schools. Of that funding, $101,306.00 is targeted towards
infrastructure costs (fridges, stoves, microwaves, etc.) and
$99,224.54 on program costs (food supplies perishable and
non-perishable).
The annual Student Nutrition
Coordinator’s Meeting was held at Sir George Ross Secondary
School on February 6th, bringing coordinators from each school
together to ensuring students are well-nourished helps to
ensure that they can be at their best. Among the topics covered
were safe food handling, volunteers and Student Nutrition
Program Guidelines.
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