The East Haven Early Childhood Collaborative Presents
East Haven Kids
Funded by the William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund
EHECC GOAL
Every child in East Haven will be healthy and ready to learn by age five
and achieve developmental and school success by age nine.
Bringing East Haven Together For Children
Children’s Fair a Great Success!
The East Haven Early Childhood Collaborative would like to thank the following sponsors for making the 2010 Children’s Fair a success: Town of East Haven Department of Public Works; East Haven Fire and Police Departments; East Haven Rotary Club; Jennifer’s Ice Cream; Dunkin Donuts on Main Street; Home Depot; the Read to grow Organization for donating books; Stop and Shop Supermarket; Brianna Krzeminski for her caricature drawings and East Haven Public Television.
Pony rides were a new addition to this years Children’s Fair. The following businesses generously donated to make the pony rides possible: The Rib House, Zullo and Jacks, Bardell Office Supplies, Forbes premium Fuel, Goody’s Hardware Store and the JST Corporation.
HERE IT IS the
SLIDESHOW of the CHILDREN’s FAIR 2010.
EHKIDS NEWS
GREAT NEWS! Collaborative Gets United Way Grant
The East Haven Early Childhood Collaborative was recently awarded a $5000 grant from the United Way of Greater New Haven to hold a series of Kinder Prep session during the upcoming school year. This new program is designed to help parents effectively recognize and address their children’s developmental milestones using information gathered through a series of meetings with the goal of having children be better prepared to enter kindergarten.
Additional information on the Kinder Prep program will be available soon.
SMILES TO GO MOBILE DENTAL CLINIC
The St Raphael’s Mobile Dental Van will visit
East Haven Town Hall every Monday from 9am – 2pm beginning June 21st thru Aug 30th.
First come, first served for initial visit, follow-up appointments scheduled.
Basic dental care for all. We accept all forms of State insurance.
There is a sliding scale fee for those without insurance coverage (please money orders only).
For more info call 203–867–5437
People Empowering People Program
In the fall of 2010 the East Haven Early Childhood Collaborative will offer a People Empowering People (PEP) parent program. PEP is a personal and family development program with a strong community focus. This program builds upon individual life experiences and strengths to encourage growth in communication and problem solving skills, parent/family relationships and community involvement. The program will be conducted by a trained PEP facilitator. For more information please contact Bob Petrucelli, Youth Service Bureau Coordinator at ehc.bob@snet.net or check this website in the future for exact dates.
Please help your community make a donation to
the East Haven Food Pantry & Diaper Bank.
EH ROTARY OFFERS FREE AMBER ALERT IDENTIFICATION CARDS
The Rotary Club of East Haven will again be offering free amber alert identification cards every 3rd Saturday of the month from 11:00 am until 1:00 pm at the Hagaman Memorial Library.
The only requirement to obtain the ID card is for the parent/guardian to fill out and sign a brief consent form. The information provided does not identify the child by name, address, school or event location and is only useful to law enforcement and the parent/guardian in an emergency.
2009 UNSAFE TOYS LIST POSTED
World Against Toys Causing Harm, Inc. (W.A.T.C.H.), a Massachusetts charitable non-profit corporation, has posted the 2009 LIST of UNSAFE TOYS. W.A.T.C.H. discusses toy hazards and has much more useful information for parents about toys safety.
Have a safe holiday season with your kids!
YOUR RESOURCES
The EHECC has created an exciting new web site providing information and resources for parents of young children.
• New information About our organization has been added including a printable brochure, organization chart and our accomplishments.
• Check our calendar in the main menu for information on future events and meetings.
• ¿Hablas español? Is your primary language not English?
Use Google Translator in our main menu to convert pages to your language.
• Visit the William Casper Graustein Memorial Fund.
• View 2009 Week of the Young Child photo albums Children’s Fair 2009 Photo Album.
•Mayor Almon presented members of the East Haven Early Childhood Collaborative with a proclamation in recognition of The Week of the Young Child.
View proclamation photo album 2009.
EHECC Monthly Meetings
2010 meetings of the East Haven Early Childhood Collaborative will be announced here. Meetings are held in the Hagaman Library Community Room at 12:00 p.m. The public is encouraged to join us at all our meetings and become part of this community effort.
Read our meeting notes:
• October 13, 2009
• January 13, 2010
EHECC, founded in 1998, supports children, families and workers in the field of early care and education.
Links to external pages are provided as a courtesy and do not constitute an endorsement.
EHECC/East Haven Kids takes no responsibility and gives no guarantees, warranties
or representations, implied or otherwise, for the content or accuracy of web site links.
Web Designs and background Playscape photo ©2009–2010 by Frances C. Foley & Noisemakers Productions.
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Updated August 8, 2010.
