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ELC at Amazing Grace Family Farms

ELC at Amazing Grace Family Farms

by ChuckS | Oct 19, 2023 | Early Learning, Events, Families & Parenting, Featured, Providers, Volunteers, VPK

Early Learning Coalition of North Florida recently spent October 10th & 17th at Amazing Grace Family Farms in Green Cove Springs. Amazing Grace provides a beautiful farm with corn maze, games, jump pads, corn cribs & so much more for local families to enjoy!...
Mother Goose Story Time

Mother Goose Story Time

by ChuckS | Oct 19, 2023 | Early Learning, Early Literacy, Events, Featured, Volunteers, VPK

ELC volunteer Sandy Dunnavant and her team of Woman’s Club members from Green Cove Springs were at the ECS Head Start and Preschool in Green Cove Springs. Sandy and her ladies will be visiting a different school each month this year with their Mother Goose Program...

[RELEASE] Early Learning Coalition of North Florida Organizes Air and Wind Science Program

by ChuckS | May 19, 2022 | Early Learning, Events, Families & Parenting, Press Release, Providers, Volunteers

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MORE PHOTO LINKS BELOW RELEASE   Early Learning Coalition of North Florida Organizes Air and Wind Science Program ST. JOHNS COUNTY, Fla., May 20, 2022 – The Early Learning Coalition of North Florida (ELC) has been focusing on science...
[RELEASE] The Cat in the Hat is on the Loose in North Florida for Early Literacy

[RELEASE] The Cat in the Hat is on the Loose in North Florida for Early Literacy

by ChuckS | Mar 23, 2022 | Early Learning, Events, Families & Parenting, Press Release, Providers, Volunteers

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   PHOTO LINKS BELOW RELEASE   The Cat in the Hat is on the Loose in North Florida for Early Literacy ST.AUGUSTINE, Fla., March 23, 2022 – The Cat in the Hat was on the loose in North Florida during the month of March. In...

[PRESS RELEASE] The Cat in the Hat Visits the Ravine Gardens for Early Literacy

by ChuckS | Mar 16, 2022 | Early Learning, Events, Families & Parenting, Press Release, Volunteers

  CONTACT: Joan Whitson, Early Literacy Coordinator 904-342-2267 jwhitson@elcnorthflorida.org   FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   PHOTO LINKS BELOW RELEASE   The Cat in the Hat Visits the Ravine Gardens for Early Literacy   PALATKA, Fla., March 16, 2022...
Volunteer Training Sessions Offered in August

Volunteer Training Sessions Offered in August

by ChuckS | Aug 9, 2021 | Early Learning, Early Literacy, Families & Parenting, Press Release, Volunteers

VOLUNTEER FLYER: https://elcnorthflorida.thepromall.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/171/2021/08/ELC-Volunteer-Recruitment-Flyer_July-2021_FINAL-PDF.pdf Early Learning Coalition Needs Volunteer Readers in Six North Florida Counties Training Sessions Offered in August...
May 2021 Volunteer Newsletter

May 2021 Volunteer Newsletter

by ChuckS | May 26, 2021 | Early Learning, Families & Parenting, Volunteers

Check out the Volunteer Newsletter for May! Click to Access the May 2021 Volunteer Newsletter   The Early Learning Coalition is the leading voice in six counties for child care. ELC works with many other local agencies to ensure that all families have access to...
[RELEASE] Flora and the Flamingo Return to North Florida to Teach Kids the Importance of Music and Movement

[RELEASE] Flora and the Flamingo Return to North Florida to Teach Kids the Importance of Music and Movement

by ChuckS | Apr 27, 2021 | Early Learning, Press Release, Providers, Volunteers

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Image/Caption: Early Learning Coalition of North Florida (ELC) volunteer Melanie Kent (AKA “The Flamingo”) with VPK student Jashanti Lyons and the children at God’s Little Creations in Palatka on April 22, 2021. They are dancing and acting out...
Volunteer Training Sessions Offered in August

[PRESS RELEASE] Children Explore the World of the Ocean Through Palatka Daycare’s Early Literacy Program

by ChuckS | Nov 30, 2020 | Early Literacy, Press Release, Volunteers

PALATKA, Fla., November 30, 2020 – The Early Learning Coalition of North Florida’s (ELC) outreach and volunteer team led an ocean-themed literacy program at Palatka’s Children’s World preschool on Wednesday, November 18, 2020.    Their World of the Ocean...
ELC of North Florida Volunteers Making a Creative Impact

ELC of North Florida Volunteers Making a Creative Impact

by ChuckS | Apr 14, 2020 | Early Learning, Early Literacy, Families & Parenting, Press Release, Volunteers

Image/Caption: Early Learning Coalition of North Florida Volunteer, Erika Bauserman St. Augustine creates videos to connect with preschool children. She is standing in front of the Lighthouse in St. Augustine, Fla. #ELCsTakeAction #Covid19UnsungHeroes...
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