The Food Research Action Center (FRAC), on their blog last month, announced strategies to increase outreach for summer feeding programs by working with local utility companies. While many of you may work with other state entities or provide food for young people in your summer programs yourselves, you may want to reach out to your local utility company as soon as possible. They can send information about available food resources in their monthly bills to customers and also could include an article in their newsletter.
With increased prices of household goods, food, utilities and gasoline, many families that you work with during the year may not be able to adequately provide enough food for their households. I know that not all of you provide summer programs, but for those who do, you may want to consider this strategy.
To learn more about summer food outreach strategies, click here.
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Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Thursday, June 5, 2008
Bayer Partners with Carnegie Science Center to Create Environmental Programs for Children and Teens
The Corporate Responsibility News reports today that the Bayer Corporation is working with the Carnegie Science Center to create environmental programs for at-risk children and teens.
As quoted from their press release, this program is "to help foster a new generation of environmentally literate elementary-, middle- and high-school students, Bayer Corporation, as part of its Making Science Make Sense(R) initiative, has teamed with Carnegie Science Center on World Environment Day to create a new six-week environmental curriculum for the Science in Your Neighborhood (SIYN) program that is scheduled to launch this summer in city neighborhoods and at the Science Center.
The new program is designed to connect at-risk teens with academic and career opportunities in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields and help them become science literate. By joining with the Science Center on this initiative, Bayer is continuing its support of programs that help diversify the STEM pipeline by bringing more females and underrepresented minorities into STEM fields."
While this effort is based in Pittsburgh, PA, it provides an example of what corporations can do with schools and other community-based organizations to help prepare youth for the 21st Century.
Click here to learn more and how it may spur your own local program.
As quoted from their press release, this program is "to help foster a new generation of environmentally literate elementary-, middle- and high-school students, Bayer Corporation, as part of its Making Science Make Sense(R) initiative, has teamed with Carnegie Science Center on World Environment Day to create a new six-week environmental curriculum for the Science in Your Neighborhood (SIYN) program that is scheduled to launch this summer in city neighborhoods and at the Science Center.
The new program is designed to connect at-risk teens with academic and career opportunities in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields and help them become science literate. By joining with the Science Center on this initiative, Bayer is continuing its support of programs that help diversify the STEM pipeline by bringing more females and underrepresented minorities into STEM fields."
While this effort is based in Pittsburgh, PA, it provides an example of what corporations can do with schools and other community-based organizations to help prepare youth for the 21st Century.
Click here to learn more and how it may spur your own local program.
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