FGLRC Director, Jenn Faber, visits GLR leaders and partners in Brevard, St. Lucie, & Indian River Counties

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#FloridaGLR Campaign Director Jenn Faber is visiting with each of the 16 Florida GLR Communities to share, learn and align our local, state and national grade level reading campaign efforts! This week it was great to hear of all the wonderful initiatives being facilitated by local campaign partners: St Lucie Reads / Children’s Services Council of St. Lucie County; Moonshot Moment: 90% Literacy by Third Grade / The Learning Alliance (Indian River) ; and United Way of Brevard

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Florida GLR Director, Jenn Faber, & FAN Director, Brian Hickey, present at the Beyond School Hours Conference

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Florida Children’s Council’s #FLAfterschoolNetwork Director Brian Hickey and #FloridaGLR Director Jenn Faber attended, networked and presented at last week’s #BSH18Orlando Conference. It was great to see a dedicated track of GLR workshops offered, plus this year’s Champion of Children Award Honoree was Barbara Bush, Barbara Bush Foundation!

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Florida GLR presents and introduction to Talk With Me Baby at the ELC of Sarasota County

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Our #FloridaGLR Campaign was pleased to present ‘An introduction to Talk With Me Baby’ at the Early Learning Coalition of Sarasota County 17th Annual Conference for Providers, this past weekend. This was our 11th presentation across Florida introducing this fabulous resource for parents and providers of infant/toddlers. If you’d like us to present at your upcoming early learning conference, please contact [email protected] for more details.

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FGLRC sponsors three ‘Intro to Talk With Me Baby’ presentations at FLAEYC and United Way Suncoast

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Our #FloridaGLR Campaign proudly sponsored three ‘Intro to Talk With Me Baby’ presentations over the past three days at #FLAEYC2017 in Orlando and at United Way Suncoast in Tampa! Special thanks to the Barbara Bush Foundation for sponsoring the TWMB Toolkit, allowing everyone to benefit from this free online resource for health care professionals, early educators and parents! Please contact [email protected] if your Florida agency would like to request an ‘Intro to TWMB’ presentation in your county!

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FGLRC participates in the Florida Children’s Council Annual Legislative Meeting with legislators, state agency secretaries and other key state leaders, December 2017

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This week, Florida Children’s Council Board Members and staff had the opportunity to meet with State Legislators, Agency Secretaries & Directors, and community leaders to discuss legislative priorities for the 2018 Session! We are thrilled to work with so many influential individuals who are advocating for a brighter future for Florida’s children & families!

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