Our Bright Ideas Youth Development kids are hard at work creating decorations for our Back to School Fundraiser this Friday (June 28), 6 p.m., at the Safety Harbor Library. The money we raise pays for backpacks filled with school supplies that we give away to more than 400 children each year. Hope you'll support us by coming to the event to enjoy great music, food, and adult beverages, and to participate in silent and live auctions, and a very large game of scrabble--all to ensure that every child in our community starts off the school year fully prepared for success!
You can sign up for the event here: events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/eventReg?oeidk=a07egdsmks0c4072018&oseq=&c=&ch=
Keep up the good work. It’s all about our kids.
We are now registering students to receive free backpacks filled with school supplies at our Back to School event in August!
Supplies are limited to the first 325 children registered, so please don't delay! You must register at the Center. Please bring proof of residency as well as a social security card for each child you wish to register. The actual event is Aug.3.
Did you know we are a Summer Breakspot? We serve free breakfast (9-9:30 a.m.) and free lunch (noon to 1 p.m.), no questions asked, to children ages 18 and under who show up hungry. The program is housed in our Bright Ideas Youth Development (Angela DeVito) building. If you have or know of any hungry kids, send them our way!
Cudos to you 💕
Nannette Fairo Friend
We know summer just started, but we're already looking toward the first day of school in August. We want every child in our community to start school outfitted for success. To that end, for 13 years we have provided between 400 and 500 backpacks filled with school supplies to children of struggling families. We pay for this through our annual Back to School Fundraiser, which this year is June 28 at the Safety Harbor Library. Please join us for food, adult beverages, music, silent and live auctions and more.
Every year, this fun event enables hundreds of children to start school fully prepared. And it's you who ensure its success! We hope to see you there!
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Our Bright Ideas Youth Development kids worked hard in school this past year, and it paid off. Theo Stokes, a 5th grader now headed to middle school, received the Presidential Gold Award for achieving straight As his entire elementary school career. He also received a pile of other awards for outstanding academic achievement and leadership, including but not limited to: Perfect Attendance; Multicultural Leadership; Student Council Representative; Athletics; Safety Patrol; and Music! Most of our other 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders made either Honor Roll (all As and Bs) or Principal's List (all As).
We think all our kids are awesome! They prove us right every day!
CONGRATULATIONS YOUNG MAN
Congratulations lil cuz😊
Awwwww Congratulations Theo!!!! Job well done Mom & Dad🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
Congratulations Theo and the other kids
Congrats Theo.
Congratulations
Great work! 😊
Congrats!
Congrats!
The Book Bus, curtesy of the Juvenile Welfare Board of Pinellas County, came to our Bright Idea Youth Development summer camps, providing every child with two books of their own choosing! The kids LOVED it. Thanks JWB for inspiring a love of reading in our children!
This is a good thing
Technicians from East-West Electric in Clearwater are helping us change to less expensive, more environmentally friendly lighting. Thanks to a generous Pinellas County Government Community Development Block Grant, we are upgrading our facility, including replacing all our fluorescent lighting with LED lighting. The new lights will save us money in the long run due to their superior efficiency and longer lifespan. These qualities also make them better for the environment. It's a win-win!
On this #ThanksfulThursday, we'd like to express our appreciation for Bill and Elizabeth Wadsworth. Every week, they ask our receptionist what we need in terms of toiletries that we give out to clients. Then, every week, they go shopping for them--in bulk. This week they brought us two bags of full-size deodorant sticks and a jumbo bag of toilet paper. Thank you so much Bill and Elizabeth, for your weekly contributions to help others who are struggling financially. We say this often, because it's true: We couldn't do what we do without support from people like you!
That is awesome!
