Literacy IssueVolume 1314 — Issue 3
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JLD Proud Sponsor of One Book 4 Colorado, April 7–21, 2014
Grow:By Helen Lutz, ink Reporter
The 2013–2014 year has been very successful in our community focus area, literacy.
Below are some numbers for the year for all of our League programs. Thank you to ALL members that serve on the Community Council and work tirelessly on behalf of the JLD and our community!
• Read2Kids: Seven events were held this year at Molholm Elemen-tary, Colfax Elementary, Swansea Elementary, Fairview Elementary Bishop Elementary, SOAR and McGlone Elementary. A total of 460 children served, 2,000 books distributed and 743 meals served.
• Kids Connect (Children’s Outreach Project and Sheridan Early Childhood Center): About 100 children served, 700 books distrib-uted and 26 program nights. Also, an average of 13 children read 2,075 books OUTSIDE the program nights, exceeding the original goal of 2,000 books!
• 123 Grants: The Junior League of Denver will be awarding two $4,500 grants to qualified Denver metro area schools or organiza-tions in June 2014. The funding for these grants is tied to Senate Bill 09-123 to fund at-risk schools serving 6th, 7th and 8th grades in decreasing high-school drop-out rates.
• Done in a Day: 133 shifts have been completed with 612 volun-teers participating and 1,628 hours contributed to the Denver metro community.
• The Gathering Place: Approximately 5,040 meals served from September 2013 to May 2014. Approximately 5,040 women served since September 2013.
Becky Theis, Community Council Vice President, was also happy to share that our Literacy Committee has been working on a new literacy page on our website that will truly encompass what we do and provide resources around early childhood literacy.
It has truly been a successful year for Junior League Denver as an orga-nization that stands out to help promote literacy efforts in our commu-nity. Questions? Email [email protected]
A Successful Year for our League Literacy Efforts!
to increase in size, number, or degree.The Junior League of Denver sponsored One Book 4 Colorado again in 2014! This project strives to give away copies of the same book to every four year old in Colorado through public libraries, Reach Out and Read Colorado clinics, and Denver preschools. Last year, about 70,000 books were distributed statewide. The first One Book 4 Colorado program was in 2012. This year’s winning book, Grumpy Bird by Jeremy Tan-kard, was given away April 7–21, 2014 at participating libraries, clinics and Denver preschools around the state. We are very proud of this effort to get books in the hands of children while making reading fun! Visit www.onebook4colorado.org for more information.
Photo on left and on cover courtesy of One Book 4 Colorado.
Children hear a story at a recent JLD Read2Kids event.
We have a new literacy page at www.jld.org! Click on Community Impact/Literacy to see a listing of our programs, literacy facts and more.
Literacy IssueVolume 1314 — Issue 3
A publication of The Junior League of Denver. A 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.
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fit
Org
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.S. P
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AID
Den
ver,
Col
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Ave
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Den
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CO
802
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vice
req
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ed
ink
Com
mit
tee
Des
tin
Sim
s, E
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Win
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Rep
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Hel
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Colorado Literacy Week is May 19–23, 2014
Changing Lives Through Literacy Read • Learn • Grow
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iter
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JLD Proud Sponsor of One Book 4 Colorado, April 7–21, 2014
Grow:By Helen Lutz, ink Reporter
The 2014–2015 year has been very successful in our community focus area, literacy.
Below are some numbers for the year for all of our League programs. Thank you to ALL members that serve on the Community Council and work tirelessly on behalf of the JLD and our community!
• Read2Kids: Seven events held so far this year at Molholm Elemen-tary, Colfax Elementary, Swansea Elementary, Fairview Elementary Bishop Elementary, SOAR and McGlone Elementary. A total of 336 children served, 1,479 books distributed and 541 meals served.
• Kids Connect (Children’s Outreach Project and Sheridan Early Childhood Center): About 100 children served, 700 books distrib-uted and 26 program nights.
• 123 Grants: The Junior League of Denver will be awarding two $4,500 grants to qualified Denver metro area schools or organiza-tions in June 2014. The funding for these grants is tied to Senate Bill 09-123 to fund at-risk schools serving 6th, 7th and 8th grades in decreasing high-school drop-out rates.
• Done in a Day: So far, 96 shifts have been completed with 453 vol-unteers participating and 1,255 hours contributed to the Denver metro community.
• The Gathering Place: Approximately 5,040 meals served from September 2013 to May 2014. Approximately 5,040 women served since September 2013.
Becky Theis, Community Council Vice President, was also happy to share that members on the Community Council have been working on a new literacy page on our website that will truly encompass what we do and provide resources around early childhood literacy.
It has truly been a successful year for Junior League Denver as an orga-nization that stands out to help promote literacy efforts in our commu-nity. Questions? Email [email protected]
A Successful Year for our League Literacy Efforts!
to increase in size, number, or degree.The Junior League of Denver sponsored One Book 4 Colorado again in 2014! This project strives to give away copies of the same book to every four year old in Colorado through public libraries, Reach Out and Read Colorado clinics, and Denver preschools. Last year, about 70,000 books were distributed statewide. The first One Book 4 Colorado program was in 2012. This year’s winning book, Grumpy Bird by Jeremy Tan-kard, was given away April 7–21, 2014 at participating libraries, clinics and Denver preschools around the state. We are very proud of this effort to get books in the hands of children while making reading fun! Visit www.onebook4colorado.org for more information.
Photo on left and on cover courtesy of One Book 4 Colorado.
Children hear a story at a recent JLD Read2Kids event.
We have a new literacy page at www.jld.org! Click on Community Impact/Literacy to see a listing of our programs, literacy facts and more.
Literacy IssueVolume 1314 — Issue 3
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Destin Sim
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ndrews, Reporter
Winifrid Leung, Reporter
Priscilla Lichty, ReporterH
elen Lutz, ReporterTo subm
it content for consideration (article ideas, pictures), please em
ail to [email protected].
JLD Staff
Jennifer Jones, Managing D
irector, ext. 102K
aren Mayo, Controller, ext. 109
Vanessa Banker, Com
munications M
anager, ext. 114Laura Stenovec, D
evelopment Coordinator, ext. 107
Deborah Jackson, Business Support Specialist, ext. 100
JLD H
eadquartersJunior League of D
enver, Incorporated6300 East Yale A
venue, Denver, CO
80222phone: 303.692.0270
fax: 303.753.6846
email:
web:
ww
w.jld.org
hours: Monday-Friday 9 am
– 4 pm
Mission
The Junior League of D
enver, Incorporated (founded in 1918), is an organization of w
omen com
mitted to
promoting voluntarism
, developing the potential of w
omen, and im
proving the comm
unity through the eff
ective action and leadership of trained volunteers. O
ur purpose is exclusively educational and charitable.
Colorado Literacy Week is May 19–23, 2014
Changing Lives Through Literacy Read • Learn • Grow
Changing Lives Through Literacy Read • Learn • G
row
JLD Proud Sponsor of One Book 4 Colorado, April 7–21, 2014Grow:
By Helen Lutz, ink Reporter
The 2013–2014 year has been very successful in our community focus area, literacy.
Below are some numbers for the year for all of our League programs. Thank you to ALL members that serve on the Community Council and work tirelessly on behalf of the JLD and our community!
• Read2Kids: Seven events were held this year at Molholm Elemen-tary, Colfax Elementary, Swansea Elementary, Fairview Elementary Bishop Elementary, SOAR and McGlone Elementary. A total of 460 children served, 2,000 books distributed and 743 meals served.
• Kids Connect (Children’s Outreach Project and Sheridan Early Childhood Center): About 100 children served, 700 books distrib-uted and 26 program nights. Also, an average of 13 children read 2,075 books OUTSIDE the program nights, exceeding the original goal of 2,000 books!
• 123 Grants: The Junior League of Denver will be awarding two $4,500 grants to qualified Denver metro area schools or organiza-tions in June 2014. The funding for these grants is tied to Senate Bill 09-123 to fund at-risk schools serving 6th, 7th and 8th grades in decreasing high-school drop-out rates.
• Done in a Day: 133 shifts have been completed with 612 volun-teers participating and 1,628 hours contributed to the Denver metro community.
• The Gathering Place: Approximately 5,040 meals served from September 2013 to May 2014. Approximately 5,040 women served since September 2013.
Becky Theis, Community Council Vice President, was also happy to share that our Literacy Committee has been working on a new literacy page on our website that will truly encompass what we do and provide resources around early childhood literacy.
It has truly been a successful year for Junior League Denver as an orga-nization that stands out to help promote literacy efforts in our commu-nity. Questions? Email [email protected]
A Successful Year for our League Literacy Efforts!
to increase in size, number, or degree.The Junior League of Denver sponsored One Book 4 Colorado again in 2014! This project strives to give away copies of the same book to every four year old in Colorado through public libraries, Reach Out and Read Colorado clinics, and Denver preschools. Last year, about 70,000 books were distributed statewide. The first One Book 4 Colorado program was in 2012. This year’s winning book, Grumpy Bird by Jeremy Tan-kard, was given away April 7–21, 2014 at participating libraries, clinics and Denver preschools around the state. We are very proud of this effort to get books in the hands of children while making reading fun! Visit www.onebook4colorado.org for more information.
Photo on left and on cover courtesy of One Book 4 Colorado.
Children hear a story at a recent JLD Read2Kids event.
We have a new literacy page at www.jld.org! Click on Community Impact/Literacy to see a listing of our programs, literacy facts and more.
Literacy IssueVolume 1314 — Issue 3
A publication of The Junior League of Denver. A 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.
Non-P
rofit Org.
U.S. P
ostageP
AID
Denver, C
oloradoP
ermit N
o. 134
6300 East Y
ale Avenue
Denver, C
O 80222-7184
Address service requested
ink Com
mittee
Destin Sim
s, EditorJaqueline A
ndrews, Reporter
Winifrid Leung, Reporter
Priscilla Lichty, ReporterH
elen Lutz, ReporterTo subm
it content for consideration (article ideas, pictures), please em
ail to [email protected].
JLD Staff
Jennifer Jones, Managing D
irector, ext. 102K
aren Mayo , Controller, ext. 109
Vanessa Banker, Com
munications M
anager, ext. 114Laura Stenovec, D
evelopment Coordinator, ext. 107
Deborah Jackson , Business Support Specialist, ext. 100
JLD H
eadquartersJunior League of D
enver, Incorporated6300 East Yale A
venue, Denver, CO
80222phone: 303.692.0270
fax: 303.753.6846
email:
web:
ww
w.jld.org
hours: Monday-Friday 9 am
– 4 pm
Mission
The Junior League of D
enver, Incorporated (founded in 1918), is an organization of w
omen com
mitted to
promoting voluntarism
, developing the potential of w
omen, and im
proving the comm
unity through the eff
ective action and leadership of trained volunteers. O
ur purpose is exclusively educational and charitable.
Colorado Literacy Week is May 19–23, 2014
Changing Lives Through Literacy Read • Learn • Grow
Ch
ang
ing
Lives Thro
ug
h Literacy
Read • Learn • Grow
JLD Proud Sponsor of One Book 4 Colorado, April 7–21, 2014Grow:
By Helen Lutz, ink Reporter
The 2014–2015 year has been very successful in our community focus area, literacy.
Below are some numbers for the year for all of our League programs. Thank you to ALL members that serve on the Community Council and work tirelessly on behalf of the JLD and our community!
• Read2Kids: Seven events held so far this year at Molholm Elemen-tary, Colfax Elementary, Swansea Elementary, Fairview Elementary Bishop Elementary, SOAR and McGlone Elementary. A total of 336 children served, 1,479 books distributed and 541 meals served.
• Kids Connect (Children’s Outreach Project and Sheridan Early Childhood Center): About 100 children served, 700 books distrib-uted and 26 program nights.
• 123 Grants: The Junior League of Denver will be awarding two $4,500 grants to qualified Denver metro area schools or organiza-tions in June 2014. The funding for these grants is tied to Senate Bill 09-123 to fund at-risk schools serving 6th, 7th and 8th grades in decreasing high-school drop-out rates.
• Done in a Day: So far, 96 shifts have been completed with 453 vol-unteers participating and 1,255 hours contributed to the Denver metro community.
• The Gathering Place: Approximately 5,040 meals served from September 2013 to May 2014. Approximately 5,040 women served since September 2013.
Becky Theis, Community Council Vice President, was also happy to share that members on the Community Council have been working on a new literacy page on our website that will truly encompass what we do and provide resources around early childhood literacy.
It has truly been a successful year for Junior League Denver as an orga-nization that stands out to help promote literacy efforts in our commu-nity. Questions? Email [email protected]
A Successful Year for our League Literacy Efforts!
to increase in size, number, or degree.The Junior League of Denver sponsored One Book 4 Colorado again in 2014! This project strives to give away copies of the same book to every four year old in Colorado through public libraries, Reach Out and Read Colorado clinics, and Denver preschools. Last year, about 70,000 books were distributed statewide. The first One Book 4 Colorado program was in 2012. This year’s winning book, Grumpy Bird by Jeremy Tan-kard, was given away April 7–21, 2014 at participating libraries, clinics and Denver preschools around the state. We are very proud of this effort to get books in the hands of children while making reading fun! Visit www.onebook4colorado.org for more information.
Photo on left and on cover courtesy of One Book 4 Colorado.
Children hear a story at a recent JLD Read2Kids event.
We have a new literacy page at www.jld.org! Click on Community Impact/Literacy to see a listing of our programs, literacy facts and more.
Literacy IssueVolume 1314 — Issue 3
Non-P
rofit Org.
U.S. P
ostageP
AID
Denver, C
oloradoP
ermit N
o. 134
6300 East Y
ale Avenue
Denver, C
O 80222-7184
Address service requested
ink Com
mittee
Destin Sim
s, EditorJaqueline A
ndrews, Reporter
Winifrid Leung, Reporter
Priscilla Lichty, ReporterH
elen Lutz, ReporterTo subm
it content for consideration (article ideas, pictures), please em
ail to [email protected].
JLD Staff
Jennifer Jones, Managing D
irector, ext. 102K
aren Mayo, Controller, ext. 109
Vanessa Banker, Com
munications M
anager, ext. 114Laura Stenovec, D
evelopment Coordinator, ext. 107
Deborah Jackson, Business Support Specialist, ext. 100
JLD H
eadquartersJunior League of D
enver, Incorporated6300 East Yale A
venue, Denver, CO
80222phone: 303.692.0270
fax: 303.753.6846
email:
web:
ww
w.jld.org
hours: Monday-Friday 9 am
– 4 pm
Mission
The Junior League of D
enver, Incorporated (founded in 1918), is an organization of w
omen com
mitted to
promoting voluntarism
, developing the potential of w
omen, and im
proving the comm
unity through the eff
ective action and leadership of trained volunteers. O
ur purpose is exclusively educational and charitable.
Colorado Literacy Week is May 19–23, 2014
Changing Lives Through Literacy Read • Learn • Grow
Changing Lives Through Literacy Read • Learn • G
row
JLD Proud Sponsor of One Book 4 Colorado, April 7–21, 2014Grow:
By Helen Lutz, ink Reporter
The 2013–2014 year has been very successful in our community focus area, literacy.
Below are some numbers for the year for all of our League programs. Thank you to ALL members that serve on the Community Council and work tirelessly on behalf of the JLD and our community!
• Read2Kids: Seven events were held this year at Molholm Elemen-tary, Colfax Elementary, Swansea Elementary, Fairview Elementary Bishop Elementary, SOAR and McGlone Elementary. A total of 460 children served, 2,000 books distributed and 743 meals served.
• Kids Connect (Children’s Outreach Project and Sheridan Early Childhood Center): About 100 children served, 700 books distrib-uted and 26 program nights. Also, an average of 13 children read 2,075 books OUTSIDE the program nights, exceeding the original goal of 2,000 books!
• 123 Grants: The Junior League of Denver will be awarding two $4,500 grants to qualified Denver metro area schools or organiza-tions in June 2014. The funding for these grants is tied to Senate Bill 09-123 to fund at-risk schools serving 6th, 7th and 8th grades in decreasing high-school drop-out rates.
• Done in a Day: 133 shifts have been completed with 612 volun-teers participating and 1,628 hours contributed to the Denver metro community.
• The Gathering Place: Approximately 5,040 meals served from September 2013 to May 2014. Approximately 5,040 women served since September 2013.
Becky Theis, Community Council Vice President, was also happy to share that our Literacy Committee has been working on a new literacy page on our website that will truly encompass what we do and provide resources around early childhood literacy.
It has truly been a successful year for Junior League Denver as an orga-nization that stands out to help promote literacy efforts in our commu-nity. Questions? Email [email protected]
A Successful Year for our League Literacy Efforts!
to increase in size, number, or degree.The Junior League of Denver sponsored One Book 4 Colorado again in 2014! This project strives to give away copies of the same book to every four year old in Colorado through public libraries, Reach Out and Read Colorado clinics, and Denver preschools. Last year, about 70,000 books were distributed statewide. The first One Book 4 Colorado program was in 2012. This year’s winning book, Grumpy Bird by Jeremy Tan-kard, was given away April 7–21, 2014 at participating libraries, clinics and Denver preschools around the state. We are very proud of this effort to get books in the hands of children while making reading fun! Visit www.onebook4colorado.org for more information.
Photo on left and on cover courtesy of One Book 4 Colorado.
Children hear a story at a recent JLD Read2Kids event.
We have a new literacy page at www.jld.org! Click on Community Impact/Literacy to see a listing of our programs, literacy facts and more.
Literacy IssueVolume 1314 — Issue 3
A publication of The Junior League of Denver. A 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.
Non-P
rofit Org.
U.S. P
ostageP
AID
Denver, C
oloradoP
ermit N
o. 134
6300 East Y
ale Avenue
Denver, C
O 80222-7184
Address service requested
ink Com
mittee
Destin Sim
s, EditorJaqueline A
ndrews, Reporter
Winifrid Leung, Reporter
Priscilla Lichty, ReporterH
elen Lutz, ReporterTo subm
it content for consideration (article ideas, pictures), please em
ail to [email protected].
JLD Staff
Jennifer Jones, Managing D
irector, ext. 102K
aren Mayo , Controller, ext. 109
Vanessa Banker, Com
munications M
anager, ext. 114Laura Stenovec, D
evelopment Coordinator, ext. 107
Deborah Jackson , Business Support Specialist, ext. 100
JLD H
eadquartersJunior League of D
enver, Incorporated6300 East Yale A
venue, Denver, CO
80222phone: 303.692.0270
fax: 303.753.6846
email:
web:
ww
w.jld.org
hours: Monday-Friday 9 am
– 4 pm
Mission
The Junior League of D
enver, Incorporated (founded in 1918), is an organization of w
omen com
mitted to
promoting voluntarism
, developing the potential of w
omen, and im
proving the comm
unity through the eff
ective action and leadership of trained volunteers. O
ur purpose is exclusively educational and charitable.
Colorado Literacy Week is May 19–23, 2014
Changing Lives Through Literacy Read • Learn • Grow
Ch
ang
ing
Lives Thro
ug
h Literacy
Read • Learn • Grow
JLD Proud Sponsor of One Book 4 Colorado, April 7–21, 2014Grow:
By Helen Lutz, ink Reporter
The 2014–2015 year has been very successful in our community focus area, literacy.
Below are some numbers for the year for all of our League programs. Thank you to ALL members that serve on the Community Council and work tirelessly on behalf of the JLD and our community!
• Read2Kids: Seven events held so far this year at Molholm Elemen-tary, Colfax Elementary, Swansea Elementary, Fairview Elementary Bishop Elementary, SOAR and McGlone Elementary. A total of 336 children served, 1,479 books distributed and 541 meals served.
• Kids Connect (Children’s Outreach Project and Sheridan Early Childhood Center): About 100 children served, 700 books distrib-uted and 26 program nights.
• 123 Grants: The Junior League of Denver will be awarding two $4,500 grants to qualified Denver metro area schools or organiza-tions in June 2014. The funding for these grants is tied to Senate Bill 09-123 to fund at-risk schools serving 6th, 7th and 8th grades in decreasing high-school drop-out rates.
• Done in a Day: So far, 96 shifts have been completed with 453 vol-unteers participating and 1,255 hours contributed to the Denver metro community.
• The Gathering Place: Approximately 5,040 meals served from September 2013 to May 2014. Approximately 5,040 women served since September 2013.
Becky Theis, Community Council Vice President, was also happy to share that members on the Community Council have been working on a new literacy page on our website that will truly encompass what we do and provide resources around early childhood literacy.
It has truly been a successful year for Junior League Denver as an orga-nization that stands out to help promote literacy efforts in our commu-nity. Questions? Email [email protected]
A Successful Year for our League Literacy Efforts!
to increase in size, number, or degree.The Junior League of Denver sponsored One Book 4 Colorado again in 2014! This project strives to give away copies of the same book to every four year old in Colorado through public libraries, Reach Out and Read Colorado clinics, and Denver preschools. Last year, about 70,000 books were distributed statewide. The first One Book 4 Colorado program was in 2012. This year’s winning book, Grumpy Bird by Jeremy Tan-kard, was given away April 7–21, 2014 at participating libraries, clinics and Denver preschools around the state. We are very proud of this effort to get books in the hands of children while making reading fun! Visit www.onebook4colorado.org for more information.
Photo on left and on cover courtesy of One Book 4 Colorado.
Children hear a story at a recent JLD Read2Kids event.
We have a new literacy page at www.jld.org! Click on Community Impact/Literacy to see a listing of our programs, literacy facts and more.
With the goal of reaching more people in the Denver metro area and expanding our ongoing literacy efforts, the JLD is excited to introduce two new community projects for the 2014–2015 League year. Starting in June 2014, the League will provide volunteers for one-on-one tutoring with children at Reading Partners Colorado and Mile High Montessori Early Learning Centers through our Tutoring With Kids Committee. The League will also start creating Little Free Libraries in the Denver metro area. It’s a “take a book, return a book” gathering place where neighbors share their favorite literature and stories. In its most basic form, a Little Free Library is a box full of books where anyone may stop by and pick up a book (or two) and bring back another book to share.
Tutoring With Kids will allow JLD members to partner with Mile High Montessori Early Learning Centers at three high-need schools, and will provide volunteers with necessary training in dialogic reading, teaching them to effectively engage children and increase comprehension during reading sessions. Tutoring With Kids will also partner with a second organization, Reading Partners Colo-rado, to facilitate reading and tutoring sessions in schools and libraries.
Becky Theis, current Community Vice President and incoming President-Elect, says that the Tu-toring With Kids Committee will start with approximately 12 members, allowing each to focus on building a relationship with her student.
As part of the JLD’s other new program, Little Free Libraries, members will work together to increase access to books for children and promote a love of reading by building book-exchange structures. The committee will also identify areas that will benefit most from book-share locations and has a goal of installing a minimum of ten libraries this coming year. It is estimated that each library goes through at least 25 books a month and attracts five to ten people with each selection. “These numbers are on the conservative side,” PR&D Chair Christy Bailey said, “and we have the potential to place books in the hands of over 12,500 children with our overall goal of creating 100 libraries.”
Little Free Libraries: www.littlefreelibrary.org; Mile High Montessori Early Learning Centers: www.milehighmontessori.org; Reading Partners Colorado: www.readingpartners.org/colorado Questions? Email [email protected]
Gene Koelbel knows a thing or two about being a dedicated volun-teer in the Denver metro community: she’s been working hard at it for more than 55 years.
From serving on the boards of four separate Denver based charities, to writing hand written ap-peals for donations and for volunteers, Gene has demonstrated time and again what it means to be committed to an important cause. Most recently Gene was awarded the 9News Volunteer of the Month Award for her involvement with the The Denver Santa Claus Shop. The organization was created by the Junior League of Denver in 1931 to ensure that every child would have a toy from Santa Claus at Christmas.
“We’re the oldest all volunteer organization in the state and probably one of the oldest in the country… we don’t have a paid CEO or an office or anything. We run it out of our homes,” states Gene about The Denver Santa Claus Shop.
Gene started volunteering for the Shop in 1956 when the Junior League of Denver asked her to help staff the organization for the coming season. Since then, Gene and her whole family give their time, their energy and their love to The Denver Santa Claus Shop each holiday season.
While discussing the Shop, Gene said, “The Shop is very special and it’s just fun to be involved. I’ve been involved for so long, it’s just part of Christmas.”
Gene was invited to become a member of the Junior League of Denver in 1954, a time when her Provisional class consisted of only 13 women. Gene feels that the Junior League of Denver’s ef-forts to expose women to volunteer opportunities in Denver left a great impression both on her and on many of the friends she made through the League.
“When we came out of the Junior League, we all learned to do something and we just carried on. A lot of my friends are very involved in different things, different charities, different organizations and they just carried on. And I see a lot of them that are still very involved.”
Gene, we are so proud of you! Thank you for your ongoing commitment to our community.
Twice a month, JLD members gather at Children’s Outreach Project in north Denver for a fun-filled evening of dinner, arts, crafts, sing-ing, and reading with children and their families.
Children’s Outreach Project has been serving the north Denver area for nearly 30 years, providing a diverse and integrated early childhood education for children ages 2–5. The Children’s Outreach Project’s mission is to provide children of all abilities with quality, affordable education — and our community partnership with them helps achieve this.
One of the primary goals of the Kids Connect Committee is to promote early childhood brain development and to arm parents with the tools to help their children succeed. Committee members receive training emphasizing the importance of reading to and with children, along with helpful ways to engage the child, encourage creativity, and enhance comprehension. Each committee member is matched with a family at the beginning of the semester, and they are able to put this training to good use throughout the year.
“We have been coming to Kids Connect for about a year and a half,” said Monica, mother of two children, Conrad and Brielle, who attend COP and Kids Connect program nights. “My daughter has dyslexia, and it has really helped with her reading skills and comprehension.”
Each visit is full of fun activities developed around a different chil-dren’s storybook. The child, their siblings, and their parents are all provided with a free, healthy dinner. Afterward, the families and JLD members participate in reading, art and music sessions. At the end of the night, each child is sent home with a bag of fun activities and exercises — plus whatever they created at the program night! Children take home the storybook each month to help encourage reading at home, and to facilitate interaction between parents and their children. According to Monica, there are a lot of great things about Kids Connect, like dinner and being able to take the books home at the end of each month. But the best part, she says, is that “it brings families together and helps the kids make new friends.”
This year alone, committee members will contribute nearly 50 vol-unteer hours each. Thank you to all members who serve on the Kids Connect Committee. You truly make a difference in our community.
Learn more about Kids Connect, a Signature JLD Program
By the 2013–2014 Kids Connect Committee
Give:to present voluntarily and without expecting compensation.
Get connected:join together to provide access and exchange.
Little Free Library in Montclair neighborhood.
Lisa Lumley, 2013–2014 Junior League of Denver President
Please visit www.jld.org and click on Community Impact/Literacy for statistic sources from this issue of ink.
The JLD Introduces New 2014–2015 Literacy Programs
By Winifred Leung, ink Reporter
An Interview with Sustainer Gene Koelbel
By Priscilla Lichty, ink Reporter
Dear JLD members,
The JLD debuted a very special PSA video on early childhood literacy for children birth through third grade at The Journey on March 13, 2014! We are so grateful to our community partners for their support.
Alison Keiser, JLD Read2Kids Chair, speaks of the importance of lit-eracy at an early age saying, “Literacy is the fundamental currency of a person’s success in life.” Alison also speaks of her involvement in the program saying, “For me, it is one of the most meaningful and gratify-ing things I’ve done in my life.” United Way President and CEO Chris-tine Benero also supports the JLD in the video saying, “Everybody can make a difference and can actually change a child’s life. We have to get involved early.” Colorado Lt. Governor Joe Garcia is also featured in the literacy video supporting the literacy efforts of JLD, “We simply cannot be successful without groups like Junior League of Denver saying we will help provide the man power, the resources, and the focus on these kids before they get to school.”
Thank you to the following community partners for participating in this very special project: • Alex Fenn, DPS 3rd Grade Teacher• Alison Keiser, JLD Read2Kids Chair• Charlotte Brantley, President and CEO, Clayton Early Learning• Christine Benero, President and CEO, Mile High United Way• Joe Garcia, Colorado Lt. Governor• Michael B. Hancock, Denver Mayor• Mitch Morrissey, Denver District Attorney• Shirley Amore, City Librarian
I would also like to thank Jennifer Jones, Angela Andrews, Vanessa Banker and our friends at Fireside Production for their work on this PSA. If you would like to watch the video, visit www.jld.org, and click on Community Impact/Literacy.
I have thoroughly enjoyed serving as your 2013–2014 President. Thank you for all you do for the League!
Sincerely,
Lisa Lumley 2013–2014 Junior League of Denver [email protected]
Message from the President
With the goal of reaching more people in the Denver metro area and expanding our ongoing literacy efforts, the JLD is excited to introduce two new community projects for the 2014–2015 League year. Starting in June 2014, the League will provide volunteers for one-on-one tutoring with children at Reading Partners Colorado and Mile High Montessori Early Learning Centers through our Tutoring With Kids Committee. The League will also start creating Little Free Libraries in the Denver metro area. It’s a “take a book, return a book” gathering place where neighbors share their favorite literature and stories. In its most basic form, a Little Free Library is a box full of books where anyone may stop by and pick up a book (or two) and bring back another book to share.
Tutoring With Kids will allow JLD members to partner with Mile High Montessori Early Learning Centers at three high-need schools, and will provide volunteers with necessary training in dialogic reading, teaching them to effectively engage children and increase comprehension during reading sessions. Tutoring With Kids will also partner with a second organization, Reading Partners Colo-rado, to facilitate reading and tutoring sessions in schools and libraries.
Becky Theis, current Community Vice President and incoming President-Elect, says that the Tu-toring With Kids Committee will start with approximately 12 members, allowing each to focus on building a relationship with her student.
As part of the JLD’s other new program, Little Free Libraries, members will work together to increase access to books for children and promote a love of reading by building book-exchange structures. The committee will also identify areas that will benefit most from book-share locations and has a goal of installing a minimum of ten libraries this coming year. It is estimated that each library goes through at least 25 books a month and attracts five to ten people with each selection. “These numbers are on the conservative side,” PR&D Chair Christy Bailey said, “and we have the potential to place books in the hands of over 12,500 children with our overall goal of creating 100 libraries.”
Little Free Libraries: www.littlefreelibrary.org; Mile High Montessori Early Learning Centers: www.milehighmontessori.org; Reading Partners Colorado: www.readingpartners.org/colorado Questions? Email [email protected]
Gene Koelbel knows a thing or two about being a dedicated volun-teer in the Denver metro community: she’s been working hard at it for more than 55 years.
From serving on the boards of four separate Denver based charities, to writing hand written ap-peals for donations and for volunteers, Gene has demonstrated time and again what it means to be committed to an important cause. Most recently Gene was awarded the 9News Volunteer of the Month Award for her involvement with the The Denver Santa Claus Shop. The organization was created by the Junior League of Denver in 1931 to ensure that every child would have a toy from Santa Claus at Christmas.
“We’re the oldest all volunteer organization in the state and probably one of the oldest in the country… we don’t have a paid CEO or an office or anything. We run it out of our homes,” states Gene about The Denver Santa Claus Shop.
Gene started volunteering for the Shop in 1956 when the Junior League of Denver asked her to help staff the organization for the coming season. Since then, Gene and her whole family give their time, their energy and their love to The Denver Santa Claus Shop each holiday season.
While discussing the Shop, Gene said, “The Shop is very special and it’s just fun to be involved. I’ve been involved for so long, it’s just part of Christmas.”
Gene was invited to become a member of the Junior League of Denver in 1954, a time when her Provisional class consisted of only 13 women. Gene feels that the Junior League of Denver’s ef-forts to expose women to volunteer opportunities in Denver left a great impression both on her and on many of the friends she made through the League.
“When we came out of the Junior League, we all learned to do something and we just carried on. A lot of my friends are very involved in different things, different charities, different organizations and they just carried on. And I see a lot of them that are still very involved.”
Gene, we are so proud of you! Thank you for your ongoing commitment to our community.
Twice a month, JLD members gather at Children’s Outreach Project in north Denver for a fun-filled evening of dinner, arts, crafts, sing-ing, and reading with children and their families.
Children’s Outreach Project has been serving the north Denver area for nearly 30 years, providing a diverse and integrated early childhood education for children ages 2–5. The Children’s Outreach Project’s mission is to provide children of all abilities with quality, affordable education — and our community partnership with them helps achieve this.
One of the primary goals of the Kids Connect Committee is to promote early childhood brain development and to arm parents with the tools to help their children succeed. Committee members receive training emphasizing the importance of reading to and with children, along with helpful ways to engage the child, encourage creativity, and enhance comprehension. Each committee member is matched with a family at the beginning of the semester, and they are able to put this training to good use throughout the year.
“We have been coming to Kids Connect for about a year and a half,” said Monica, mother of two children, Conrad and Brielle, who attend COP and Kids Connect program nights. “My daughter has dyslexia, and it has really helped with her reading skills and comprehension.”
Each visit is full of fun activities developed around a different chil-dren’s storybook. The child, their siblings, and their parents are all provided with a free, healthy dinner. Afterward, the families and JLD members participate in reading, art and music sessions. At the end of the night, each child is sent home with a bag of fun activities and exercises — plus whatever they created at the program night! Children take home the storybook each month to help encourage reading at home, and to facilitate interaction between parents and their children. According to Monica, there are a lot of great things about Kids Connect, like dinner and being able to take the books home at the end of each month. But the best part, she says, is that “it brings families together and helps the kids make new friends.”
This year alone, committee members will contribute nearly 50 vol-unteer hours each. Thank you to all members who serve on the Kids Connect Committee. You truly make a difference in our community.
Learn more about Kids Connect, a Signature JLD Program
By the 2013–2014 Kids Connect Committee
Give:to present voluntarily and without expecting compensation.
Get connected:join together to provide access and exchange.
Little Free Library in Montclair neighborhood.
Lisa Lumley, 2013–2014 Junior League of Denver President
Please visit www.jld.org and click on Community Impact/Literacy for statistic sources from this issue of ink.
The JLD Introduces New 2014–2015 Literacy Programs
By Winifred Leung, ink Reporter
An Interview with Sustainer Gene Koelbel
By Priscilla Lichty, ink Reporter
Dear JLD members,
The JLD debuted a very special PSA video on early childhood literacy for children birth through third grade at The Journey on March 13, 2014! We are so grateful to our community partners for their support.
Alison Keiser, JLD Read2Kids Chair, speaks of the importance of lit-eracy at an early age saying, “Literacy is the fundamental currency of a person’s success in life.” Alison also speaks of her involvement in the program saying, “For me, it is one of the most meaningful and gratify-ing things I’ve done in my life.” United Way President and CEO Chris-tine Benero also supports the JLD in the video saying, “Everybody can make a difference and can actually change a child’s life. We have to get involved early.” Colorado Lt. Governor Joe Garcia is also featured in the literacy video supporting the literacy efforts of JLD, “We simply cannot be successful without groups like Junior League of Denver saying we will help provide the man power, the resources, and the focus on these kids before they get to school.”
Thank you to the following community partners for participating in this very special project: • Alex Fenn, DPS 3rd Grade Teacher• Alison Keiser, JLD Read2Kids Chair• Charlotte Brantley, President and CEO, Clayton Early Learning• Christine Benero, President and CEO, Mile High United Way• Joe Garcia, Colorado Lt. Governor• Michael B. Hancock, Denver Mayor• Mitch Morrissey, Denver District Attorney• Shirley Amore, City Librarian
I would also like to thank Jennifer Jones, Angela Andrews, Vanessa Banker and our friends at Fireside Production for their work on this PSA. If you would like to watch the video, visit www.jld.org, and click on Community Impact/Literacy.
I have thoroughly enjoyed serving as your 2013–2014 President. Thank you for all you do for the League!
Sincerely,
Lisa Lumley 2013–2014 Junior League of Denver [email protected]
Message from the President
With the goal of reaching more people in the Denver metro area and expanding our ongoing literacy efforts, the JLD is excited to introduce two new community projects for the 2014–2015 League year. Starting in June 2014, the League will provide volunteers for one-on-one tutoring with children at Reading Partners Colorado and Mile High Montessori Early Learning Centers through our Tutoring With Kids Committee. The League will also start creating Little Free Libraries in the Denver metro area. It’s a “take a book, return a book” gathering place where neighbors share their favorite literature and stories. In its most basic form, a Little Free Library is a box full of books where anyone may stop by and pick up a book (or two) and bring back another book to share.
Tutoring With Kids will allow JLD members to partner with Mile High Montessori Early Learning Centers at three high-need schools, and will provide volunteers with necessary training in dialogic reading, teaching them to effectively engage children and increase comprehension during reading sessions. Tutoring With Kids will also partner with a second organization, Reading Partners Colo-rado, to facilitate reading and tutoring sessions in schools and libraries.
Becky Theis, current Community Vice President and incoming President-Elect, says that the Tu-toring With Kids Committee will start with approximately 12 members, allowing each to focus on building a relationship with her student.
As part of the JLD’s other new program, Little Free Libraries, members will work together to increase access to books for children and promote a love of reading by building book-exchange structures. The committee will also identify areas that will benefit most from book-share locations and has a goal of installing a minimum of ten libraries this coming year. It is estimated that each library goes through at least 25 books a month and attracts five to ten people with each selection. “These numbers are on the conservative side,” PR&D Chair Christy Bailey said, “and we have the potential to place books in the hands of over 12,500 children with our overall goal of creating 100 libraries.”
Little Free Libraries: www.littlefreelibrary.org; Mile High Montessori Early Learning Centers: www.milehighmontessori.org; Reading Partners Colorado: www.readingpartners.org/colorado Questions? Email [email protected]
Gene Koelbel knows a thing or two about being a dedicated volun-teer in the Denver metro community: she’s been working hard at it for more than 55 years.
From serving on the boards of four separate Denver based charities, to writing hand written ap-peals for donations and for volunteers, Gene has demonstrated time and again what it means to be committed to an important cause. Most recently Gene was awarded the 9News Volunteer of the Month Award for her involvement with the The Denver Santa Claus Shop. The organization was created by the Junior League of Denver in 1931 to ensure that every child would have a toy from Santa Claus at Christmas.
“We’re the oldest all volunteer organization in the state and probably one of the oldest in the country… we don’t have a paid CEO or an office or anything. We run it out of our homes,” states Gene about The Denver Santa Claus Shop.
Gene started volunteering for the Shop in 1956 when the Junior League of Denver asked her to help staff the organization for the coming season. Since then, Gene and her whole family give their time, their energy and their love to The Denver Santa Claus Shop each holiday season.
While discussing the Shop, Gene said, “The Shop is very special and it’s just fun to be involved. I’ve been involved for so long, it’s just part of Christmas.”
Gene was invited to become a member of the Junior League of Denver in 1954, a time when her Provisional class consisted of only 13 women. Gene feels that the Junior League of Denver’s ef-forts to expose women to volunteer opportunities in Denver left a great impression both on her and on many of the friends she made through the League.
“When we came out of the Junior League, we all learned to do something and we just carried on. A lot of my friends are very involved in different things, different charities, different organizations and they just carried on. And I see a lot of them that are still very involved.”
Gene, we are so proud of you! Thank you for your ongoing commitment to our community.
Twice a month, JLD members gather at Children’s Outreach Project in north Denver for a fun-filled evening of dinner, arts, crafts, sing-ing, and reading with children and their families.
Children’s Outreach Project has been serving the north Denver area for nearly 30 years, providing a diverse and integrated early childhood education for children ages 2–5. The Children’s Outreach Project’s mission is to provide children of all abilities with quality, affordable education — and our community partnership with them helps achieve this.
One of the primary goals of the Kids Connect Committee is to promote early childhood brain development and to arm parents with the tools to help their children succeed. Committee members receive training emphasizing the importance of reading to and with children, along with helpful ways to engage the child, encourage creativity, and enhance comprehension. Each committee member is matched with a family at the beginning of the semester, and they are able to put this training to good use throughout the year.
“We have been coming to Kids Connect for about a year and a half,” said Monica, mother of two children, Conrad and Brielle, who attend COP and Kids Connect program nights. “My daughter has dyslexia, and it has really helped with her reading skills and comprehension.”
Each visit is full of fun activities developed around a different chil-dren’s storybook. The child, their siblings, and their parents are all provided with a free, healthy dinner. Afterward, the families and JLD members participate in reading, art and music sessions. At the end of the night, each child is sent home with a bag of fun activities and exercises — plus whatever they created at the program night! Children take home the storybook each month to help encourage reading at home, and to facilitate interaction between parents and their children. According to Monica, there are a lot of great things about Kids Connect, like dinner and being able to take the books home at the end of each month. But the best part, she says, is that “it brings families together and helps the kids make new friends.”
This year alone, committee members will contribute nearly 50 vol-unteer hours each. Thank you to all members who serve on the Kids Connect Committee. You truly make a difference in our community.
Learn more about Kids Connect, a Signature JLD Program
By the 2013–2014 Kids Connect Committee
Give:to present voluntarily and without expecting compensation.
Get connected:join together to provide access and exchange.
Little Free Library in Montclair neighborhood.
Lisa Lumley, 2013–2014 Junior League of Denver President
Please visit www.jld.org and click on Community Impact/Literacy for statistic sources from this issue of ink.
The JLD Introduces New 2014–2015 Literacy Programs
By Winifred Leung, ink Reporter
An Interview with Sustainer Gene Koelbel
By Priscilla Lichty, ink Reporter
Dear JLD members,
The JLD debuted a very special PSA video on early childhood literacy for children birth through third grade at The Journey on March 13, 2014! We are so grateful to our community partners for their support.
Alison Keiser, JLD Read2Kids Chair, speaks of the importance of lit-eracy at an early age saying, “Literacy is the fundamental currency of a person’s success in life.” Alison also speaks of her involvement in the program saying, “For me, it is one of the most meaningful and gratify-ing things I’ve done in my life.” United Way President and CEO Chris-tine Benero also supports the JLD in the video saying, “Everybody can make a difference and can actually change a child’s life. We have to get involved early.” Colorado Lt. Governor Joe Garcia is also featured in the literacy video supporting the literacy efforts of JLD, “We simply cannot be successful without groups like Junior League of Denver saying we will help provide the man power, the resources, and the focus on these kids before they get to school.”
Thank you to the following community partners for participating in this very special project: • Alex Fenn, DPS 3rd Grade Teacher• Alison Keiser, JLD Read2Kids Chair• Charlotte Brantley, President and CEO, Clayton Early Learning• Christine Benero, President and CEO, Mile High United Way• Joe Garcia, Colorado Lt. Governor• Michael B. Hancock, Denver Mayor• Mitch Morrissey, Denver District Attorney• Shirley Amore, City Librarian
I would also like to thank Jennifer Jones, Angela Andrews, Vanessa Banker and our friends at Fireside Production for their work on this PSA. If you would like to watch the video, visit www.jld.org, and click on Community Impact/Literacy.
I have thoroughly enjoyed serving as your 2013–2014 President. Thank you for all you do for the League!
Sincerely,
Lisa Lumley 2013–2014 Junior League of Denver [email protected]
Message from the President
With the goal of reaching more people in the Denver metro area and expanding our ongoing literacy efforts, the JLD is excited to introduce two new community projects for the 2014–2015 League year. Starting in June 2014, the League will provide volunteers for one-on-one tutoring with children at Reading Partners Colorado and Mile High Montessori Early Learning Centers through our Tutoring With Kids Committee. The League will also start creating Little Free Libraries in the Denver metro area. It’s a “take a book, return a book” gathering place where neighbors share their favorite literature and stories. In its most basic form, a Little Free Library is a box full of books where anyone may stop by and pick up a book (or two) and bring back another book to share.
Tutoring With Kids will allow JLD members to partner with Mile High Montessori Early Learning Centers at three high-need schools, and will provide volunteers with necessary training in dialogic reading, teaching them to effectively engage children and increase comprehension during reading sessions. Tutoring With Kids will also partner with a second organization, Reading Partners Colo-rado, to facilitate reading and tutoring sessions in schools and libraries.
Becky Theis, current Community Vice President and incoming President-Elect, says that the Tu-toring With Kids Committee will start with approximately 12 members, allowing each to focus on building a relationship with her student.
As part of the JLD’s other new program, Little Free Libraries, members will work together to increase access to books for children and promote a love of reading by building book-exchange structures. The committee will also identify areas that will benefit most from book-share locations and has a goal of installing a minimum of ten libraries this coming year. It is estimated that each library goes through at least 25 books a month and attracts five to ten people with each selection. “These numbers are on the conservative side,” PR&D Chair Christy Bailey said, “and we have the potential to place books in the hands of over 12,500 children with our overall goal of creating 100 libraries.”
Little Free Libraries: www.littlefreelibrary.org; Mile High Montessori Early Learning Centers: www.milehighmontessori.org; Reading Partners Colorado: www.readingpartners.org/colorado Questions? Email [email protected]
Gene Koelbel knows a thing or two about being a dedicated volun-teer in the Denver metro community: she’s been working hard at it for more than 55 years.
From serving on the boards of four separate Denver based charities, to writing hand written ap-peals for donations and for volunteers, Gene has demonstrated time and again what it means to be committed to an important cause. Most recently Gene was awarded the 9News Volunteer of the Month Award for her involvement with the The Denver Santa Claus Shop. The organization was created by the Junior League of Denver in 1931 to ensure that every child would have a toy from Santa Claus at Christmas.
“We’re the oldest all volunteer organization in the state and probably one of the oldest in the country… we don’t have a paid CEO or an office or anything. We run it out of our homes,” states Gene about The Denver Santa Claus Shop.
Gene started volunteering for the Shop in 1956 when the Junior League of Denver asked her to help staff the organization for the coming season. Since then, Gene and her whole family give their time, their energy and their love to The Denver Santa Claus Shop each holiday season.
While discussing the Shop, Gene said, “The Shop is very special and it’s just fun to be involved. I’ve been involved for so long, it’s just part of Christmas.”
Gene was invited to become a member of the Junior League of Denver in 1954, a time when her Provisional class consisted of only 13 women. Gene feels that the Junior League of Denver’s ef-forts to expose women to volunteer opportunities in Denver left a great impression both on her and on many of the friends she made through the League.
“When we came out of the Junior League, we all learned to do something and we just carried on. A lot of my friends are very involved in different things, different charities, different organizations and they just carried on. And I see a lot of them that are still very involved.”
Gene, we are so proud of you! Thank you for your ongoing commitment to our community.
Twice a month, JLD members gather at Children’s Outreach Project in north Denver for a fun-filled evening of dinner, arts, crafts, sing-ing, and reading with children and their families.
Children’s Outreach Project has been serving the north Denver area for nearly 30 years, providing a diverse and integrated early childhood education for children ages 2–5. The Children’s Outreach Project’s mission is to provide children of all abilities with quality, affordable education — and our community partnership with them helps achieve this.
One of the primary goals of the Kids Connect Committee is to promote early childhood brain development and to arm parents with the tools to help their children succeed. Committee members receive training emphasizing the importance of reading to and with children, along with helpful ways to engage the child, encourage creativity, and enhance comprehension. Each committee member is matched with a family at the beginning of the semester, and they are able to put this training to good use throughout the year.
“We have been coming to Kids Connect for about a year and a half,” said Monica, mother of two children, Conrad and Brielle, who attend COP and Kids Connect program nights. “My daughter has dyslexia, and it has really helped with her reading skills and comprehension.”
Each visit is full of fun activities developed around a different chil-dren’s storybook. The child, their siblings, and their parents are all provided with a free, healthy dinner. Afterward, the families and JLD members participate in reading, art and music sessions. At the end of the night, each child is sent home with a bag of fun activities and exercises — plus whatever they created at the program night! Children take home the storybook each month to help encourage reading at home, and to facilitate interaction between parents and their children. According to Monica, there are a lot of great things about Kids Connect, like dinner and being able to take the books home at the end of each month. But the best part, she says, is that “it brings families together and helps the kids make new friends.”
This year alone, committee members will contribute nearly 50 vol-unteer hours each. Thank you to all members who serve on the Kids Connect Committee. You truly make a difference in our community.
Learn more about Kids Connect, a Signature JLD Program
By the 2013–2014 Kids Connect Committee
Give:to present voluntarily and without expecting compensation.
Get connected:join together to provide access and exchange.
Little Free Library in Montclair neighborhood.
Lisa Lumley, 2013–2014 Junior League of Denver President
Please visit www.jld.org and click on Community Impact/Literacy for statistic sources from this issue of ink.
The JLD Introduces New 2014–2015 Literacy Programs
By Winifred Leung, ink Reporter
An Interview with Sustainer Gene Koelbel
By Priscilla Lichty, ink Reporter
Dear JLD members,
The JLD debuted a very special PSA video on early childhood literacy for children birth through third grade at The Journey on March 13, 2014! We are so grateful to our community partners for their support.
Alison Keiser, JLD Read2Kids Chair, speaks of the importance of lit-eracy at an early age saying, “Literacy is the fundamental currency of a person’s success in life.” Alison also speaks of her involvement in the program saying, “For me, it is one of the most meaningful and gratify-ing things I’ve done in my life.” United Way President and CEO Chris-tine Benero also supports the JLD in the video saying, “Everybody can make a difference and can actually change a child’s life. We have to get involved early.” Colorado Lt. Governor Joe Garcia is also featured in the literacy video supporting the literacy efforts of JLD, “We simply cannot be successful without groups like Junior League of Denver saying we will help provide the man power, the resources, and the focus on these kids before they get to school.”
Thank you to the following community partners for participating in this very special project: • Alex Fenn, DPS 3rd Grade Teacher• Alison Keiser, JLD Read2Kids Chair• Charlotte Brantley, President and CEO, Clayton Early Learning• Christine Benero, President and CEO, Mile High United Way• Joe Garcia, Colorado Lt. Governor• Michael B. Hancock, Denver Mayor• Mitch Morrissey, Denver District Attorney• Shirley Amore, City Librarian
I would also like to thank Jennifer Jones, Angela Andrews, Vanessa Banker and our friends at Fireside Production for their work on this PSA. If you would like to watch the video, visit www.jld.org, and click on Community Impact/Literacy.
I have thoroughly enjoyed serving as your 2013–2014 President. Thank you for all you do for the League!
Sincerely,
Lisa Lumley 2013–2014 Junior League of Denver [email protected]
Message from the President
Literacy IssueVolum
e 1314 — Issue 3
Non-Profit Org.U.S. Postage
PAIDDenver, Colorado
Permit No. 134
6300 East Yale AvenueDenver, CO 80222-7184
Address service requested
ink CommitteeDestin Sims, EditorJaqueline Andrews, ReporterWinifrid Leung, ReporterPriscilla Lichty, ReporterHelen Lutz, ReporterTo submit content for consideration (article ideas, pictures), please email to [email protected].
JLD StaffJennifer Jones, Managing Director, ext. 102Karen Mayo, Controller, ext. 109Vanessa Banker, Communications Manager, ext. 114Laura Stenovec, Development Coordinator, ext. 107Deborah Jackson, Business Support Specialist, ext. 100
JLD HeadquartersJunior League of Denver, Incorporated6300 East Yale Avenue, Denver, CO 80222phone: 303.692.0270 fax: 303.753.6846email: [email protected] web: www.jld.orghours: Monday-Friday 9 am – 4 pm
Mission The Junior League of Denver, Incorporated (founded in 1918), is an organization of women committed to promoting voluntarism, developing the potential of women, and improving the community through the effective action and leadership of trained volunteers. Our purpose is exclusively educational and charitable.
Colorado Literacy Week is M
ay 19–23, 2014
Changing Lives Through Literacy Read • Learn • G
row
Changing Lives Through Literacy Read • Learn • Grow
JLD
Pro
ud S
pons
or o
f One
Boo
k
4 C
olor
ado,
Apr
il 7–
21, 2
014
Gro
w:
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elen
Lut
z, in
k Re
port
er
The
2013
–201
4 ye
ar h
as b
een
very
succ
essf
ul in
our
com
mun
ity fo
cus
area
, lite
racy
.
Belo
w a
re so
me
num
bers
for t
he y
ear f
or a
ll of
our
Lea
gue
prog
ram
s.
Than
k yo
u to
ALL
mem
bers
that
serv
e on
the
Com
mun
ity C
ounc
il an
d w
ork
tirel
essl
y on
beh
alf o
f the
JLD
and
our
com
mun
ity!
• Re
ad2K
ids:
Sev
en e
vent
s wer
e he
ld th
is y
ear a
t Mol
holm
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men
-ta
ry, C
olfa
x El
emen
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anse
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tary
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rvie
w E
lem
enta
ry
Bish
op E
lem
enta
ry, S
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and
McG
lone
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men
tary
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tal o
f 460
ch
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rved
, 2,0
00 b
ooks
dis
trib
uted
and
743
mea
ls se
rved
.
• K
ids C
onne
ct (C
hild
ren’
s Out
reac
h Pr
ojec
t and
She
rida
n Ea
rly
Child
hood
Cen
ter)
: Abo
ut 1
00 ch
ildre
n se
rved
, 700
boo
ks d
istr
ib-
uted
and
26
prog
ram
nig
hts.
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, an
aver
age
of 1
3 ch
ildre
n re
ad
2,07
5 bo
oks O
UTS
IDE
the
prog
ram
nig
hts,
exce
edin
g th
e or
igin
al
goal
of 2
,000
boo
ks!
• 12
3 G
rant
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nior
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be
awar
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rant
s to
qual
ified
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ver m
etro
are
a sc
hool
s or o
rgan
iza-
tions
in J
une
2014
. The
fund
ing
for t
hese
gra
nts i
s tie
d to
Sen
ate
Bill
09-1
23 to
fund
at-
risk
scho
ols s
ervi
ng 6
th, 7
th a
nd 8
th g
rade
s in
dec
reas
ing
high
-sch
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rop-
out r
ates
.
• D
one
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Day
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shift
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en co
mpl
eted
with
612
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un-
teer
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ticip
atin
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d 1,
628
hour
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trib
uted
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mun
ity.
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athe
ring
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ce: A
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atel
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ls se
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ptem
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013
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ay 2
014.
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roxi
mat
ely
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omen
serv
ed
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e Se
ptem
ber 2
013.
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y Th
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Com
mun
ity C
ounc
il V
ice
Pres
iden
t, w
as a
lso
happ
y to
sh
are
that
our
Lite
racy
Com
mitt
ee h
as b
een
wor
king
on
a ne
w li
tera
cy
page
on
our w
ebsi
te th
at w
ill tr
uly
enco
mpa
ss w
hat w
e do
and
pro
vide
re
sour
ces a
roun
d ea
rly ch
ildho
od li
tera
cy.
It h
as tr
uly
been
a su
cces
sful
yea
r for
Jun
ior L
eagu
e D
enve
r as a
n or
ga-
niza
tion
that
stan
ds o
ut to
hel
p pr
omot
e lit
erac
y eff
orts
in o
ur co
mm
u-ni
ty. Q
uest
ions
? Em
ail c
omm
unity
@jld
.org
A S
ucce
ssfu
l Yea
r for
our
Lea
gue
Lite
racy
Eff
orts
!
to in
crea
se in
size
, num
ber,
or d
egre
e.Th
e Ju
nior
Lea
gue
of D
enve
r spo
nsor
ed O
ne B
ook
4 Co
lora
do a
gain
in
2014
! This
pro
ject
striv
es to
giv
e aw
ay co
pies
of t
he sa
me
book
to e
very
fo
ur y
ear o
ld in
Col
orad
o th
roug
h pu
blic
libr
arie
s, Re
ach
Out
and
Rea
d Co
lora
do cl
inic
s, an
d D
enve
r pre
scho
ols.
Last
yea
r, ab
out 7
0,00
0 bo
oks
wer
e di
strib
uted
stat
ewid
e. Th
e fir
st O
ne B
ook
4 Co
lora
do p
rogr
am
was
in 2
012.
This
yea
r’s w
inni
ng b
ook,
Gru
mpy
Bird
by
Jere
my
Tan-
kard
, was
giv
en a
way
Apr
il 7–
21, 2
014
at p
artic
ipat
ing
libra
ries,
clin
ics
and
Den
ver p
resc
hool
s aro
und
the
stat
e. W
e ar
e ve
ry p
roud
of t
his
effor
t to
get b
ooks
in th
e ha
nds o
f chi
ldre
n w
hile
mak
ing
read
ing
fun!
V
isit
ww
w.o
nebo
ok4c
olor
ado.
org
for m
ore
info
rmat
ion.
Phot
o on
left
and
on co
ver c
ourt
esy o
f O
ne B
ook 4
Col
orad
o.
Child
ren
hear
a
stor
y at a
rece
nt
JLD
Rea
d2Ki
ds
even
t.
We h
ave a
new
lit
erac
y pag
e at
ww
w.jl
d.or
g! C
lick
on C
omm
unity
Im
pact
/Lite
racy
to
see a
list
ing o
f our
pr
ogra
ms,
liter
acy
fact
s and
mor
e.
Literacy IssueVolum
e 1314 — Issue 3
A publication of The Junior League of Denver. A 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.
Non-Profit Org.U.S. Postage
PAIDDenver, Colorado
Permit No. 134
6300 East Yale AvenueDenver, CO 80222-7184
Address service requested
ink CommitteeDestin Sims, EditorJaqueline Andrews, ReporterWinifrid Leung, ReporterPriscilla Lichty, ReporterHelen Lutz, ReporterTo submit content for consideration (article ideas, pictures), please email to [email protected].
JLD StaffJennifer Jones, Managing Director, ext. 102Karen Mayo, Controller, ext. 109Vanessa Banker, Communications Manager, ext. 114Laura Stenovec, Development Coordinator, ext. 107Deborah Jackson, Business Support Specialist, ext. 100
JLD HeadquartersJunior League of Denver, Incorporated6300 East Yale Avenue, Denver, CO 80222phone: 303.692.0270 fax: 303.753.6846email: [email protected] web: www.jld.orghours: Monday-Friday 9 am – 4 pm
Mission The Junior League of Denver, Incorporated (founded in 1918), is an organization of women committed to promoting voluntarism, developing the potential of women, and improving the community through the effective action and leadership of trained volunteers. Our purpose is exclusively educational and charitable.
Colorado Literacy Week is M
ay 19–23, 2014
Ch
ang
ing
Lives Thro
ug
h Literacy
Read • Learn • Grow
Changing Lives Through Literacy Read • Learn • Grow
JLD
Pro
ud S
pons
or o
f One
Boo
k
4 C
olor
ado,
Apr
il 7–
21, 2
014
Gro
w:
By H
elen
Lut
z, in
k Re
port
er
The
2014
–201
5 ye
ar h
as b
een
very
succ
essf
ul in
our
com
mun
ity fo
cus
area
, lite
racy
.
Belo
w a
re so
me
num
bers
for t
he y
ear f
or a
ll of
our
Lea
gue
prog
ram
s.
Than
k yo
u to
ALL
mem
bers
that
serv
e on
the
Com
mun
ity C
ounc
il an
d w
ork
tirel
essl
y on
beh
alf o
f the
JLD
and
our
com
mun
ity!
• Re
ad2K
ids:
Sev
en e
vent
s hel
d so
far t
his y
ear a
t Mol
holm
Ele
men
-ta
ry, C
olfa
x El
emen
tary
, Sw
anse
a El
emen
tary
, Fai
rvie
w E
lem
enta
ry
Bish
op E
lem
enta
ry, S
OAR
and
McG
lone
Ele
men
tary
. A to
tal o
f 336
ch
ildre
n se
rved
, 1,4
79 b
ooks
dis
trib
uted
and
541
mea
ls se
rved
.
• K
ids C
onne
ct (C
hild
ren’
s Out
reac
h Pr
ojec
t and
She
rida
n Ea
rly
Child
hood
Cen
ter)
: Abo
ut 1
00 ch
ildre
n se
rved
, 700
boo
ks d
istr
ib-
uted
and
26
prog
ram
nig
hts.
• 12
3 G
rant
s: Th
e Ju
nior
Lea
gue
of D
enve
r will
be
awar
ding
two
$4,5
00 g
rant
s to
qual
ified
Den
ver m
etro
are
a sc
hool
s or o
rgan
iza-
tions
in J
une
2014
. The
fund
ing
for t
hese
gra
nts i
s tie
d to
Sen
ate
Bill
09-1
23 to
fund
at-
risk
scho
ols s
ervi
ng 6
th, 7
th a
nd 8
th g
rade
s in
dec
reas
ing
high
-sch
ool d
rop-
out r
ates
.
• D
one
in a
Day
: So
far,
96 sh
ifts h
ave
been
com
plet
ed w
ith 4
53 v
ol-
unte
ers p
artic
ipat
ing
and
1,25
5 ho
urs c
ontr
ibut
ed to
the
Den
ver
met
ro co
mm
unity
.
• Th
e G
athe
ring
Pla
ce: A
ppro
xim
atel
y 5,
040
mea
ls se
rved
from
Se
ptem
ber 2
013
to M
ay 2
014.
App
roxi
mat
ely
5,04
0 w
omen
serv
ed
sinc
e Se
ptem
ber 2
013.
Beck
y Th
eis,
Com
mun
ity C
ounc
il V
ice
Pres
iden
t, w
as a
lso
happ
y to
sh
are
that
mem
bers
on
the
Com
mun
ity C
ounc
il ha
ve b
een
wor
king
on
a ne
w li
tera
cy p
age
on o
ur w
ebsi
te th
at w
ill tr
uly
enco
mpa
ss w
hat w
e do
an
d pr
ovid
e re
sour
ces a
roun
d ea
rly ch
ildho
od li
tera
cy.
It h
as tr
uly
been
a su
cces
sful
yea
r for
Jun
ior L
eagu
e D
enve
r as a
n or
ga-
niza
tion
that
stan
ds o
ut to
hel
p pr
omot
e lit
erac
y eff
orts
in o
ur co
mm
u-ni
ty. Q
uest
ions
? Em
ail c
omm
unity
@jld
.org
A S
ucce
ssfu
l Yea
r for
our
Lea
gue
Lite
racy
Eff
orts
!
to in
crea
se in
size
, num
ber,
or d
egre
e.Th
e Ju
nior
Lea
gue
of D
enve
r spo
nsor
ed O
ne B
ook
4 Co
lora
do a
gain
in
2014
! This
pro
ject
striv
es to
giv
e aw
ay co
pies
of t
he sa
me
book
to e
very
fo
ur y
ear o
ld in
Col
orad
o th
roug
h pu
blic
libr
arie
s, Re
ach
Out
and
Rea
d Co
lora
do cl
inic
s, an
d D
enve
r pre
scho
ols.
Last
yea
r, ab
out 7
0,00
0 bo
oks
wer
e di
strib
uted
stat
ewid
e. Th
e fir
st O
ne B
ook
4 Co
lora
do p
rogr
am
was
in 2
012.
This
yea
r’s w
inni
ng b
ook,
Gru
mpy
Bird
by
Jere
my
Tan-
kard
, was
giv
en a
way
Apr
il 7–
21, 2
014
at p
artic
ipat
ing
libra
ries,
clin
ics
and
Den
ver p
resc
hool
s aro
und
the
stat
e. W
e ar
e ve
ry p
roud
of t
his
effor
t to
get b
ooks
in th
e ha
nds o
f chi
ldre
n w
hile
mak
ing
read
ing
fun!
V
isit
ww
w.o
nebo
ok4c
olor
ado.
org
for m
ore
info
rmat
ion.
Phot
o on
left
and
on co
ver c
ourt
esy o
f O
ne B
ook 4
Col
orad
o.
Child
ren
hear
a
stor
y at a
rece
nt
JLD
Rea
d2Ki
ds
even
t.
We h
ave a
new
lit
erac
y pag
e at
ww
w.jl
d.or
g! C
lick
on C
omm
unity
Im
pact
/Lite
racy
to
see a
list
ing o
f our
pr
ogra
ms,
liter
acy
fact
s and
mor
e.
