Parents Have the Power to Change the World
Parents are their child’s first teacher. They have the power to raise kind and compassionate children by modeling positive behaviors. They have the power to help their children learn and grow to meet their full potential. Raising a new generation of accepting, thoughtful, and trauma informed children will have positive and lasting impacts in the community. Ultimately parents have the power to change the world, by raising our leaders of tomorrow. First 1,000 Days is working diligently to ensure parents and caregivers have the tools to help children thrive!
SRQ Strong Community Presentation
Join Us virtually on Monday April 26th at 6PM for a SRQ Strong community presentation about the power of the parent-child relationship. The discussion features two stories of resilience from parent leaders on our Plan of Safe Care taskforce and Parent Advisory Committee and tools to foster a positive child-parent relationship from Carla Johanns with Forty Carrots Family Center.
Click on the following link to learn more and register for this fantastic event: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/parents-have-the-power-to-change-the-world-tickets-146837945247
Public Art Campaign
Starting on April 1st, the initiative will launch into a Public Art Campaign that will run through the summer to promote the parent portal website and The Basics of quality childhood development and increase social media followers. A HUGE shout out of appreciation to the Education and Outreach workgroup, chaired by Nan Morgan, who brainstormed some incredible ideas to bring to the community!
The six components of the campaign are as follows:
Professional Art
Community Art
Art Education and Engagement
Social Media
Traditional Media
Open-ended creativity.
A HUGE shout out of appreciation to the Education and Outreach workgroup, chaired by Nan Morgan, who brainstormed some incredible ideas to bring to the community! Please follow and like our Facebook and Instagram pages to spread information about the events with your clients, friends, and family. Tune into our Facebook Page on April 1st for the unveiling of the North Port Mural and the start of the campaign.
Primeros 1000 Días
Marketing for Change has released our Spanish website! Flyers for community partners will be circulated throughout the community within the next couple of weeks. On our English site you will see a sticky button to change the language to Spanish, you can also get directly to the Spanish page by clicking here.
Partner Spotlight: Bill Little
“The positive influence of Bill’s leadership cannot be overstated when recounting the history of First 1,000 Days. He gave us the tools to plant seeds of dreams which have blossomed into this incredible initiative.”
“Bill always kept us focused on empowering families and the collective impact found through partnerships. His leadership brought so much good to so many people and organizations.”
Bill has been instrumental to the success of the initiative! The trust of the community in him and his approachable, strong, and innovative leadership style was key to bringing stakeholders together from the very beginning. We thank him for helping us move one step (or better yet, giant leap) to ensuring all babies have a healthy and equitable start in life!