Education

TARGET GOAL

  •  Children enter Kindergarten ready to learn
  •  School-aged children succeed in school

STRATEGY

  •  Provide children with high quality early education settings
  •  Provide tools to enhance early childhood education
  •  Help parents gain skills to educate and motivate children
  •  Increase access to books
  •  Support after-school programs

 

EDUCATION INITIATIVES

COMMUNITY OF CHARACTER

Target Goal: Youth transition into adulthood successfully

  •  COC Scholarship – seniors continuing post-secondary education
  •  Monthly Character Trait Calendar – businesses, schools, etc…
  •  Pillar Award – exemplary personal character trait, and a sense of honorable service

 

MIAMI COUNTY IMAGINATION LIBRARY

Target Goal: Children enter kindergarten ready to learn

  •  Child Receive – monthly books at no cost
  •  Birth – 5 years old
  •  Resides in Miami County
  •  Born at Dukes Hospital

 

EDUCATION: FUNDED AGENCIES

  •   Boys Scouts, Sagamore Council
  •  Family Service Association, DVS
  •  Miami County Child Abuse Prevention Council