Thompson Nicola Cariboo United Way

Success by Six has just launched three new radio ads that will be played in the Thompson Nicola Cariboo Region.  Click on a link below to listen to the ad. 

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The voice in the ads is Jim Anderson from Interior Credit Savings Union (ISCU).  ISCU is a partner of Success by Six along with United Way and the provincial government.  ISCU is also United Way’s media sponsor and we thank them for their continued support. 

ISCU has been especially supportive in the latest Success by Six initiative - Business Engagement.  Jim Anderson chairs the Business Engagement Committee which raises awareness about the economic importance of investing in a child’s early years.

Did you know that 29% of kindergarten children are vulnerable?  Vulnerability is measured by a child’s ability to do things like hold a pencil, identify 10 letters, play with peers, and follow instructions.  By enhancing family friendly business practices such as parental leave and flexible hours for parents, we can reduce the number of vulnerable children.

To learn more about Success by Six Business Engagement or to receive a Family Friendly Business Tool Kit contact Francy Hayward at United Way:
Phone: (250) 372-9933
Email: francy@unitedwaytnc.ca

Liberals find money for Success by Six program! Follow the link below to read the article in today’s edition of The Province regarding funding for Success by Six.    http://www.theprovince.com/life/Liberals+find+money+Success+program/2746875/story.html

Success by Six Business Engagement Breakfast

On Friday morning business representatives from Kamloops met over breakfast to hear UBC researcher, Paul Kershaw, explain how nurturing children’s development in the early years will impact the future of BC’s  labor force. 

70 guests attended the breakfast including the Business Engagement Council led by Jim Anderson from Interior Savings Credit Union as well as council representatives from BC Assessment, Valley First Credit Union, City of Kamloops, Domtar, Urban Systems, and Make Children First.
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For the full article in the Kamloops Daily News follow the link. http://kamloopsnews.newspaperdirect.com/epaper/viewer.aspx

For more information on Success by 6 Business Engagement contact Francy Hayward, Regional Coordinator for Success by 6, at United Way.
250 372-9933
francy@unitedwaytnc.ca
www.unitedwaytnc.ca

 Investing in Children is Good for Business

“Research shows that eliminating early vulnerability is 10 times more
valuable to the BC economy than eliminating the cumulate provincial debt.”

What: Success by 6 - Business Engagement Breakfast
When: Friday, March 19th, 2010. 7:00 - 8:30 am.
Where: Coast Canadian Hotel, Colonnade Ballroom. 

Paul Kershaw, UBC senior researcher and co-author of a recent reseatch report commissioned by the Business Council of BC 15 by 15: A Comprehensive Policy Framework for Early Human Captial Investment in BC,  will explain how the future quality of the BC labor fource depends on nurturing children’s development in the early years.

For more information call 250 372.9933 or email francy@unitedwaytnc.ca

See the latest Connecting Business and Family Newsletter

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Workshops in Kamloops on

Service Provider Strategies to Reduce

Environmental Risks to Child Health

Organized by: Children’s Circle Daycare Society, Cariboo Childcare Society, Early Childhood Educators Branch of Kamloops, Make Children First: Kamloops Thompson Rivers University.

See link to flyer

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