The Family Literacy Academy was notified last week they were the recipients of a Financial Literacy Initiative grant from Wells Fargo. This is a statewide program which targets educational services to adult education initiatives, ESOL(English for Speakers of Other Languages) and family literacy programs. Read more at https://desotoeducationfoundation.com/impact/family-literacy/
The preschool children enrolled in the Family Literacy Academy. Learning Together, were given a chance to plant a garden and watch it grow. This project was sponsored by Mosaic and offered through the Florida Agriculture in the Classroom grants program. “We are so grateful to the Florida AG in the Classroom program and Mosaic for this … Continue reading Family Literacy and Mosaic team up to plant a garden
Standing before a group of over 170 persons, Dr. Karyn Gary, Superintendent of Schools, announced the winners of the Volunteer, Substitute, Support Person and Teacher of the Year for the School District of DeSoto County. The annual Employee and Volunteer of the Year event was held at the Turner Agri-Civic Center on Thursday, February 20th. … Continue reading 2014 DeSoto County School District Employees of the Year
In September 2013 DCEF sponsored the monthly Chamber Noon-Time Networking luncheon. Guests to the luncheon included staff from All Faiths Food Bank in Sarasota and we announced the partnerships with All Faiths, Mosaic, the school district and DCEF. This newly created partnership would mean that over 600 BackPacks of non-perishable food would be sent home … Continue reading Backpack for Kids program presented DeSoto County Chamber of Commerce networking luncheon
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