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Volunteers
Advocate/Educate
- Participate in partnerships with community sectors to improve programs and services for young children and their families;
- Initiate partnerships with community sectors to improve programs and services for young children and their families;
- Host or sponsor community forums on early childhood topics, such as brain development, parenting programs, quality child care, or access to health care;
- Publish articles about the importance of the early years;
- Work with media to publicize local programs that offer parent education, family support, early care and education, and health services;
- Provide parenting information;
- Form family support groups;
- Sponsor or host family literacy classes;
- Inform others in your organization/business about the importance of the first years of life;
- Provide family insurance coverage that includes prenatal and maternity care, well child, mental health care and immunizations;
- Conduct surveys or focus groups tlearn about the needs of families with young children;
- Inform the public about the importance of the early years on advertisements, promotions and products;
- Include information about healthy early childhood development in professional training and education programs;
- Invite local speakers to offer parenting seminars;
- Communicate concern about the importance of the early years to policy makers;
- Collect information about local early childhood needs and resources, family activities and initiatives;
- Publish information about local early childhood needs and resources, family activities and initiatives;
- Promote and provide immunizations and health exams for young children;
- Publicize the importance of the first years of life;
- Encourage families tread to their children, beginning at birth and throughout childhood;
- Help parents gain access to resources about parenting and child development; or
- Learn more about early childhood development.
Support
- Fund public awareness efforts about the importance of early childhood development;
- Celebrate and honor community leaders and organizations that are making a difference for young children and their families
- Honor and reward volunteers who provide or improve early childhood programs and services; or
- Provide long-term financial support for early childhood development efforts.