Treasure Valley Programs
Born Learning Program
United Way of Treasure Valley initiated the Born Learning Initiative in 2007 to help parents and caregivers prepare their children for school success. This summer, 105 Treasure Valley preschool children attended a four-week Kindergarten Readiness Camp to help prepare them for the upcoming school year. United Way partnered with the YMCA Child Development Program to administer the camps. The camps were held in Boise, Nampa and Caldwell and targeted children from identified low-income neighborhoods who will attend Title I schools where there is a high correlation of poverty and low pre-literacy rates.
For Current Events Contact LeAnn Simmons: (208)336-1070 ext. 106
TVRF provides age appropriate books for the program
Books for Children
Treasure Valley Reading Foundation has enjoyed the assistance of many partners in distributing over 89,789 books from July 2007 to January 2008. The value of the books exceeds $868,000 dollars. That brings the books distributed to 432,728 since starting in 2002. The value of the books exceeds $2.9 million dollars.
Pajama and a Book
Our Purpose
The Pajama Program provides comfort and love in the way of new pajamas and books to children-in-need and children waiting for a permanent home. By providing pajamas and books, we help to create a warm and nurturing bedtime environment for vulnerable youngsters living under difficult circumstances.
Where are these Children?
We identify organizations that care for homeless and venerable children through various ways. Sometimes we learn about orphanages and group homes through local neighborhood groups, and sometimes we read or hear about shelters that need our donations. On a regular basis, organizations which have access to children who are abused and abandoned contact us and we send pajamas and books to them for the children in their care.
In Idaho contact Tanya Amber, Idaho Chapter President
2817 Sugar Cane Drive
Nampa, Idaho 83687
(208) 461-9047
Cell (208) 249-8436
Pajama and a Book
Personal Ponies
Children with disabilities are provided with U. K. Shetland ponies. TVRF provides age books for the special needs children. Contact Idaho State Directors Les & Donnis Mager: dmommager@yahoo.com
(208) 866-8123
TEAM READ
The project is targeted at 4th - 6th graders. Each student receives the book after an assembly where athletes read the first two or three chapters of the book to get students excited about reading. Then the athletes distribute to each child their own copy of the book. The book is valued at $24.95. The sponsors listed below donated the funds to bring this book to the Treasure Valley.
- Key Bank
- College of Idaho Student Philanthropy Council
- Schindler Trust Foundation
- SuperValu Albertson Boise OPEN PGA Golf
- The Meridian Rotary Club
- The Nampa Rotary Club’s Golf for Hope
- Shilo Automatic Sprinkler, Inc.
